Hamilton Cast Members to Hit Hollywood Beach, Visit NSU’s Marine Environmental Education Center

It’s the Broadway production that has taken the nation by storm. And now, a number of cast members stormed a Broward County beach to learn about sea turtles, participated in a beach clean-up and more!

On Monday, January 14, several cast members from Hamilton: An American Musical, currently at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, visited Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC) at the historic Carpenter House on Hollywood Beach. They joined with MEEC staff and others to conduct a beach clean-up and then learned about sea turtles and the work the MEEC is doing in the South Florida community.

“This was an incredible opportunity,” said Derek Burkholder, Ph.D., the director of the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program and the Marine Environmental Education Center at the Carpenter House. “Our goal is to help educate as many people as we can about the plight of sea turtles and other marine creatures, and having members of the cast of Hamilton join us was a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Hopefully they’ll take what they learned at the MEEC and share it with others as they tour the country.”

The cast members will be joined by members of NSU’s GreenSharks Sustainability Club, Citizens Climate Lobby and The Extra Catch.

The MEEC was fostered from a partnership between Broward County Parks and Recreation and Nova Southeastern University. The facility is located on the historic grounds of the Carpenter House at Hollywood North Beach Park in Hollywood, Florida. It is open to the public Tuesday – Saturday from 10am to 5pm.