Video: Hingham High School Drama Club to Work with Broadway Performers in NYC

This weekend, the Hingham High School drama club will work with professional Broadway performers in New York City.

The club, under the supervision of drama director Anita Levy Sisk, will take its annual trip to New York from April 8-10.

 “I love New York, so going on the New York trip is a perfect escape from school,” said drama club president  Allie Bearden. “We get to see amazing shows. I go every year, I wouldn’t miss out on it for anything.”

 In Manhattan, the club will watch three Broadway shows and then enroll in multiple workshops with the professional actors. This year, the students will take workshops  on audition and dance and another workshop dedicated to Shakespeare, to prepare for their upcoming spring performance, “Twelfth Night.

 In addition  to the workshops, the club will also spend time in China Town and at the Madam Tussaud Wax Museum.

 “It’s amazing,” said sophomore J.T. Tompkins  “Broadway is one of the coolest places to be.  I love watching professionals act so I can see them and derive things from them.” 

Over the last month, the club competed in a 115 school, state-wide theater competition,  the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild.  The school outperformed over a hundred high schools throughout Massachusetts including Somerville, Boston College High School, Brookline, and Franklin to reach the State Finals. Even though last weekend, they did not advance past the 14 school final round, advancing to the finals was a major accomplishment for the group.