LAHS Seniors Clove Tholen and Annie Xie named New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Top Ten Best Actor nominees for their individual performances in this year’s Olions production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Congratulations to Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Seniors Clove Tholen and Annie Xie who were named New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Top Ten Best Actor nominees for their individual performances in this year’s Olions production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!  

After an intensive week of rehearsals, coaching sessions, and adjudication from acclaimed Musical Theatre professionals, Clove and Annie went on to compete with the rest of the NM nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress at the 2025 Enchantment Awards held at Popejoy Hall May 2.

During the show, both actors performed in multiple group numbers with their fellow nominees and showed off their performance skills in competition by singing their Spelling Bee character solos. Based on their solo and preliminary scores, Clove was awarded the Top Five honor and went on to compete with an additional solo.

Fellow Olions member Annabelle DeBurgomaster joined in the fun by performing in the Director’s Choice Chorus. It was a musical night to remember! An enthusiastic congratulations goes out to these talented Toppers!