The annual Thespian Festival at the University of Nebraska is the premiere event on the high school theatre calendar. The week showcases great high school performances on four stages, a wealth of learning opportunities for students and educators in workshops and master classes, a student leadership program, auditions for college admission and Thespian scholarships, the Thespian Playworks student playwriting program, and much more.

MTI is delighted to have FIVE shows represented at this year's Festival.  Below is a list of the shows as well as media coverage about the various groups who will be performing them:

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE: A joint school production of Troupe #1794 and Troupe #4501, Floyd Central (Floyds Knobs) and New Albany (New Albany) High Schools, Indiana.

JEKYLL & HYDE: All-State Missouri Cast and Crew.

AVENUE Q SCHOOL EDITION: Bradford High School, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

GODSPELL: Troupe #4347, Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, Nevada.

25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE: Troupe #6069, Hebron HS, Carrollton, Texas.

Media Coverage

• Louisville Courier - Kenny & the Kids | 2 schools team up take musical on the road


• WDRB FOX 41 Louisville (TV) Indiana High Schools take the Drowsy Chaperone on the Road


• News and Tribune (Louisville) - Joint Theater Production Hits the Road


• O’Fallon Patch in Fort Zumwalt, MO - "Student Thespians Join International Festival"


• Las Vegas Review Journal - "Bishop Gorman Makes Cut for Thespian Festival"
  


• Dallas News - "Theater students from Lewisville’s Hebron High to perform at national Thespian Festival"


• Lake Saint Louis Patch - Holt, Timberland Students to Participate in Thespian Festival


• Chesterfield Patch - Whiz Kid: Parkway Central Thespian Headed for the Big Time