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Students from all over Hillsborough County area come together to perform in D9 Cares, a benefit performance for the charity Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDs. They perform both musical and dramatic scenes showcasing the work being developed in their programs. Many of these pieces received a “Superior” at the District Level and will be going on to state competition in March 2017. Other pieces preview the extensive lineup of Spring shows across the district. Still others simply share their love of performance. Each piece represents the best in our students - their ability to work together, to celebrate one another, to create, and to make a difference through their craft.

At a time when the value of the arts is in question, ten high schools join together with an answer. The value of theater is that it shows us who we are as a society and as a culture. It reflects life back at us so that we see ourselves more clearly and so we can learn from what we see. Tonight, more than 200 young artists will show you the very best of who we are - we are District 9 Thespians and D9 Cares. 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDs is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDs fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $225 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

Broadway Cares awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, The Dancers’ Resource and the Stage Managers’ Project.