Hennepin's SpotLight Awards Honor Students, 6/14

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today the fall 2009 honorees from among 39 Minnesota high schools participating in its 2009-10 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program. These SpotLight honors recognize students for their individual and group accomplishments in performance and production. The SpotLight program supports the work of Twin Cities' high schools that present musical theatre-from classics including Fiddler on the Roof to the adaptation of Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Current honorees, recognized by school and by category (see attached for detailed lists), are from Bemidji High School, Centennial High School, Champlin Park High School, Chaska High School, Dassel-Cokato High School, East Ridge High School, Eastview High School, Edina High School, Forest Lake High School, Fridley High School, Hopkins High School, Irondale High School, Kennedy High School, Lakeville North High School, Maple Grove High School, Minnetonka High School, Moorhead High School, Mound Westonka High School, Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Shakopee High School, Tartan High School, Totino Grace High School, Wayzata High School and White Bear Lake High School. Additional honors to schools presenting musicals in the spring of 2010, including recognition for technical achievement and community engagement, will be announced later. These high school musicals are made possible by the collaboration of more than 2,500 students and are seen by an estimated 50,000 audience members annually.

School Participants in the 2009-10 SpotLight Program:
Andover High School, Andover - Kiss Me, Kate
Bemidji High School, Bemidji - Camelot
Blaine High School, Blaine - Godspell
The Blake School, Minneapolis - Seussical
Centennial High School, Circle Pines - Zombie Prom
Champlin Park High School, Champlin - Sweeney Todd
Chanhassen High School, Chanhassen - Hello Dolly
Chaska High School, Chaska - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Columbia Heights High School, Columbia Heights - Little Shop of Horrors
Concordia Academy, Roseville - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul - Seussical
Dassel-Cokato High School, Cokato - Little Women
Eagan High School, Eagan - Pippin
East Ridge High School, Woodbury - Seussical
Eastview High School, Apple Valley - Annie
Edina High School, Edina - Curtains
Forest Lake Area High School, Forest Lake - Honk!
Fridley High School, Fridley - Guys and Dolls
Hill Murray High School, Maplewood - Dracula
Hopkins High School, Minnetonka - The Wizard of Oz
Irondale High School, Moundsview - Honk!
Kennedy High School, Bloomington - The Wizard of Oz
Lakeville North High School, Lakeville - Hello, Dolly
Lakeville South High School, Lakeville - Seussical
Maple Grove High School, Maple Grove - Little Shop of Horrors
Minnetonka High School, Minnetonka - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Moorhead High School, Moorhead - Peter Pan
Mound Westonka High School, Mound - South Pacific
Park High School, Cottage Grove - The Wizard of Oz
Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Robbinsdale - Seussical
Shakopee High School, Shakopee - Once Upon A Mattress
Southwest High School, Minneapolis - 42nd Street
St. Francis High School, St. Francis - The Music Man
Tartan High School, Oakdale - Oliver!
Totino Grace High School, Fridley - Beauty and the Beast
Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights - Fiddler On The Roof
Washburn High School, Minneapolis - Once On This Island
Wayzata High School, Wayzata - South Pacific
White Bear Lake High School, White Bear Lake - Urinetown

Please mark your calendars for the SpotLight Awards which will be held at the Orpheum Theatre at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 14, 2010. Check our website for further information on purchasing tickets, which will be available soon.