BPS Theatre & Dance Programs

Brevard Public Schools

Theatre & Dance Program Highlights

Theatre Counts: How Theatre Education Transforms Student's Lives

On stage, the audience sees a young person bow at the end of a theatre production.

What the audience may not see: the hours of rehearsal spent preparing for this moment; their classmates poised on the catwalk shining the stage light to capture the performer’s joy; the costumers’ research, drawings, and design; the audio technician’s artful and precise balance of sound; and the stage manager creating harmony among the performers and the crew.

The audience may not recognize that they are seeing the result of years of training and commitment on the part of educators to support students. Theatre education benefits are numerous and powerful and exist across student populations, age levels and learning environments.

Theatre education can help young people develop a strong sense of self and identity, build empathy and learning among peers and broaden the ways they make meaning of the world around them.

Theatre Education is an interdisciplinary form of learning that encompasses dramatic interpretation, writing, multimedia production and technical skill through the artistic processes of creating, performing, responding and connecting. A comprehensive theatre education includes instruction in acting, designing, writing, producing/directing and dramaturgy, all of which nurture the human need to express thoughts and feelings through storytelling.

Bravo! Brevard Theatrical Programs

Palm Bay High School create a 'Boo Room' for the kids. They have a Pre-K and a T.O.T.s program, so it's always a welcome event.

Palm Bay Magnet High School 2025-26

Six the Musical

Palm Bay Magnet High School 25-26

Sponge Bob

Florida District Thespian Festival Assessments 2024

Rockledge High School’s advanced drama Troupe 5244 competed in two juried district events this past December and did a phenomenal job! We are incredibly proud of receiving 5 Best of Show awards for performance/technical categories during the District Thespian Festival—the highest number that were awarded this year (out of 30 competing schools)—as well as receiving Critics Choice for our one-act play Down Came The Rain on top of having it being selected to perform at state. This March, we will take our events to the state level and have the incredible opportunity to compete in the Florida State Thespian Festival! Raider pride!

One-Act Play Festival:

● Awarded CRITICS CHOICE!—the highest, most decorated award out of the entire festival

● Awarded Superior, will perform at the state level this March

● Best Overall Actor: Jacob Camodeca

● All-Star Cast Award: Justin Kracht

● Best Lighting Design: Averi Boyer

● Cast: Jacob Camodeca, Justin Kracht

● Crew: Nicholas Tecua, Link Heaslet, Averi Boyer, Breanne Wright, Melissa Melo, Ashley Merrick, Ely Garcia-Sanchez, Zachary Grandey, Isabella Silva

Florida District Thespian Festival:

● 5 BEST OF SHOWS!

○ Jacob Camodeca and Alexandra Boveil - Duet Acting (Perfect Score)

○ Finn Hobert, Avery Price, and Joseph Hamilton - Ensemble Acting (Perfect Score)

○ Caylen Sims, Sophia Martz-Chroniger, and Jacie Brown - Small Group Musical (Perfect Score)

○ Isabella Silva - Theatre Marketing

○ Averi Boyer - Set Design & a Senior Scholarship

● 21 Superiors, 9 excellents!

District 11 One-Act Theatre Assessments Palm Bay Magnet High School 2024

Palm Bay Magnet High School’s Pirate Thespians competed in 2 separate District events in December. Heads up: They did quite well. Please give these young thespians a small round of applause- and apologies for the clanking medals 😊

Florida Thespian District XI (2counties / 30 schools entering various categories):

One-Act Play Festival-

JERRY FINNEGAN'S SISTER

CAST: Jaden Smith / Anabelle Castillo

CREW: Alycia Johnson/Xavior Davies/Levi Nunez/Candia Lejuste/Tamya Gulilat/Amerie Smith/Bella Relaford

· Straight Superiors

· State Selected

· BEST ACTOR-Jaden Smith

· All-Star- Jaden Smith

THESPYS / Individual Events

CRITIC CHOICE! - Jaden Smith – Monologues (Jaden will be performing his piece at State during Opening Ceremonies, along with the other Critics Choice candidates from around the State.

3 BESTS OF SHOWS!!!-

Monologues - Jaden Smith
Choreo - Candia Lejuste / Alycia Johnson/Anabelle Castillo/Amerie Smith
Duet Acting - Jaden Smith / Anabelle Castillo
20 events entered / Overall averaged final scores
Anna Phelan as Runner-Up to Best of Show for her Marketing Campaign for Six the Musical.

District 11 One-Act Theatre Assessments 2023

Palm Bay High Greater Tuna , Melbourne High Jon and Jen, and Viera High Head Elf

December 1-2 Merritt Island High School hosted District 11 One Act Theatre Assessments. 25 Schools from Brevard and Osceola County presented their one act play.

4 plays are selected by a panel of judges to perform their plays at the Florida Theatre Festival in Tampa from March 13-16 2024. There will be over 8000 high schooler attending this event.

The following schools (in Alpha order) have been selected to perform.

Melbourne High, Palm Bay High, Viera High

The following students received the following awards.

In the category of All Star Cast ( in order of show performances)

Rockledge High Ralphael Agee

Westshore High Acabella Dias

Viera High Micah Wiggins

Cocoa Beach High Ella Hornquist

Space Coast High Antonio Ananayo

Satellite High Connor DeRoche

Palm Bay High Jaden Smith

Edgewood High Addison Hunt

Merritt Island High Sanaya Salter

Melbourne High Wesley Restrepo

Bayside High Allyson Mowery

Cocoa High Fiona McDonald

Individual Awards

Best Actor Jaden Smith Palm Bay High

Best Actress Kaitlyn Hufstetler Melbourne High School

Best Supporting Actor Seth Fletcher Palm Bay High

Best Supporting Actress Addison Hunt Edgewood High

Best Cameo Actor Micah Wiggins Viera High

Best Lead Actor Zebastian Molina Palm Bay High

Best Lighting Satellite High

Best Program Merritt Island High

Best Set Palm Bay High

Best costume Viera

Best Stage Manager Palm Bay High

Best Technical Palm Bay High

Critic’s Choice Palm Bay High School

SIX the Musical - Palm Bay Magnet HS 2024

Sponge bob The Musical - Palm Bay Magnet HS

Night of the Living Dead - Palm Bay Magnet HS

Bright Star- Satellite HS

SPONGEBOB The Musical 2023 trailer.mp4

Sponge Bob the Musical trailer

P&T slideshow 2023 (1).mp4