2020 - 2021

2020/2021 Season

Season Productions

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dubuque Senior One Act Play Marathon & Film Festival
Large Group Showcase
Xanadu

Thespian Troupe #69 Officers

Chair - Maria Markus
Vice Chair - Molly Norton
Representative - Isabella Garcia
Representative - Julia Howes
Representative - Sadie Richter
Representative - Taylor Starkey

Dubuque Senior Gold Awards

Speech and Theatre Award - Maria Markus
Theatre Award - Molly Norton
Speech Award - Isabella Garcia

Scholarship Recipients

Frances Hedeman Theatre Scholarship - Julia Howes
Speech Scholarship - Cecilia Oberdoerster

Iowa Thespian Festival Awards

Amelia Spahn - "It's Not About Me" from The Prom - First Place in Solo Musical Theatre
Cast of A Kid Like Jake - First Place in Group Acting
Cast of "Whoa Mama" from Bright Star - Second Place in Group Musical Theatre
Cast of "Tonight Belongs To You" from The Prom - Third Place in Group Musical Theatre

Iowa Student Thespian Officer

Maria Markus

Thespian Awards

Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play/Musical - Max Enabnit (Christopher Boone) in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Short Play/Musical - Hannah Smith in A Kid Like Jake
Outstanding Technical Achievement - Set Crew for Xanadu
Outstanding Spirit Award - Cecilia Oberdoerster
Outstanding Rookie - Peter Boenish

Speech Awards

Player of the Year - Abigail Klapatauskas

Iowa High School Speech Association
Large Group All-State Nominations

A Kid Like Jake (Ensemble Acting)
Buzz Kill (Solo Mime)
Current Giere/Geers/Schute (Group Improvisation)
Dawgs (Short Film)
Fatal Reflections (Group Mime)
Forever Plaid (Musical Theatre)
KBRN, Channel 10 (Television News)
Kreiss/Oberdoerster/Richter (Group Improvisation)
KWBY (Radio Broadcasting)
The Prom (Musical Theatre)
Showtime Showdown (Group Mime)
Silver Water (Readers Theatre)
The Things We Lost in the Flood (Choral Reading)
The Wolves (One Act Play)

Individual Events

Joe Delaney – Solo Musical Theatre
Isabella Garcia – Prose
Abbie Geers – Public Address
Izzy Gorton – Storytelling
Evelyn Jenkins – Literary Program
Abigail Klapataukas – Original Oratory & Spontaneous Speaking
Aleeyah Kreiss – Improvisational Acting
Will Lawless – Radio News Announcing
Anna Lockhart – Radio News Announcing
Evelyn Maddux – Prose
Maria Markus – Acting & Storytelling
Morgan McClain – Prose
Jackson Mulgrew – Acting
Henry Raber – After Dinner Speaking
Sadie Richter – Expository Address
Aidan Seville – Improvisational Acting
Hannah Smith – Acting & Public Address
Amelia Spahn – Solo Musical Theatre
Cassie Williams – Literary Program