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Tyler Stover portrait, 12.17

Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover poses for a portrait with a traditional thespian Melpomene mask inside the "black box" of the theater at Lincoln Southwest High School.

Tyler Stover portrait, 12.17

A wall of awards, including a check for an $18,000 donation to the Trevor Project, hang inside the "black box" of the Southwest High School theater.  

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Using an in-camera double exposure, Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover poses for a portrait mimicking the traditional thespian Melpomene mask inside the "black box" of the theater at Lincoln Southwest High School.

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Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover's "senior ornament" on the tree inside the "black box" of the theater at Lincoln Southwest High School. Each year, seniors can add an ornament that represents themselves. Stover's ornament is a graduation cap with a photo of him as a child underneath.

KATY COWELL, Journal Star

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A wall of awards including a plaque for the "Kinky Boots" production sit on a shelf inside the "black box" of the Southwest High School theater. The theater project raised $18,000 to donate to the Trevor Project, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicide in LGBTQ+ youth with their production in 2022. Stover is pictured dressed as a drag queen on the bottom left of the photo.

KATY COWELL, Journal Star

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Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover sits for a portrait in his favorite seat (#1) of the auditorium on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at Lincoln Southwest High School. Stover has been ranked in the Top 15 of the nationwide musical theater competition, Broadway World Next On Stage.

KATY COWELL, Journal Star

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Tyler Stover portrait, 12.17

Using an in-camera double exposure, Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover poses for a portrait mimicking the traditional thespian Melpomene mask inside the "black box" of the theater at Lincoln Southwest High School.

Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover's "senior ornament" on the tree inside the "black box" of the theater at Lincoln Southwest High School. Each year, seniors can add an ornament that represents themselves. Stover's ornament is a graduation cap with a photo of him as a child underneath.

A wall of awards including a plaque for the "Kinky Boots" production sit on a shelf inside the "black box" of the Southwest High School theater. The theater project raised $18,000 to donate to the Trevor Project, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicide in LGBTQ+ youth with their production in 2022. Stover is pictured dressed as a drag queen on the bottom left of the photo.

Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover sits for a portrait in his favorite seat (#1) of the auditorium on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at Lincoln Southwest High School. Stover has been ranked in the Top 15 of the nationwide musical theater competition, Broadway World Next On Stage.

Lincoln Southwest senior Tyler Stover poses for a portrait with a traditional thespian Melpomene mask inside the "black box" of the theater at Lincoln Southwest High School.

A wall of awards, including a check for an $18,000 donation to the Trevor Project, hang inside the "black box" of the Southwest High School theater.  

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