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Students learn firsthand from industry professionals about acting, playwriting, directing and all the behind-the-scenes production. Each student writes a 10-minute play and one play from each school is chosen to have the opportunity to be performed by the students on a Broadway stage.

Students participate in in-school and out-of-school activities, including:

field trips to Broadway performances
hands-on mentoring by professionals
school visits by celebrities
writing their own plays
performing their own work on a Broadway stage

Watch a video about the Fidelity FutureStage program or see photos and videos from recent events.

The participating schools in the Theater Program for the current school year include:

Fordham High School for the Arts
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School
Gramercy Arts High School
High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow
Hillcrest High School
J.H.S 231
J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler
Long Island City High School
Lower Manhattan Arts Academy (LOMA)
Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts

Fidelity FutureStage salutes its partners, who help to make this program possible.

Billy Elliot, the Musical, based on the critically acclaimed feature film of 2000, is the new show that has captured Broadway’s heart and received the best reviews for any musical in years. Billy Elliot is a feel-good celebration of one boy following his heart and making his dreams come true. Billy Elliot is brought to life by the movie’s original creative team — director Stephen Daldry, choreographer Peter Darling, andwriter Lee Hall — with music legend Elton John, who wrote the score.

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LEAP, a non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of public education through a hands-on arts-based approach to teaching, has been bringing professional artists together with underserved students in the New York metropolitan area for the past 30 years.

Viertel/Frankel/Baruch/Routh Group has produced and general managed a wide range of plays and musicals on and off Broadway, in London and on tour for the past 20 years, including Hairspray, Company and Young Frankenstein . Through Fidelity FutureStage they share professional talents and a love of Broadway theater to nurture a new generation of actors, playwrights and audiences.

Samuel French Inc., founded in 1830, has been the premier play and musical publishing and licensing company for 178 years. With bustling performing arts bookstores in London, Hollywood and Studio City, California, Samuel French, Inc. currently offers over 5,000 plays and musicals. Strengthening their catalogue through new acquisitions, increasing visibility through sponsorships of various theatrical endeavors, advertising and promotions, and expanding utilization of technology, Samuel French remains a leader in their field.

1/19 - 3/15/10: Accepting play submissions

3/23 - 3/29/10: Finalists and Winner notified

4/11/10: Winning playwright attends Opening Night of Billy Elliot the Musical in Chicago

6/14/10: Winning play performed on Broadway at the Fidelity Futurestage finale event

A number of celebrities have visited with Fidelity FutureStage schools to share their experiences and creative skills with the students.

Roger Bart, of the hit Broadway musicals Young Frankenstein and The Producers
Walter Bobbie, is an actor and Tony^® Award-nominated director, dancer, and choreographer, known for his direction of Chicago, Twentieth Century, Sweet Charity and High Fidelity
Max Crumm, discovered on the NBC reality series You're The One That I Want and debuted in the Broadway revival of Grease
Charles S. Dutton, two-time Tony^® Award-nominated actor of The Piano Lesson and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Raúl Esparza, Tony^®Award-nominated actor, most recently star of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow and Company
Sutton Foster, star of Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Thoroughly Modern Millie, among others
Peter Gallagher, Tony^®Award-nominated actor, Golden Globe winner, known for The OC and While You Were Sleeping
David Gallo, Tony^® Award-winning set designer of over 20 Broadway shows
David Henry Hwang, Tony^® Award-winning playwright (for M. Butterfly) as well as the Broadway musical book writer
William Ivey Long, Tony^® Award-winning costume designer for stage and film, known for over 50 Broadway shows including The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Grey Gardens and Young Frankenstein.
Kathleen Marshall, director and Tony^® Award-winning choreographer of the recent revivals of Grease, The Pajama Game and Wonderful Town and choreographer of Little Shop of Horrors
Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator, star and lyricist of In the Heights, the 2008 Tony^® Award winner for Best Musical
Jerry Mitchell, choreographer of The Full Monty, Hairspray and director of Legally Blonde: the Musical
Laura Osnes, discovered on the NBC reality series You're The One That I Want and debuted in Broadway revival of Grease
Chazz Palminteri, author and star of the recent Broadway production of A Bronx Tale
David Hyde Pierce, an Emmy- and Tony^® Award-winning American actor, best known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier
Phylicia Rashad, Tony^® Award-winning actress, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show
David Rockwell, celebrated architect and designer, including Broadway shows, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Christopher Sieber, Prince Farquaad of Shrek and Tony^® Award-nominated actor for the role of Sir Dennis Galahad in Monty Python's Spamalot
David Strathairn, film, television, and stage actor, most recently nominated for an Academy Award for his protrayal of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck
Susan Stroman, Tony^® Award-winning director and choreographer of Young Frankenstein, The Producers and Contact, among others
Charles Strouse, Emmy Award-winning composer/lyricist, best known for creating the Broadway hit, Annie
Judine Somerville, former Radio City Rockette and a "Dynamite" from Hairspray
Jeanine Tesori, a composer and conductor, best known for the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, Shrek and Caroline, or Change
Alfred Uhry, the first playwright to win the Tony, the Oscar, and the Pulitzer Prize, best known for Driving Miss Daisy
Jerry Zaks, Tony^® Award-winning director of Caine Mutiny, Court Martial, Little Shop of Horrors and La Cage aux Folles revivals

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as of: 10/19/09

Over 600 students from 10 NYC schools participate each year
Since 2008, published 21 student plays with Samuel French, Inc.
Over 20 Broadway celebrities have provided support to the students

Public school students in five major cities receive new instruments and exposure to the world of professional music.
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Fidelity FutureStage was created in 2006 by Fidelity Investments to support arts education in local communities.
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