{"id":352550,"date":"2026-09-21T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352550\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:12:11","slug":"manhasset-students-earn-new-york-state-thespians-leadership-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352550\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhasset students earn New York State Thespians leadership roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Manhasset-HS-NY-Thespians.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Manhasset High School seniors Regina McLean and Parker Yuttal have been selected for state-level leadership roles with the New York State Thespians. From left, District Director of Fine and Performing Arts Dr. Joseph Owens, Yuttal, McLean and Manhasset Secondary School Principal Dr. Richard Roder.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Manhasset High School seniors Regina McLean and Parker Yuttal have been selected for state-level leadership roles with the New York State Thespians. From left, District Director of Fine and Performing Arts Dr. Joseph Owens, Yuttal, McLean and Manhasset Secondary School Principal Dr. Richard Roder.<\/p>\n<p>Photo provided by Manhasset Public Schools<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"363\">Two Manhasset High School students have been selected for leadership positions with the New York State Thespians, recognizing their involvement in theater arts, leadership and service to the performing arts community.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"732\">Regina McLean, a senior at Manhasset High School, has been appointed Junior Thespian Officer and will serve on the NYC Outreach Committee and Thespian Festival Committee. In those roles, she will support theater education initiatives, engage with students and programs throughout New York City and help plan activities and events for the statewide Thespian community.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"1067\">Senior Parker Yuttal has been selected as Social Media and Marketing Officer and will serve on the Eastern Long Island Outreach Committee. Parker will help promote NY Thespians programs and opportunities through digital communications and support outreach efforts connecting theater students and educators across Eastern Long Island.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1129\">Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longislandpress.com\/2026\/09\/17\/melissa-errico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melissa Errico brings intimate musical\u00a0storytelling\u00a0home to\u00a0Long Island<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1540\">\u201cThese appointments are a tremendous honor and reflect the talent, dedication and leadership qualities that Regina and Parker consistently demonstrate both on and off the stage,\u201d said Dr. Joseph Owens, district director of Fine and Performing Arts. \u201cWe are incredibly proud to see them recognized at the state level and look forward to the positive impact they will make within the NY Thespians organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1542\" data-end=\"1751\">The NY Thespians student leadership program gives students opportunities to develop leadership skills, advocate for theater education and serve as ambassadors for the performing arts throughout New York state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhasset High School seniors Regina McLean and Parker Yuttal have been selected for state-level leadership roles with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[131547,9,11,10,49,51,50,131548],"class_list":["post-352550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-manhasset-schools","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-thespian-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}