Program

Theater at NHS comprises an academic component and a performance component. The performance component is The Fourth Wall Players (4WPs), our theater company. They produce three seasons of theater each year, including a winter season offering at the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild festival.

The 4WPs have won numerous awards for performance and technical theater work and regularly represent NHS at the semi-finals of the festival. The 4WPs have also represented the school at the state finals on four occasions, have represented Massachusetts at the New England festival, and have been invited to represent the USA at the renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.

4WP alumni are now scattered across the country and have graduated from some of the nation’s finest acting schools, with some working professionally. Despite their busy lives, many often return to NHS as audience members for the latest 4WP offering. Many past and present 4WPs have become close-knit family and stay in regular contact. The camaraderie and collegiality among them bear witness to the personal, social, academic, and professional benefits bestowed by the group membership.