Mainstage shows
The following shows are being screened for the Thespian Festival 2012 Mainstage to date:
Apropos Edition, by Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen
Aida, by Elton John/Tim Rice
All Shook Up by Joe DePietro and Elvis Presley
Altar Boyz, by Kevin Del Aguila, Gary Adler, and Michael Patrick Walker
The Amen Corner, by James Baldwin
Anatomy of Gray, by Jim Leonard
Big River, by Roger Miller/William Hauptman
Chicago, by Fred Ebb, John Kander, and Bob Fosse
Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley
Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel
David and Lisa, by James Reach
The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Dracula, by Steven Dietz
The Drowsy Chaperone, by Bob Martin, Don McKellar, Greg Morrison, and Lisa Lambert
The Foreigner, by Larry Shue
Funny Money, by Ray Cooney
Hairspray, by Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meshan, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
The Laramie Project, by Moises Kaufman
Lend Me A Tenor, by Ken Ludwig
Little Shop of Horrors, by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
The Masque of Beauty and the Beast, by Michael Brill
Midsummer/ Jersey, by Ken Ludwig
Moon Over Buffalo, by Ken Ludwig
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Oklahoma, by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, and Lynn Riggs
Pippin, by Stephen Schwartz/Roger O. Hirson
Postmortem, by Ken Ludwig
Pump Boys & Dinettes by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann
Ruthless, by Joal Paley and Marvin Laird
School House Rock, by Scott Ferguson, Tom Yohe, Kyle Hall, Lynn Ahrens, George Newall, Kathy Mandry, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, and George Keating
Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling
Tarzan, by David Henry Hwang/Phil Collins
Two by Two, by Peter Stone, Martin Charnin, and Richard Rodgers
The Wizard of Oz, adapted from the stories of L. Frank Baum
Xanadu, by Douglas Carter Beane and Jeff Lynne
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin
The following schools have earned the distinguished honor of being invited to present their show on the Festival Main Stage or in the Early Show:
Main Stage
Troupe 4982, Bradford High School, Kenosha, Wisconsin will present Tarzan by David Henry Hwang and Phil Collins.
Troupe 3964, Raymore-Peculiar High School, Peculiar, Missouri will present The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Troupe 639, Salina Central High School, Salina, Kansas will present Funny Money by Ray Cooney
Troupe 2084, Rockport-Fulton High School, Rockport, Texas will present School House Rock by Scott Ferguson, Tom Yohe, Kyle Hall, Lynn Ahrens, George Newall, Kathy Mandry, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, and George Keating
Troupe 5273, Las Vegas Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada will present Big River by Roger Miller and William Hauptman
Troupe 5395, Tri-Cities High School, East Point, Georgia will present The Amen Corner by James Baldwin.
Troupe 848, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa will present Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley.
The Georgia All-State Cast and Crew will present Aida by Tim Rice, Elton John, Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang.
Early Show
Troupe 7023, Arab High School, Arab, Alabama will present Pippin by Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
The Mainstage at the Festival
Every year, about ten high school theatre programs are invited to share their work on the Thespian Festival Mainstage. The number of invited shows varies slightly from year to year, depending partly on Festival attendance.
The Festival Mainstage is a showcase for the best in school theatre. Invitations to perform are extended during the preceding school year after an application and screening process conducted by Festival representatives. Get information on how to have a show screened.
