LCHS student attends Broadway Bootcamp

LOUISA — Lawrence County High School student Shawn Weston Thacker was selected from thousands of video submissions to attend Kristin Chenoweth’s Broadway Bootcamp in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma this summer.

Students were chosen based on their acting, singing, and dancing ability. Thacker spent a week working with film and Broadway star Chenoweth, famed director and choreographer Kenny Ortega, and numerous other film and Broadway stars.

The week culminated in an onstage performance, including a touching collaboration with the Penguin Project, which gives special-needs students the opportunity to shine.

In addition to an expected film and docuseries project with Ortega, Thacker is featured in the popular Netflix series “Cobra Kai” as Eagle Fang student Logan. He was introduced in the series in season three and continues with seasons four and five. Season five will be released Sept. 3.

Thacker is currently cast in the role of Chad in “High School Musical” at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland. He was recently Carlos in Paramount’s performance of “Disney’s Descendants.”

Thacker received a Paramount Joe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Junior Show for his role of Scarecrow in “Wizard of Oz.”

One of Thacker’s earliest acting gigs was at Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., where he played Jacob, the youngest shepherd, in the Christmas show “O Holy Night.” He performed there for two Christmas seasons.

In addition to acting, dancing, and singing, Thacker plays piano, guitar, practices martial arts, and plays soccer and tennis at LCHS.

Thacker was selected Mountain Top Media’s Best in the Mountains Best Local Actor in 2021 and 2022. He is the 16-year-old son of Shawn and Shawna Thacker. You can follow Shawn’s acting career on Instagram at shawnthacker1 and Facebook @shawnwthacker (Shawn Weston Thacker.) He is also listed on the actor database IMDb.