International Thespian Society

Thespian Membership Spring 2023

Be sure to support our new 2024-2025 inductees and current thespian rank ups at our

Thespian Ceremonies throughout the year!

September 19th @ 5:30pm in Mater Dei's Little Theater

(pay your Thespian fee by August 22nd to be inducted)

January 29th @ 5:30pm in Mater Dei's Little Theater

(pay your Thespian fee by December 5th to be inducted)

April 14th @ 5:30pm in Mater Dei's Little Theater

(pay your Thespian fee by March 28th to be inducted)

*there are no fees for current thespians ranking up*

Mater Dei High School - Troupe #3464

Our Theatre Program is a proud member of the International Thespian Society, an honors society for theatre students. Through hours served on productions and in the department, students can earn Thespian status, graduation honor cords, a varsity letter, and much more as hours accrue. Our Troupe is headed by our Thespian Officers and Troupe Director, with opportunities to compete at state and international levels.

About the International Thespian Society

Founded in 1929, the International Thespian Society is the world's largest honor society recognizing excellence and achievement in middle and high school theatre students. ITS is an affiliate of the Educational Theatre Association.

For Eligibility for Induction, please see the Mater Dei Theatre Handbook.

Thespians - for current point rankings, please scan the QR code by Mrs. Leal's office.

Troupe #3464 News

Meet Riley Lewis '24, the 2024 Thespian of the Year at Mater Dei! In her time at MDHS, Riley served as the Theatre Advocacy Officer 22-23 and the Thespian Officer 23-24. Her senior year she was selected to join the elite squad of State Thespian Officers where she organized and lead numerous events and shaped the course of Thespian history! She won the 23-24 Gai Jones Scholarship and the 21-22 Ellis Jordan Scholarship, both awarded by California State Thespians! Watch her impact video below, which was shared at the joint California Educational Theatre Association/Educational Theatre Association conference in Fall 2022!

Meet London Coco Griffin '22 who was chosen to represent Mater Dei High School's Troupe #3464 and California State Thespians as one of 21-22's State Thespian Officers!

Thespian News

Broadway legend Bernadette Peters was honored by the Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF) at the annual star-studded Thespians Go Hollywood Gala held on Monday, November 18, 2019 at The Avalon in Hollywood, California. Over 300 people were on hand to help raise more than $180,000 that will support ETF’s national theatre education programs for schools in need.

In addition to the stars participating in the tribute, as is traditional for the Thespians Go Hollywood event, local students, including our very own Annemarie Verkuylen ’20, who are members of the International Thespian Society (ITS), were also tapped to perform. They set the special mood first thing, opening with “A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman, got everyone going with “Broadway Baby” from Follies, and sent everyone home humming “Raise You Up/Just Be” from Kinky Boots. You can see Annemarie front and center below!

Click here to see a clip of Thespians Go Hollywood 2019!