All students take theater as part of the Northbrook curriculum. At Northbrook, theater extends beyond the stage and flows equally into many other subjects.

For example, Northbrook students visited Framingham State College to participate in the “Bose In Harmony with Education” Program where they studied the science of sound before building their own instruments for their 2008 production of "The Green Teen Group." In math class the Northbrook students predicted the length of a tube needed to produce each note on the musical scale (a measurement needed to build their Tubulum).

The 2009 musical, "Annie Jr." highlighted some of the issues of poverty in New York City that 8th grade English Literature students also read about in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

The 2010 play, "A Load of Rubbish", tied intimately into the students' CoastSweep beach cleanup, and their ecology class studies of recycling and waste management. Throughout the year the play will act as a point of reference for all students as they participate in Earth day projects, study the science of water and make a visit to a water treatment facility,

Theater is also using Northbrook technology and digital photography classes which include learning some basics of video production and filming. They have experiences bringing digital videos and digital images into Microsoft movie maker to build their own music videos and public service announcement (PSA) commercials. The PSAs projects also help students to be more aware of issues of peer pressure and how to stay "above the influence." Students are also taught about the ethics of IM and images on the web and about the dangers of "digital tattoos" as part of their ethos classes.

They are involved in all aspects of the productions both on stage and back stage, pre-production and post- production including: set building and striking; lighting and sound; curtains, sets and drops; marketing,,ticketing, programs and box-office; costuming,and props, Each show also has a student stage manager and student assistant director in order to allow students to develop these important management skills.

We cycle our style of productions over three years in order to allow students to explore unique performance opportunities. One year we will write our own show, the next perform a well known Broadway style show, and the next a lesser known show,

Recent musicals have included:

• "Annie Jr."
• "The Green Teen Group" (Northbrook's exploration of Blue Man Group style musical theater)
• "The Big Bad Musical" (with live pit orchestra)
• "Northbrook's Wizard of Oz" (with scenes in Spanish)

Recent plays have included:

• "A Load of Rubbish"
• "The Wizard of Mops"
• "A Trio of Greed"
• "The Potato Conspiracy"