Winner Announced for the SPECIAL 2008 BroadwayWorld.com Fidelity FutureStage Fans' Choice Award!

Fidelity FutureStage enables over 600 NYC students from 10 different public schools to get a real view into the world of Broadway theater. Students learn firsthand from industry professionals about acting, playwriting, directing and all the behind-the-scenes production. They also attend Broadway shows and each student writes a 10-minute play. Below are the plays selected from each of the participating schools that will be performed by the students at New World Stages this June. In Search of Euphoria By Hector & Trisha Millennium Art Academy After losing his mother in a drunk driving accident, Adam and his father find themselves venting their anger at each other. With the help of an insightful homeless woman in the park and a visitation of his mother's ghost, Adam resolves to patch up his relationship with his father. Street Walker By Nicholas High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology When a homeless boy saves a girl from getting mugged, she discovers his talent and passion for becoming an artist, as well as his difficult past. She encourages him to put the pain behind him and pursue his dreams. In Your Head By Sarah Forest Hills High School David is not following his heart and his ID (Inner Desire) is dying. This play takes place inside David's head as his Hope and ID try to figure out how to save ID's life by awakening David out of his passionless life. Relationships By Sukhjit Hillcrest High School Two buddies sit in a bar and brag about their wonderful wives, until they go home where we see that things aren't quite as perfect as they had seemed. The men decide to take action to get even with their wives but their plan backfires. Man on a Mission By Juan Adlai E. Stevenson High School Derrick confides in his girlfriend about his dysfunctional relationship with his father. When Derrick finds his father in the middle of a shady drug deal, he has to make a life-changing decision about what to do. Sacrifices for Life By Carissa & Stefany High School of the Arts and Technology at Martin Luther King campus When Noel ends up in a coma after a car accident, his two best friends spend their time in the hospital bickering with each other. In an unlikely setting for a comedy, through a series of flashbacks we see how the accident happened and the three friends come to a resolution about their relationship. What's His Name? By Claudia Long Island City High School Four high school seniors sit in a coffee shop in what might be the last time they see each other before their lives go in different directions. A surprisingly wise and almost godlike hobo who wanders into the shop offers them sound advice as they make their choices about the future. Through Each Line of Pain and Glory - A Grandson's Song By Torin Manhattan East School for Arts and Academics (MS-224) A touching story of a boy who learns that his grandmother is diagnosed with dementia. His story is told through a series of flashbacks as he holds onto his happy memories of his life with her. Just Be Yourself, I Can Be That Too By Erica Philippa Schuyler Middle School for the Gifted and Talented According to Jahrain, his co-worker Sahan "is a goddess sent straight from hottietopia." He tries to change himself into anything and everything that he thinks will make her like him, but he soon learns that trying to be someone else won't get you anywhere. Rollin in Gold By Stephen Jordan L. Mott, Middle School 22 Willard and Karreem are best friends, but when Willard suddenly becomes wealthy, his whole personality changes. Karreem misses his old friend and shows Willard that money can't buy you happiness.