Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
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The High School Theatre Festival showcases the ongoing excellent theatre work currently taking place in NYC public high schools, as well as highlights the positive effects of theatre study on skills for the stage and in life: collaboration, artistry, discipline, focus, literacy, student voice, self-awareness, presence, active listening and empathy. The evening focuses on the impact that a full theatre program can have on students and school communities and enables students to see theatre and the arts as a potential career path.
The Festival’s inspired virtual production excerpts reflect the professionalism, the focus and the passions of our NYC public school students from diverse backgrounds and identities who came together with at least one common ground—to tell stories and build bridges. Under widely challenging circumstances, each student artist found time and space to rehearse and record their individual performance on smartphones and laptops so audiences everywhere could enjoy their artistry and collaboration.
This year, student presentations from the following schools will present excerpted scenes and musical numbers in order as follows:
Brooklyn High School of the Arts (Brooklyn) – FAME
Curtis High School (Staten Island) – LUCKY STIFF
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Queens) – HAIRSPRAY
Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts (Manhattan) – AIDA
Talent Unlimited High School (Manhattan) – THE WOLVES
Full video here: youtu.be/DHZFFqhyRd4
The High School Theatre Festival showcases the ongoing excellent theatre work currently taking place in NYC public high schools, as well as highlights the positive effects of theatre study on skills for the stage and in life: collaboration, artistry, discipline, focus, literacy, student voice, self-awareness, presence, active listening and empathy. The evening focuses on the impact that a full theatre program can have on students and school communities and enables students to see theatre and the arts as a potential career path.
The Festival’s inspired virtual production excerpts reflect the professionalism, the focus and the passions of our NYC public school students from diverse backgrounds and identities who came together with at least one common ground—to tell stories and build bridges. Under widely challenging circumstances, each student artist found time and space to rehearse and record their individual performance on smartphones and laptops so audiences everywhere could enjoy their artistry and collaboration.
This year, student presentations from the following schools will present excerpted scenes and musical numbers in order as follows:
Brooklyn High School of the Arts (Brooklyn) – FAME
Curtis High School (Staten Island) – LUCKY STIFF
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Queens) – HAIRSPRAY
Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts (Manhattan) – AIDA
Talent Unlimited High School (Manhattan) – THE WOLVES
