The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) today announced a group of talented actors serving as Ambassadors for the 2019 Excellence in Theatre Education Award.
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School brought the house down at the Tony Awards with an emotional performance of “Seasons of Love” from the musical “Rent.” Now the school's drama club join TODAY live along with teacher Melody Herzfeld, who says “it's not easy” to deal with memories of the February shooting massacre at the school. Watch the clip below!
Melody Herzfeld of Parkland, Florida, a drama teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, accepts the Excellence in Theatre Education Award during the Creative Arts Awards portion of the 2018 Tony Awards ceremony.