Hennepin Theatre Trusts 8^th Annual SpotLight Showcase
Set for Monday, June 3, 2013 at the Orpheum Theatre

Tickets Go On Sale at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20

MINNEAPOLISThe SpotLight Showcase, the eighth annual event celebrating Minnesotas best high school theatre talent as part of Hennepin Theatre Trusts SpotLight Musical Theatre Program, will be held at the Orpheum Theatre at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2013. Tickets, available for only $15, go on sale at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. This professionally produced show highlights the states finest musical theatre programs and the students who participate in them by featuring dynamic performances and honors young artists from among 56 participating schools. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787. Exclusive red carpet packages, including programming and gift offers, are also available online.

Highlights this year will include a medley from the Trusts 2013/14 Broadway Season. It is a great privilege to support the SpotLight Musical Theatre Program, which not only enriches young peoples lives with a meaningful arts experience but also provides a unique opportunity for students to perform on stage at the historic Orpheum Theatre, says Dan Cramer, Chair of the Hennepin Theatre Trust Board of Directors and Co-Founder of Grassroots Solutions. A comprehensive list of participating schools is included at the end of this press release.

As the Trusts flagship educational initiative, the SpotLight Musical Theatre Program honors, supports and advocates for Minnesota high school musical theatre students and programs. SpotLight is the only program of its kind in the state and includes the opportunity to work with theatre educators and musical theatre professionals including Broadway cast members who provide training and insight through critical feedback and hands on workshops. This year, 56 schools, including nine from greater Minnesota, are presenting musicals made possible by the collaboration of almost 5,000 students and annually seen by an estimated 105,000 audience members.

TICKET INFORMATION

The SpotLight Showcase will take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2013 at Hennepin Theatre Trusts Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55403). Individual tickets, available for only $15 each, go on sale at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. They can be purchased in person at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55402), by calling 1.800.982.2787 or by visiting HennepinTheatreTrust.org. All prices include applicable facility fees. Additional charges may apply.

School Participants in the 2012-13 SpotLight Program:

Andover High School: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Anoka High School: Legally Blonde: The Musical and All Shook Up

Bemidji High School: Into the Woods

Benilde-St. Margarets (St. Louis Park): Thoroughly Modern Millie

Blaine High School: Hello, Dolly!

Cambridge-Isanti High School: Seussical: The Musical

Centennial High School (Circle Pines): Annie

Chanhassen High School: The Boy Friend

Chaska High School: 9 to 5: The Musical

Chisago Lakes High School: The Sound of Music

Columbia Heights High School: Hairspray

Concordia Academy (Roseville): Disneys Beauty & the Beast

Cretin-Derham Hall (Saint Paul): Disneys Beauty & the Beast

DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis): Anything Goes

Eagan High School: Guys and Dolls

East Ridge High School (Woodbury): White Christmas

Eastview High School (Apple Valley): Good News!

Edina High School: Bye Bye Birdie! and The Hundred Dresses

FAIR Downtown School (Minneapolis): Aida (School Edition)

Fridley Senior High School: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Glencoe-Silver Lake High School: Annie

Hill-Murray School (Maplewood): Irving Berlins White Christmas

Hinckley-Finlayson High School: Anastasia

Irondale High School (New Brighton): Grease

Kennedy High School (Bloomington): Hairspray

La Crescent High School: Little Shop of Horrors

Lakeville North High School: Roald Dahls Willy Wonka

Lakeville South High School: Les Miserables (School Edition)

Main Street School of Performing Arts (Hopkins): Roald Dahls Willy Wonka

Maple Grove Senior High School: Urinetown: The Musical

Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis): Big River

Minnetonka High School: The Secret Garden and Elton John and Tim Rices Aida

Monticello High School: A Christmas Carol Musical

Moorhead High School: 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Mound Westonka High School: My Fair Lady

New Life Academy (Woodbury): Hello, Dolly!

North High School (North St. Paul): Hello, Dolly!

Park High School (Cottage Grove): Once Upon a Mattress

Richfield Senior High School: Chicago

Rogers High School: Youre A Good Man Charlie Brown

Roseville Area High School: Guys & Dolls

Shakopee High School: Disneys Beauty & the Beast

Southwest High School (Minneapolis):The Whos Tommy

South St. Paul Secondary School: Les Miserables (School Edition)

St. Francis High School: Grease

St. Louis Park High School: All Shook Up

Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists: Chicago

Tartan Senior High School (Oakdale): Peter Pan

The Blake School (Minneapolis): Guys and Dolls

Thomas Jefferson High School (Bloomington): Disneys Beauty & the Beast

Totino-Grace High School (Fridley): Godspell

Washburn High School (Minneapolis): My Feet is Tired, But My Soul is Rested and Urinetown

Wayzata High School: The Sound of Music

White Bear Lake Area High School: Anything Goes

Winona Senior High School: Alice in Wonderland

Zimmerman High School: Hello, Dolly!

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