Over the course of this school year Lee and her castmates from “The New Kid” musical had traveled to different elementary and middle schools in the Tri-State area with one mission: helping kids find their voice against bullying and peer pressure, and teaching them to stand up for what’s right. The story is about a new kid in school who is given an opportunity to join the “popular crowd” if he passes the tests that do not feel right or make him happy, and in the end discovers it is best to follow one’s own path and to ?just be yourself.” His courage in standing up for his beliefs inspires his entire school to change. Every performance was followed up by a Q & A session and an open discussion where kids could share their own experience with bullying, and ask important questions they had for the cast member.
