The Arts Barn at ‘Thes Con’

  • L-R: Helen Garcia-Carreras, Emma Elwood, Vickie Spivey, and Lora Garcia-Carreras of The Arts Barn and The Plaza staffed the Broadway Intensive booth for the Georgia Junior Thespian Conference last month in Milledgeville. CONTRIBUTED
    L-R: Helen Garcia-Carreras, Emma Elwood, Vickie Spivey, and Lora Garcia-Carreras of The Arts Barn and The Plaza staffed the Broadway Intensive booth for the Georgia Junior Thespian Conference last month in Milledgeville. CONTRIBUTED

    The Arts Barn brought a whole lot of Appalachian barn dancing to Milledgeville Feb. 21, at the Georgia Junior Thespian Conference.

    Commonly known as “Thes Con,” the three-day conference serves high school theatre students from across the state, including participants from Putnam County High School, Lake Oconee Academy, and Morgan County High School.

    With help from Cathy Williamson and Seth Wicker, s…