Nicolas Munoz & Iliana Ortega

Seniors, Bayard Rustin Educational Complex

Seniors, Bayard Rustin Educational Complex

Cynthia Cruz

Fordham High School, Grade 10

Cynthia Cruz was born and raised in New York and loves reading and writing poetry. She loves the theatre for three main reasons: 1. It's her passion to see the way people act out so many roles in front of a crowd; 2. Drama just so happens to be her major in high school, and 3. The musicals! "I have such a passion for musicals. I love the way an orchestra can make such a wonderful sound in unison."

Molly Fagan

Stephen A. Halsey Junior High School, Grade 8

Molly, an 8th grader at Stephen A. Halsey Junior High School in Forest Hills, Queens, has two passions: acting and playing soccer. While she likes musicals, Molly prefers dramas. "I intend to have a career as an actor someday," she says. "Having the chance to go to as many plays as possible and see all different types of acting is like a dream come true."

Jeremy Friedman

Curtis High School, Grade 12

Jeremy Leslie-Friedman is a high school senior from Staten Island. He will be attending Mannes College of Music in the fall. He loves the theatre, whether he is on the stage or in the audience, for its excitement and impact, but most of all, he says, "because it is an art form that, in order to succeed, requires so many different types of talented people working together." In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys reading and referring to himself in the third person.

Hannah Perri & Christa Tandana

Bayside High School, Grade 12

Queens native Hannah Perri enjoys playing the bass, listening to music, watching movies, reading, writing, baking and, of course, seeing plays. She loves the theatre because, as she puts it, "For those few hours, you get immersed into a story that's acted out live in front of you. You can forget about life for a moment and sit back and enjoy all the hard work and effort put into that production." Christa was born and raised in Queens, where she currently resides. She enjoys music, photography, film, television, and theatre, among several other things. She loves theatre because, she says, "It has a unique ability to connect music, acting, and dance with a story, bringing it to life on stage for audiences from young and old to enjoy."

Sabrina Khan

Bayside High School, Grade 12

A Queens native, Sabrina loves having a good time with friends and family. Her hobbies include reading, writing, singing, acting, watching movies, shopping and meeting new people. She describes herself as a social butterfly, and says she loves theatre for its "beautiful ability to present the written, spoken, lyrical, and instrumental word as one. Theatre is one of the few remnants of the ancient world that remain with us today. It’s our indirect connection to ourselves. It is really quite awe-inspiring!"

Julia Keimach

12th grade Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and Performing Arts

Hannah Perri

Bayside High School, Grade 12

Queens native Hannah Perri enjoys playing the bass, listening to music, watching movies, reading, writing, baking and, of course, seeing plays. She loves the theatre because, as she puts it, "For those few hours, you get immersed into a story that's acted out live in front of you. You can forget about life for a moment and sit back and enjoy all the hard work and effort put into that production."

Play by Play Plog

TDF’s glossy student theatre newsletter. Written by and for high school students.

Welcome to the TDF "Plog," our name for the new Play by Play group weblog.Here you'll find the firsthand thoughts and insights of high school students from all over New York--their reactions, rants and reviews about theatre they've seen and the theatre they wish they could see. Check back here regularly for updates! And we'll see you at the theatre.

Monikha Reyes

Halsey Junior High School, Grade 9

Robert Smith

Murry Bergtraum High School, Grade 12

Christa Tandana

Bayside High School, Grade 12

Christa was born and raised in Queens, where she currently resides. She enjoys music, photography, film, television, and theatre, among several other things. She loves theatre because, she says, "It has a unique ability to connect music, acting, and dance with a story, bringing it to life on stage for audiences from young and old to enjoy."