Creating Original Theatre Performances
Danforth students are encouraged to express their unique voice through drama and dance opportunities. The works we create in class and extracurriculars are showcased in school and community performances in additional theatre spaces. Every student has an opportunity to be part of the team on stage and back stage.
Drama Studio
Dance Studio
700+ Seat Auditorium
Collaborating to learn staging, acting and directing techniques for live performance. Creating performances for showcase to school and community.
Using stagecraft to create larger productions. Taking on leadership roles on stage as Performers and off stage as Directors, Stage Managers, Designers and Technicians.
Productions compete in the National Theatre School Drama Festival.
Extracurricular Performing Arts (open to everyone)
Drama Room Production Company (DPRC): Student-led production company that writes, stages and performs their own plays and musicals for the school and community.
Coffee Houses (2-3 annually): Arts council hosts an event for poets, musicians, actors, magicians and comedians to perform.
Dance Clubs and Bollywood Club: Students create dances for a school Dance Showcase and Asian Heritage Assemblies. Choreography mentorship with professional artists as part of TDSB Dare to Create.
Stage Crew: Run the lights and sound in the auditorium for all school events.
Recent Drama Excursions and Guest Artist Collaborations
Tarragon Theatre
Crow's Nest Theatre
Hart House Theatre Technical workshops
Factory Theatre
CanStage's Berkley Theatre
Studio 180
Theatre Gargantua
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre at Chrysalis Theatre
2024
District Award of Merit for Outstanding Stage Management
District Award of Merit for Acting for the Ensemble
District Award of Excellence for Concept and Direction
District Award for Outstanding Production
District Award of Excellence for Lighting Design
Regional Award of Merit for Direction
Regional Award of Excellence for Flow and Finesse
2025
District Awards of Merit for Outstanding Student Directors
District Awards of Merit for Achievement in Design
District Awards of Excellence in Acting
The Inertia Express February 2025