Students who score a Superior at Thespys will be invited to submit a recording of their performance or presentation for the Washington State Thespy Showcase at the Closing Ceremonies of our Washington State Thespian Festival.

Showcased Tech presentations will display in the theater lobby throughout the Festival and be honored during the Showcase Ceremony.

Attend a wide variety of student performances as well as production and performance-based workshops taught by College and National Clinicians. Students decide on what workshops and performances they wish to attend.

Backstage Challenge is a great way to bring together a group of FOUR tech-minded or not-tech-minded students to challenge each other across 5 different events: Lighting, Costuming, Knot Tying, Sound Equipment, and Props. Each event is a collaborative experience and is adapted from the Disney BACKStage Challenge at ITF. This is also a learning event so there will be some instruction available.

Tech Challenge Overview

Tech Challenge Scoring Breakdown

Troupe Directors are invited to a meeting on the Saturday of festival. You can learn important dates, information and new ways to be involved in Washington State Thespians and International Thespians (EdTA)!

Get ready, thespians! The Lip Sync Battle, organized by our State Thespian Officers, is back as a Friday night event at the Washington State Thespian Festival.

Want to perform? Sign up now! Acts must be 5 minutes or less, feature a group lip-syncing to a Musical Theatre (or adjacent) song, and be school-appropriate. Songs must be available on Spotify—no movie musicals or non-musical songs.

Bring your best performance—we can’t wait to see it on stage!

If your group has any questions, please email our STO Co-Chair, Dallas Myers at dmyers@osd.wednet.edu.

At the check-in table Friday morning, students may sign up to act in staged readings of the top Playwriting Thespy scripts! This opportunity will have one rehearsal workshop session and an additional performance workshop session.