Schools
Young Actors Teach Anti-Bullying Message to Peers
Danny Bronico, 13, of Bedford Hills performs with the Random Farms Kids Theater's traveling show and anti-bullying assembly "The New Kid" in schools throughout the greater New York metropolitan area including New Jersey and Connecticut.
After weeks of rehearsal at the Random Farms Kids Theater's performing arts center in Elmsford, N.Y., two casts of local actors between the ages of 10 and 15 take their show on the road to schools within a one hour radius of New York City.
"The New Kid" is a 55-minute musical performance that addresses issues of bullying, peer pressure and cliques.
Danny Bronico, 13, of Bedford Hills plays a kid in the "Geek Squad" who befriends Zack, a teen who recently moved to P.S. 32. The show is set in a fictional middle school that will feel very familiar its student audiences. Bronico, a student at Fox Lane Middle School, talks about the message of the show and how it raises awareness of important issues.
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In this video, company manager and Dobbs Ferry parent Ellen Flaks and school counselor Sandra Hacker speak about the importance of anti-bullying education after a recent performance at Dobbs Ferry Middle School.