Arkansas Thespian Festival 2025 results-
25 students in Brookland Troupe 8299 attended the Arkansas Thespian Festival in Russellville on February 13-15, 2025.
We came away with several awards, including:
$110,600 in scholarship offers for members of our troupe!
Superior award winners:
*SUPERIOR- Solo Acting, Mia Stacey
*SUPERIOR- Solo Acting, Abby Gregson
*SUPERIOR- Tech Challenge, Folding a Backdrop- Team: Claudia Johnson, Grayson Goad, Jessica Griffin, Thomas Mitchell. (First time we’ve placed in this event!)
*SUPERIOR- Group Acting - Rylie Rowe, Callie Busby, Abby Gregson, Mia Stacey, Luke Foster
*A Superior now qualifies them to compete at the International Thespian Festival this summer.
EXCELLENT awards:
*EXCELLENT - Claudia Johnson- Solo Musical
*EXCELLENT- Matthew Miramontes and Kaylee Gomez- Duet Acting
*EXCELLENT -Autumn Gifford- Solo Acting
*EXCELLENT Ash Wright- Solo Musical
*EXCELLENT Evan Tucker- Solo Musical
*EXCELLENT Grayson Goad- Solo Acting
*EXCELLENT Walker Sloan- Solo Acting
*EXCELLENT Claire Redd- Solo Acting
*EXCELLENT Claudia Johnson- Playwriting (first time anyone at Brookland has ever entered this category)
*Honor Thespian- Mia Stacey
*All State Cast- Mia Stacey
*All State Crew - Matthews Miramontes, Jessica Griffin
We were recognized as a Gold Level Honor Troupe, Mia Stacey auditioned for Best of Show, Claudia Johnson competed in Duet Improv competition, two teams competed in Tech Challenge, one team competed in Makeup Design, one team competed in Set Design…. And went to so many workshops- some of the favorites were Improv, Playwriting, Dance classes, Stage Combat, Prop making, Clowning, Falling Safely, Accents, Special effect makeup, Acting for Film, Nonverbal Communication…and there was even a Welding workshop for teachers to learn how to weld!
We all had such a wonderful time and can’t wait to incorporate some of the things we learned into our classes and upcoming production of “To See the Stars”!
The Bearcat Way!!!