Minnesota Thespians Conference 2024
The Minnesota Thespians Conference 2024 was a success!
Thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, and volunteers that made the conference possible.
Two days of creative workshops, masterful performances, amazing guest speakers, and much more.
Four scholarships were awarded by Minnesota Thespians with matching funds from the Educational Theatre Association
300 students, troupe directors, volunteers, and guest artists attended
70 Thespy participants
11 Superior Rankings
Guest Speakers
Dipankar Mukherjee
McKnight Foundation 2023 Distinguished Artist and Artistic Director of Pangea World Theater
Jay Owen Eisenberg
Minneapolis-based Theatre-Maker, Arts Educator, & Consultant
The weekend included some great competitors, and outstanding champions!
Scholarship winners:
James Thiel - Blaine High School - $500
Elle Hinds - Centennial High School - $500, $1,000
Syd Raley - Edina High School - $1,000
Superior Thespies :
Superior Performance Awards:
Nadia Richardson - Musical Theatre Solo Roseville Area High School
Audrey Kanu - Musical Theatre Solo STMA
Greta Caliri - Musical Theatre Solo PiM
Superior Technical Awards:
Tabitha Betterman - Sound Design St. Francis
Amelia Dayton - Stage Management STMA
Lucia Dorumsgaard - Costume Construction St. Francis
Sarah Glazer - Stage Management Park High School
McKalynn Johnson - Stage Management STMA
Paige Murray - Scenic Design PiM
Alyra Nicholson - Stage Management PiM
Tabitha Craig - Marketing
Superior Sound Design:
Tabitha Betterman - St. Francis High School
Thespy Musical Theater Solo:
Nadia Richardson - Roseville Area High School
Tech-A-Thon:
Overall Tech-aThon Individual -
Lily Smith - Park High School
Foam Carving -
1st Place: Audrey Powell STMA
2nd Place: Darci Mattson STMA
3rd Place: Kenji Yang Park
Hanging & Focusing Lights -
1st Place: Amelia Dayton STMA
2nd Place: Lily Smith Park
3rd Place: Elliott Vanasse Park
Sewing On Buttons -
1st Place: Knives Schmotter Park
2nd Place: Mira Weber STMA
3rd Place: Menard Park
Coiling Cables -
1st Place: Lily Smith Park
2nd Place: Mira Weber STMA
3rd Place: Sarah Glazer Park
Costume Change -
1st Place: Knives Schmotter & Kenji Yang Park
2nd Place: Kiera Potvin & Maya Potvin Woodbury
3rd Place: Sasha McCauley & Hannah Paschke Park
Props Shift -
1st Place: Maya Potvin, Chloe Keller, Hagan Conley, Kiera Potvin, Natalia Parker, Isaiah McKnight Woodbury
2nd Place: Elliott Vanasse, Nathan Kinney, Madelyn Zelm, Kenji Yang Park
3rd Place: Darci Treptau, Theresa Bourget, MacKalynn Johnson, Grace Berendes, Amelia Dayton STMA
