(WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- Members of Bordentown Regional High School International Thespian Society Troupe 6803 spent the weekend of January 17-18, acting, singing, and dancing their way through the 2026 New Jersey State Thespian Festival at Washington Township High School. These students competed, performed, and participated in theatre workshops alongside more than a thousand International Thespian Society members from throughout the state.

Senior Brynn Bowyer was the recipient of the 2026 New Jersey Thespian Arts Advocacy Scholarship, which is awarded to a high school senior who has incorporated the Educational Theatre Association mission of building a community of creative problem-solvers, effective collaborators, and empathetic individuals into their high school theatre program. Brynn is the current president of Bordentown Regional High School's International Thespian Society Troupe 6803.

Senior Joshua Moore's play I've Been Expecting You was recognized by the festival judges with a Superior Award in Playwriting. This play premiered at Bordentown Regional High School's One Act Play Festival this past fall, and was the winner of the 2025 BRHS Playwriting Competition.

Senior Rylie Evans earned a Superior Award in the category of Solo Acting: Contrasting Monologues for her performances of monologues from the plays After Math and As You Like It. Rylie will next be seen on stage in BRHS Theatre's upcoming production of the musical Twelfth Night as Viola.

BRHS Theatre was proud to be recognized with a trio of awards by the New Jersey Thespians for their 2025 Trick Or Treat So Kids Can Eat Food Drive. This club community service project is held every October, and collects food donations for NJ high school theatre programs' local food banks.

BRHS Theatre was awarded the NJ Thespian Cornucopia Award (presented to the school that collects the highest total weight of food donations in a given year), the NJ Thespian Golden Harvest Award (presented to the school with the most pounds of food collected per Thespian) and the NJ Thespian Harvest Award (recognizes the school with the greatest year-to-year increase in total pounds of food collected). The 3657 pounds of donations collected by BRHS Theatre students for St Mary's Food Pantry was more than double their original goal.

Bordentown Regional High School thespians Persephone Borsuk, Sika Brenya, Aron Erdos, Rocco Gutin, Emilie Kelly, Alicia Kitner, Wren Magby, Ceilidh Manigrasso, Alex Martucci, Patrick Maszczak, Rylan Phillips, Atlas Planas-Borgstrom, Adam Pollard, Leo Silverman, River Skalski, Kade Sutton, and Peyton Todaro joined Brynn, Josh, and Rylie in representing Bordentown at the annual gathering of high school theatre students.

For tickets to the BRHS Theatre Club's upcoming musical performances of Twelfth Night on February 20th and 21st, visit www.seatyourself.biz/brhs