A Des Moines native and now Minnesota transplant, Cole Strelecki is a graduate of Drake University where he received his Bachelor of Music studying Vocal Performance and Musical Theatre. Recent achievements include first place in the Bruce Carlson Schubert Club Vocal competition, national finalist in the Hal Leonard vocal competition in musical theatre and classical voice, and 2023/24 top 12 male semi-finalist for the American Pops Orchestra National NextGen competition. Cole has been recently seen as Smudge in Plaid Tidings, Olivier Hix in The Music Man, Boatswain in H.M.S Pinafore and Stroop in Wings: A New Musical (workshop), among others. In 2019, Cole was the winner of the Iowa High School Musical Theatre Awards Triple Threat Award which led to him being a Jimmy Awards Nominee for his performance as The Man in the Yellow Suit in Tuck Everlasting. Outside of music, you’ll find him exploring nature trails, writing Yelp reviews about new restaurants, or planning vacations he will never actually go on. Cole looks forward to continuing to perform in the Twin Cities and around the country.