CK Students Shine at Michigan Thespian Festival

This past weekend, thirty-three Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School students participated in a jam-packed weekend in Lansing, MI, at the 2023 Michigan Thespian festival. The event was full of performance and technical competitions, over 100 workshops taught by theatre professionals, Broadway veterans, and University professors, college meetings, other schools presenting their shows, and so much more.
 
With over 1600 theatre students from across the state, the students represented Cranbrook in the competition very well.
 
Here are the competition results:
 
EXCELLENT ratings
  • Monologue – Joel Kwiatkowski
  • Duet Acting – Lee Gold & Arielle Olkhovsky
  • Solo Musical Theatre – Lee Gold
  • Duet Musical Theatre – Anastasia Nevelev & Anna Schultz
  • Group Musical Theatre – Anna Schultz, Jack Stoll, Margaux Kotcher, Arielle Olkhovsky, Anastasia Nevelev, Joel Kwiatkowski
  • Theatre Marketing – Fia Vainner
  • Stage Management – Val Nguyen
 
SUPERIOR ratings (the highest rating available)
  • Monologue – Arden Baker
  • Solo Musical Theatre – Margaux Kotcher
  • Duet Musical Theatre – Jack Stoll & Bella Gerlants-Mavashev
 
Says Cranbrook Schools Director of Theatre Daniel Dobrovich, “Our theatre program is a strong one, and it’s all because of the friendship and kindness that these students show each other.”
 
Congratulations to all!
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