MHS Theatre Wins SpotLight Awards for Aida

Minnetonka High School Theatre was just awarded 15 SpotLight Musical Theatre Awards from the Hennepin Theatre Trust for its spring musical Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida.

This year, rules were changed to allow schools to enter two shows. Minnetonka is the first high school in the state to win the SpotLight Musical Theatre Award for Outstanding Overall Production—the highest award possible—for two musicals in the same year.  The fall musical, The Secret Garden, earned 13 SpotLight Awards.

Under the direction of Kent Knutson, MHS Theatre has won Outstanding Overall Production for eight consecutive years—every year since the SpotLight Musical Theatre Award Program's inception—for a total of 121 SpotLight Awards to date. Minnetonka students will perform at the 8th Annual SpotLight Showcase event on June 3, 2013 at 7 p.m. in front of over 2,400 people at the Orpheum Theatre. Tickets for the SpotLight Showcase are available for purchase for $15. Purchase tickets here.

Congratulations to the cast, crew and student orchestra of the spring musical Aida:

• Outstanding Overall Production (highest award possible)
• Outstanding Overall Performance
• Outstanding Performance by a Student Orchestra
• Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role:

• Katherine Fried as Aida
• Karl Amundson as Radames

• Madelyn Hirschuber as Amneris

• Eric Sargent as Zoser

• Elza Thayer as Nehebka
• Will Hoverman as Mereb

• Kurt Wallgren as Amonasaro

• Katilyn Anglum, Madeline Scott, Lizzie Streif

• Caroline Fazzio, Kailee Kriegel, Julie Zumsteg

• Trevor LeCrone, Mason Nuss, Maddie Scott, Michael Slattery, Thomas Slattery, Kayti Wiita

• Rachel Gerton, Gabi Talisman

• Sarah Berry, Evan Meeker, Gillian Molland, Hannah Moore, Maddey Sicora

• Outstanding Overall Production (highest award possible)
• Outstanding Overall Performance
• Outstanding Performance by a Student Orchestra
• Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role:

• Scottie Schwefel as Mary Lennox
• Eric Sargent as Archibald Craven

• Nikki Kallman as Lily Craven
• Katherine Fried as Martha
• Karl Amundson as Dickon

• Erik Belz as Colin Craven

• Kurt Wallgren as Dr. Neville Craven
• Will Hoverman as Captain Albert Lennox
• Evan Gosen as Ben Weatherstaff
• Olivia Hultgren as Mrs. Medlock

• Sophie Carlson, Max Peterson, Lizzie Streif

• Caroline Fazzio, Kailee Kriegel, Julie Zumsteg

• Ben Gerton, Trevor LeCrone, Mason Nuss, Maddie Scott, Michael Slattery, Thomas Slattery, Kayti Wiita

• Adam Adamek, Dana Akre-Fens, Rachel Gerton, Gabi Talisman

• Sarah Berry, Gillian Molland, Hannah Moore, Layla Setharaju, Maddey Sicora