Bronx Theatre High School
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| Bronx Theatre High School | |
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99 Terrace View Avenue, 7th Floor, Bronx, NY 10463 | |
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| Established | 2003 |
Bronx Theatre High School is a high school in New York City, on the border of the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan and the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of the Bronx.[1] It is currently a small school located within the John F. Kennedy High School building (99 Terrace View Avenue, 7th Floor, Bronx, NY 10463).[2] The enrollment is about 435 students.[3] A large proportion of these students are women, approximately 70%.[4]
The school was opened in September 2003 under the leadership of Principal Debi Effinger in collaboration with the Roundabout Theater Company.[5] The first freshman class entered with an estimated 100 kids. These students were the first graduating class of Bronx Theatre High School in the spring of 2007.
Curriculum
Along with required academic classes (Math, English, Science, and History), Bronx Theatre High School offers theatre arts classes such as acting, costume design, set design, and theatre business. All four of these arts classes work as an ensemble to put on a final production. The script used for the current production usually ties with the academic curriculum. In the students' history class, they study the time era of the text, and in English they have a chance to analyze the text to achieve a greater understanding of the story.
Past productions
The following are past productions performed at Bronx Theatre high School:
(2018-2019)
- Senior Ensemble
- "Black and Blue" By: Kevin Demoan Edwards and Katherine George
- Junior Ensemble
- "The Crucible" By: Arthur Miller
- Spring Musical
- Original Jukebox Musicals created by 11th and 12th Graders - "Locked in Love" and "Blinded by Love"
(2014-2015)
- Student written play "Dead of Night: A Cinderella Tragedy" by Lena Smith
- The Crucible
- In the Heights
(2013-2014)
- A Murder is Announced
- Chicago
(2007–2010)
- Juniors
- Metamorphoses
- Ti-jean and his brothers Changed to Ti-jean and her brothers
(2006–2007)
- Seniors
- Studio 99 An Original Piece Directed by James Coles Assistant Director/Stage Manager Julia Rivera
- Musical Theatre
- Extraordinary: The First Musical[permanent dead link] An Original Piece Written by Anthony Colon
- Juniors
- Freshmen
(2005–2006)
- Juniors
- Sophomores
- Freshmen
(2004–2005)
- Sophomores
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- O Brave New World (an adaptation of Brave New World, a book by Aldous Huxley)
- Freshmen
(2003–2004)
