Imagine standing on the same stage as Elphaba and Glinda, having just watched them perform such seminal classics as, “Defying Gravity,” “Popular,” and “For Good.” For seven-year-old Tessa Osborne, that’s all it took — a backstage tour of Salt Lake’s Capitol Theater — to know, “this is what I want to do.” Since then, she has worked toward that goal, becoming a star in her own right for Alta’s High’s Theater Department. Osborne placed first in this year’s regional musical theater competition and medaled at the state competition with a score of 74 out of 75. She was also nominated for the Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards’ Best Actress, making it into the top 10 finalists and performing on stage at the Eccles Theater. She also placed first in a national singing competition. Osborne has been able to portray some of her favorite roles, including, Miss Honey in  “Matilda,” Morticia Adams in “The Addams Family,” and Regina George in “Mean Girls.” She says the most influential teachers have been her theater directors, Linze Struiksma and Lindsay Cline, who inspired her and brought out her confidence from a nervous freshman. Her parents have been her biggest inspiration, and she says she will never forget her second family, her fellow Thespians. As she prepares to attend the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in the fall, with her sights set on Broadway, she hopes next year’s seniors will make the most of every moment and learn to love themselves. “You miss 100-percent of the shots you don’t take,” she says. “You may feel inadequate, but it never hurts to try because you never know what could come from it.”