Colorado State Thespian Conference, Dec. 10, 11, &12, 2026

Over 4,000 of Colorado’s most dedicated high school theater students attend ThesCon, the Colorado Thespian Conference, training with the country’s leading professionals in acting, singing, dance, and technical theater. The conference also affords students the opportunity to attend two select productions from Colorado high schools as well as viewing work from professional theater artists. Tower Theater approaches ThesCon as a selective experential field trip, choosing only select students to attend, particularly those who lead our program with maturity, respect, kindess, joy, and a commitment to the theatrical arts.

The following students have been selected to attend this year's ThesCon:

Chiara Aurigemma
Nellie Bailey
Oscar Belmarez
Jared Castaneda
Riley Freeman
Will Fuller
Payton Helgoth
Thomson Hess
​Violet Hoyt
Ramona Misuraca
Owen Powell
Cassidy Schonfeld
Mile Shannon
Maggie Slawson
Luella Tomlin
Joie Tyler
Thomas Vancil ​

Payment ($250, cash or check payable to FCHS) is due to Mr. Tyler by Friday, Oct. 9

Students will meet at a downtown Denver hotel (hotel TBD) by 1:30 PM on Thursday, Dec. 10. Once all students have arrived, we will attend workshops at the Colorado Convention Center from 2:30-5:15, we’ll take a dinner break together, then we’ll attend the night’s opening ceremony and performance, which begins at 7:30 pm. Friday, students will spend the day (9:00AM – 11PM) attending workshops, with lunch and dinner breaks together as a group, and one more mainstage show that night at 8:30 pm. On Saturday, we will attend last workshop sessions (8:30AM – 11:15AM) and the trip will conclude at 12:00 PM in Denver at the downtown Denver hotel. For the complete, detailed workshop schedule, please visit https://cothespians.com/thescon/.

The conference cost per student is $250 (covers conference registration & hotel) plus students will need to bring money for the cost of food (approximately 5-6 meals). Students will also need to provide their own transportation to and from the conference, via personal car, parent drop-off, or carpooling. Parking (if applicable) costs approx. $30-35 per day.

Questions? See Mr. Tyler