The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to congratulate the fifth graduating class of the Broward Center Teen Ambassador Program consisting of 24 participants from 15 high schools. Since its inception in 2010, the Teen Ambassador Program has given more than 100 students tickets to performances and provided behind-the-scenes knowledge of the arts at the Broward Center, which is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 theaters in the world. The Broward Center offers more than 40 different education programs and is home to the largest arts-in-education program in the nation.
During the past school year, Teen Ambassador activities included sitting with the orchestra during Disney’s The Lion King, listening on headsets to the stage manager as he ran performances of The Phantom of the Opera, interviewing Pippin cast members and attending master classes and workshops featuring Sutton Foster, Joshua Bell and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The students also attended theater, dance and music performances to write in excess of 100 reviews and use social media to discuss their experiences with approximately 10,000 friends.
Public, private and home schooled high school students residing in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are eligible to participate in the Teen Ambassador program. The deadline to apply for the 2015-16 class is August 28 and applications are available now at BrowardCenter.org/education/student-programs/teen-ambassadors. Call 954.468.2689 or e-mail teenambassador@browardcenter.org for more information.
Broward Center 2014-15 Graduating Class
American Heritage Center for the Arts
Liat Shuflita and Sofia Ubilla
Cardinal Gibbons High School
Patrick Gallagher
Cooper City High School
Casey Guarasci, Caleb Polsky and Sarah Sharpe
Cypress Bay High School
Camyrn Handler and Rachel Schonberger
David Posnack Jewish Day School
Shelly Massre
Florida Virtual School
Valeria Hansen
JP Taravella High School
Alyssa Holcomb
North Broward Preparatory
Francis Diez
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Jonathan Howard, Gianna Trapani and Veronica Velez
Sagemont School
Claudia Moncaliano
Somerset Arts Conservatory
Nicky Macias
Suncoast Community High School
Ben Grubner
University School of Nova Southeastern University
Jacob Greene, Alison Singer and Andrew Singer
West Broward High School
Carla Corsetti
Western High School
Veronica Lempicki and Helyne Levy
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is located in the Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District at 201 SW Fifth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is one of America’s premier performing arts venues. Presenting more than 700 performances each year to more than 700,000 patrons, the Center showcases a wide range of exciting cultural programming and events, and offers one of the largest arts-in-education programs in the United States, serving more than 150,000 students annually. The Broward Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. receives and maintains funds to sustain, develop and secure the future of the Broward Center. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is located in the Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District at 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. For more information, visit BrowardCenter.org.
The Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment Consortium is a cultural partnership between the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Florida Grand Opera, Fort Lauderdale History Center and the Historic Stranahan House Museum. It is supported by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Programs are sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
