FoPA (Friends of Performing Arts) BHS

FoPA (Friends of Performing Arts) BHS And every year, the school sponsors dozens of public performances that enrich the Brookline community and beyond.

Friends of Performing Arts is a community-based nonprofit organization supporting faculty and students in Drama, Music, Dance, and Stagecraft at Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts. More than 650 students – roughly one quarter of Brookline High School’s student body – participate in the school’s impressive array of performing arts opportunities in music, dance, drama, improv and stag

ecraft. Brookline FoPA (Friends of Performing Arts) is dedicated to supporting this rich diversity of activities, celebrating achievement, and helping to ensure that the performing arts remain a vital component of the BHS and Brookline Public School experience.

These moments are why we do this.As we celebrate an incredible year in performing arts, we invite you to support the nex...
06/01/2026

These moments are why we do this.
As we celebrate an incredible year in performing arts, we invite you to support the next chapter by helping FoPA fund improvements that will benefit student performers for years to come.
https://www.brooklinefopa.org/donate.html #/

Join us for Progressions, an electrifying dance showcase featuring the incredible talent and creativity of Brookline Hig...
04/28/2026

Join us for Progressions, an electrifying dance showcase featuring the incredible talent and creativity of Brookline High School’s dancers, faculty, and student-led groups. From powerful performances to innovative choreography, this is a celebration of movement, artistry, and community you won’t want to miss.
Come cheer on our dancers, celebrate their hard work, and experience an unforgettable night of live performance. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the energy, passion, and excitement of Progressions!

SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL A CA****LA CHOIR, ADVANCED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, CAMERATA CHOIR, CONCERT BAND, CONCERT CHOIR, CONCERT...
04/27/2026

SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL
A CA****LA CHOIR, ADVANCED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, CAMERATA CHOIR, CONCERT BAND, CONCERT CHOIR, CONCERT ORCHESTRA, MUSIC COLLECTIVE, & STRING ORCHESTRA

Wednesday, May 20
Concert Band
Concert Orchestra
Concert Choir
A ca****la choir
Music Collective

Thursday, May 21
Camerata
Combined Choirs
BHSO
ACO

Brookline High School
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Tickets $10 (free admission for PSB staff and students)
Tickets can be purchased online at www.brooklinefopa.org or directly from the show director.

One of Brookline High School’s liveliest musical traditions, the Spring Music Festival features performances of all of the school’s faculty-led ensembles over two nights: three choruses, two bands, and three orchestras. Each night is a different program, with student soloists and diverse programming including Classical, Jazz, Pop, and Contemporary music.

The Student Directed Drama FestivalSaturday, May 16th @ 10:00AMRoberts/Dubbs AuditoriumThe Drama Department faculty cons...
04/27/2026

The Student Directed Drama Festival
Saturday, May 16th @ 10:00AM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
The Drama Department faculty considers the annual Student Directed Festival to be the ‘jewel in the crown’ in its season of extra-curricular productions, a culmination of all that students have learned over the course of this year and prior years. Over 70 students are involved in the festival. Below is the schedule for the day.
 
Adults: $10 
Students: $5 
Staff and 8th graders: free

The Student Directed Drama FestivalSaturday, May 16th @ 10:00AMRoberts/Dubbs AuditoriumThe Drama Department faculty cons...
04/27/2026

The Student Directed Drama Festival
Saturday, May 16th @ 10:00AM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
The Drama Department faculty considers the annual Student Directed Festival to be the ‘jewel in the crown’ in its season of extra-curricular productions, a culmination of all that students have learned over the course of this year and prior years. Over 70 students are involved in the festival. Below is the schedule for the day.

Adults: $10
Students: $5
Staff and 8th graders: free

Needs Improvment: Old School vs. New School BattleFriday, May 15th @ 7:00 PM!Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium The Needs Improvme...
04/27/2026

Needs Improvment: Old School vs. New School Battle
Friday, May 15th @ 7:00 PM!
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium

The Needs Improvment Battle is our final improv show of the year, where alums of the class come back to compete against the current class for Improv supremacy! Alums from the early 2000’s to the class of 2024 are slated to attend.

Adults: $10
Students: $5
Staff and 8th graders: free

NEEDS IMPROVMENTFriday, May 1st @ 7:00 PMBrookline High School22 Tappan Theater Needs Improvme...
04/27/2026

NEEDS IMPROVMENT
Friday, May 1st @ 7:00 PM
Brookline High School
22 Tappan Theater

Needs Improvment, an upper level drama class at BHS, will take you on a wild ride through short-form improv activities, as seen on tv shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as well as longer format improvised scene work. Be sure not to miss it, because the ideas for the stories come from you, the audience — you suggest a molehill, we’ll make a mountain; you suggest straw, we’ll spin gold. And as always, what gets performed on Friday will never be performed again!

Adults: $10
Students: $5
Staff and 8th graders: free

Special added Theater for Social Change show next week! WE’RE NOT DONE YETWednesday, April 8th at 7pmRoberts/Dubbs Audit...
04/04/2026

Special added Theater for Social Change show next week!
 
WE’RE NOT DONE YET
Wednesday, April 8th at 7pm
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
$5 students; $10 adults; free for staff and PSB 8th graders 
 
WE’RE NOT DONE YET is a collection of student-written scenes that explore our articulated values vs. our lived values here at BHS. The format of this show is quite different than what you have seen from TfSC before but as always, the performance is followed by a post-show discussion, inviting audience members to consider how we can contribute to a better future.

Music CollectiveThursday, April 9 & Friday, April 10 @ 7:30 PMRoberts/Dubbs AuditoriumTickets $10 adults; $5 students; f...
03/26/2026

Music Collective
Thursday, April 9 & Friday, April 10 @ 7:30 PM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Tickets $10 adults; $5 students; free for PSB staff
Tickets can be purchased online at: https://www.brooklinefopa.org/

For this year’s Spring Music Collective concerts, we have been rehearsing a program that will mostly consist of student arrangements as well as some music by Julius Hemphill and Dave Douglass:)

Join us for a special evening, where we turn the auditorium into a small club, complete with an intimate atmosphere and light refreshments. We hope to see you there!

Masterwork ConcertCAMERATA CHOIR and ADVANCED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Joseph Haydn: Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of Wa...
03/26/2026

Masterwork Concert
CAMERATA CHOIR and ADVANCED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Joseph Haydn: Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War)
Also works by Telemann and Grieg

Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 PM
Driscoll School Auditorium
Tickets $10 adults; students and PSB staff are free
Tickets can be purchased online at: https://www.brooklinefopa.org/

Under the direction of Michael Driscoll and Nina Bishop, Brookline High School’s Camerata Choir and Advanced Chamber Orchestra present a powerful and deeply moving performance of Missa in tempore belli by Joseph Haydn.

Composed during a period of great political unrest in Europe, Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” captures both the anxiety of its era and an enduring sense of hope. From its urgent, driving rhythms to its moments of luminous serenity, the work offers a profound musical journey that feels as relevant today as it did over two centuries ago.

This performance showcases the remarkable musicianship of Brookline High School students, featuring soloists from within the Camerata Choir and the rich collaboration between voices and orchestra. Together, they bring to life Haydn’s dramatic contrasts—intensity and tenderness, fear and faith—in a performance that is both thrilling and deeply expressive.

Join us for an evening of music that speaks across time, inviting reflection, connection, and inspiration.

For more information, please email: [email protected].

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