East Ridge hosted the first day of the MN Thespian Conference this weekend and District #833 students walked away with a number of accolades of which to be proud.
In the National Individual Events Showcase, students who were rated “Accomplished” earned an invitation to the International Thespian Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska this summer.
East Ridge had eleven of fifteen entries earn an Accomplished rating:
Garrett Hildebrandt-Solo Musical
Garrett Hildebrandt-Monologue
Anna Reimann and Abby Winston-Musical Duet
Anna Reimann-Solo Musical
Abby Winston- Solo Musical
Christina Ippoliti-Solo Musical
Kaylee Cates-Solo Musical
Maggie Eckberg-Solo Musical
Quintin Walker-Solo Musical
Thomas Sullivan-Monologue
Mark May-Monologue

On Saturday night, East Ridge’s Maggie Eckberg performed in the All-State Show, Spring Awakening, and Ben McKenzie, Rose Larson, Alec McCoy, Colleen Jensen, Jenna Kotz, Kira Bauman and Alyssa Thome served as the technical crew. On Monday, East Ridge’s Garrett Hildebrandt was given the honor to perform his solo selection, Stars from Les Miserables, at the awards ceremony at the Guthrie.

In the Tech Challenge, the PHS and ERHS teams did very well with PHS tying for third place and ERHS finishing in second place led by the first place finish of Ben McKenzie in the Cable Coil.

Park High School also had three students earn an Accomplished rating in NIES.
MaiDer Chang-Monologue
Ryan Zako-Monologue
Melody Armstrong-Monologue

Woodbury High School attended the conference for the first time with Elena Cressy and Molly Roche representing their theater program.

Auditions for the spring play, The Crucible, will be held on March 3rd -5th. Please sign-up for an audition time on Monday or Tuesday and prepare one of the monologues from the attachment. The monologue does NOT need to be memorized.

A callback list will be posted for Thursday’s callback list. Students involved in Solo/Ensemble on Thursday should plan to attend Monday’s audition and communicate your Thursday schedule at that time.

Audition Application & Information
Character Descriptions and Monologues
Audition Application Form

Tech Crew Information & Forms
Technical Information Form
Technical Interest Form

Brendan Finn, last seen as The Baker in the Loft Stage’s production of Into the Woods will open this weekend in Aladdin Jr at the Phipps Center for the Arts. Starring as the Sultan, Brendan loves the score featuring all of your favorites from the Disney film. The show is for children of all ages and runs from Feb. 13-March 1. For more information, visit: thephipps,org.