2017 - 2018

2017/2018 Season

Season Productions

Broadway Bound
Into the Woods
An Evening of Speech
Almost, Maine
Closer Than They Appear

Thespian Troupe #69 Officers

President - Abbigail Markus
Vice President - Brady Booth
Communications - Katie Hansen
Secretary - Hannah Burke
Senior Representative - Mike Grant
Junior Representative - Joel Salwolke
Sophomore Representative - Amber Schute

Dubuque Senior Gold Awards

Speech and Theatre Award - Abbigail Markus
Theatre Award - Mike Grant
Speech Award - Hannah Burke

Scholarship Recipients

Frances Hedeman Theatre Scholarship - Abbigail Markus
Speech Scholarship - Paige Kizer

State Thespian Festival Awards

Jackson Kates/Amber Schute - First Place in Duet Acting
Abbigail Markus/Amber Schute - Second Place in Duet Musical Theatre
Barklow/Baumhover/Decker/et al - Third Place in Group Musical Theatre

Iowa Student Thespian Officer

Brady Booth

Thespian Awards

Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play/Musical - Mike Grant (Baker) in INTO THE WOODS
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play/Musical - Hannah Burke (Rhonda) in ALMOST, MAINE
Outstanding Technical Achievement - Set Crew for INTO THE WOODS
Outstanding Spirit Award - True Mills
Outstanding Rookie - John Pope

Speech Awards

Outstanding Leading Performance by an Actress - Brady Booth in EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST...
Outstanding Leading Performance by an Actor - Isaac Current Giere (Private Reeves) in 9 CIRCLES
Outstanding Supporting Performance by an Actress - Amy English (Young Female Lawyer) in 9 CIRCLES
Outstanding Supporting Performance by an Actor - Max Enabnit in 13 THE MUSICAL
Outstanding Ensemble - BANG, BANG YOU'RE DEAD (Choral Reading)
Player of the Year - Abbigail Markus

Iowa High School Speech Association
Large Group All-State Nominations

9 Circles - One Act Play
13: The Musical - Musical Theatre
Bang Bang You're Dead - Choral Reading
Busch/Easley/Erickson - Group Improvisation
Crumb - Short Film
Daylight Savings Strikes Again - Solo Mime
Dear Evan Hansen - Musical Theatre
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Musical Theatre
Everything in this Country Must... - Readers Theatre
Hir - Ensemble Acting
In a Flash - Short Film
KBRN Channel 10 - Televison News
KCLR Five at Five - Television News
KLUE - Radio Broadcasting
Of Mice and Men - Ensemble Acting
Recess is Over - Group Mime
Sick or Slacker - Solo Mime
The Not So Perfect Proposal - Group Mime
The Torture of Tryouts - Solo Mime
Through the Looking Glass - Readers Theatre
Waving Goodbye - Ensemble Acting

*2018 Large Group Sweepstakes Trophy

Critic Choice Awards

KLUE - Radio Broadcasting

Individual Events

Brady Booth - Acting & Storytelling
Hannah Burke - Radio News Announcing
Adelina Canganelli - Original Oratory & Spontaneous Speaking
Easton Carber - Review
Amy English - Poetry & Storytelling
Mike Grant - Improvisational Acting & Solo Musical Theatre
Evelyn Jenkins - Literary Program
Jackson Kates - Solo Musical Theatre
Paige Kizer - Public Address & Solo Musical Theatre
Abigail Klapatauskas - Spontaneous Speaking
Will LaFoe - Prose
Kirsten Lucy - Review
Abbigail Markus - Acting & Poetry
Maria Markus - Storytelling
Morgan McClain - Poetry
True Mills - Prose
Christian Neises - Radio News Announcing
Riley O’Donnell - Solo Musical Theatre
John Pope - After Dinner Speaking
Ben Schultz - Spontaneous Speaking
Harrison Tompkins - Radio News Announcing

*2018 Individual Events Sweepstakes Trophy