TAPCo in the Spotlight

📺 CTE Film Students visit News 12

HITN Takes Bronx Students Inside News 12

As part of its ongoing partnership with the Theater Arts Production Company School (TAPCo), HITN recently organized an inspiring educational field trip to the News 12 studios in Bethpage, Long Island.

A group of TAPCo students had the unique opportunity to explore the state-of-the-art facilities and engage directly with key members of the Optimum/News 12 team. During the visit, the students participated in an interactive presentation that offered firsthand insights into how their academic studies can translate into exciting careers in journalism, media production, and corporate communications.

Photo of everyone in the News 12 Entrance

Photo of students in the News 12 Entrance

🎭 The Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival

Shubert High School theater festival flyer

The 2025 Shubert foundation high school theatre festival for nyc public schools celebrates TAPCo's production of in the heights

The Shubert Festival celebrates five outstanding high school student productions from the 2024-25 school year, selected from more than 30 productions across the city by professional theatre artists and theatre educators.

Over the course of the festival’s 11-year history, school productions from all five boroughs have performed at the event. This year, student presentations from the following schools will present excerpted scenes and musical numbers in order as follows:

IN THE HEIGHTS – Theatre Arts Production Company High School (Bronx)
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH – Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts (Manhattan)
NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 – Professional Performing Arts School (Manhattan)
A CHORUS LINE – Port Richmond High School (Staten Island)
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Queens)

Performances by Brandon, Ashley, & Angelina

▶️ TAPCo in the Media

News 12 The Bronx - February 29, 2024

This year's Battle of the Boroughs Minecraft competition is challenging students to reimagine what the historic Kingsbridge Armory would look like. News 12's Elly Morillo spoke to educators and students about why this year's theme reflects Bronx culture and how the challenge is inspiring the participants to refocus.

News 12 The Bronx - May 7, 2018

Student-generated ideas for remodeling one Bronx school have become a reality with construction now underway. Students at the Theatre Arts Production Company School (TAPCO) began coming up with ideas to renovate their school a few years ago. Students say they thought it would be great to create a rooftop garden and soundstage for the school.

Pix 11 - April 26, 2023

It’s lights, camera and action for young filmmakers at the fifth annual NYC Public School Film Festival. The television and movie business is an $82 billion industry for the City of New York and it helps employ about 185,000 people. Some New York City public school students are preparing for those jobs with the hope of making the movies of tomorrow.

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