Hennepin Theatre Trust’s SpotLight Showcase Set For Orpheum Theater

The SpotLight Showcase, the 6th annual event celebrating high school student participants in Hennepin Theatre Trust's SpotLight Musical Theatre Program, will be held at the Orpheum Theatre at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2011. This professionally produced gala evening honors Minnesota's best young musical theatre talent by featuring dynamic student performances mixed with award presentations from among 600 honored students and 47 participating schools. Tickets, available for only $15, are on sale now. A comprehensive list of school participants is included at the end of this press release. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787.

Hennepin Theatre Trust created the SpotLight Musical Theatre Program after recognizing that there was no established public forum in Minnesota to celebrate the talent and hard work involved in creating high school musicals. As the Trust's flagship educational initiative, SpotLight provides support to students who participate and excel in musical theatre and underscores the importance of including theatre arts education in high schools. Collectively, these high school musicals are made possible by the collaboration of almost 4,000 students and are annually seen by an estimated 100,000 audience members. Minnesotan Linda Eder, the Broadway actress and Drama Desk-winning vocalist, serves as spokesperson for SpotLight.

This program, the only one of its kind in the state, includes the opportunity to work with theatre educators and musical theatre professionals who provide training and insight through critical feedback, on-site school workshops and a collaborative conference. The names of two students selected to represent Minnesota at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York will also be announced at the June 6 SpotLight Showcase.

TICKET INFORMATION
The SpotLight Showcase will take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2011 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55403). Individual tickets, available for only $15, are on sale now in person at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55402), by calling 1.800.982.2787 and through HennepinTheatreTrust.org. All prices include applicable facility fees. Additional charges may apply. VIP ticket packages including additional restaurant tours, programming and gift offers, are also available online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org.

2010-2011 SpotLight Participating Schools
Andover High School: Into the Woods
Bemidji High School: Footloose
Benilde St. Margaret's High School (St. Louis Park): Disney's High School Musical
Blaine High School: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Blake School (Minneapolis): Little Shop of Horrors
Centennial High School (Circle Pines): How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Champlin Park High School: Singin' in the Rain
Chanhassen High School: Crazy For You
Chaska High School: Grease
Columbia Heights High School: Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Concordia Academy (Roseville): Fiddler on the Roof
Cretin-Derham Hall (Saint Paul): The Pajama Game
Eagan High School: Hairspray
East Ridge High School (Woodbury): Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Eastview High School (Eagan): Thoroughly Modern Millie
Edina High School: Anything Goes
Forest Lake High School: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Fridley Senior High School: Once Upon a Mattress
Glencoe-Silver Lake High School: Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Hill Murray School (Maplewood): Disney's Camp Rock
Irondale High School (New Brighton): Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Jefferson Senior High School (Alexandria): Grease
Lakeville North High School: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Lakeville South High School: Bye Bye Birdie
Main Street School of Performing Arts (Hopkins): Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show
Maple Grove Senior High: Aida
Mayo High School (Rochester): Disney's High School Musical
Melrose Area High School: Footloose
Minnetonka High School: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Moorhead High School: The Who's Tommy: A Rock Opera
Mound Westonka High School: The Spitfire Grill
Park High School (Cottage Grove): Bye Bye Birdie
Richfield High School: Grease
Rogers High School: Godspell
Roseville Area High School: Zombie Prom
Shakopee High School: Oklahoma!
Southwest High School (Minneapolis): Les Miserables
South St. Paul Secondary School: The Apple Tree
St. Francis High School: Into the Woods
Tartan Senior High School: Little Shop of Horrors
Thomas Jefferson High School (Bloomington): Oklahoma!
Totino-Grace High School (Fridley): The Wizard of Oz
Washburn High School (Minneapolis): Seussical the Musical
Wayzata High School: Hello Dolly!
White Bear Lake Area High School: West Side Story
Winona Senior High School: The Drowsy Chaperone

 

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