MACT

There were seven productions presented at YouthFest 2025, June 22-24 in Des Moines, Iowa:

• Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr – Landmark Community Theatre of Thomaston, CT (Region I)
• Avinash – Ebong Theatix of Bethesda, MD (Region II)
• Runaway Princess Book – Central Park Players of Greater Lafayette, IN (Region III)
• Mac Beth – Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, IN (Region III)
• Dark Road – Northern Starz Center for the Performing Arts of Ramsey, MN (Region V)
• Lost Girl – Clark Youth Theatre of Tulsa, OK (Region VI)
• In The Tank – Terrace Playhouse Youth Theatre Troupe of Ansbach, Germany (Region X)

Minnesota can be very proud of the great job Northern Starz Center for the Performing Arts did representing Minnesota at YouthFest 2025. The Northern Starz youth group presented “Dark Road” by Laura Lundgren Smith.

About “Dark Road“:

When Greta, a young girl living in Nazi Germany, reads that the nearby women’s concentration camp is hiring guards, she sees it as a chance to find her place in the world and provide for her sister Lise. But soon she learns the reality of her duties, and so too does she learn how to justify her crimes, heading further and further down the dark road laid by the Third Reich. Kind-hearted Lise is shocked at what her sister becomes, and though the two drift apart, their fates remain inextricably and dangerously linked. A powerful drama about the choices that allow evil to become ordinary.

Northern Starz was presented with a “Best of Ensemble” award for their production. Evelyn Zimpfer and Mia Tanner also received actor awards.