The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “EduHam” - lets South Florida students perform songs, rap, poetry, scenes, and monologues based on classroom lessons inspired by the Broward Center run of the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton.” 2,500 students from local schools performed their original work, had a Q&A with the cast and then and saw a matinee performance of Hamilton.
Dillard High School juniors Jason Foots, 17, left, and Jevaughn Jean-Gilles, 17, perform “Spilling Tea,” a rap based on the Boston Team Party, as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Caroline Heath, from Fort Lauderdale High School, performs “Brockhamilton,” an Alexander Hamilton rap, as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Hamilton ensemble cast member Abby Jaros, a Boca Raton native, comes onstage to greet Jasmine Brown, from Booker T. Washington Senior High School, after Brown performed her rap, “Common Sense,” as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Nova High School junior Christian Clarke, 16, performs An Aaron Burr rap called “A-A-R-O-N” as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Leyana Petitisse, of Sheridan Technical High School, performs “Love and War 1776,” a performance piece about New York and New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Sara-Ann Allen, of Deerfield Beach High School, performs “Shadow Man,” A Hercules Mulligan poem, as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Samantha Louis, from J.P. Taravella High School, performs “Losing Control,” a rap about Aaron Burr, as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Miami Jackson Senior High School senior Nahriyah Beharry, 16, performs “Never Meant To Be Mine,” a song she wrote about Angelica Schuyler, as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Catherine Howell and Clara Hence, of North Miami Senior High School, perform “Blow Us All Away” as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
McFatter Technical High School students Nathan Champagne, Michael Moulton, and Gabrielle Bateman, perform their Constitutional Convention song as part of The Hamilton Education Program - also known as “Edu-Ham” at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)