Lost in Yonkers is a coming-of-age story set in Yonkers, New York. Simon's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play centers around two brothers, Arty and Jay, who live with their grandmother and their child-like Aunt Bella, while their father travels, desperately trying to scrape enough money together while working as a salesman to pay off his debts to a loan shark, and their mother has died of cancer. Over the course of the play, the young boys learn lessons about love, responsibility and the importance of family that will carry them into adulthood.

The Upstart Crow Theatre Company had its first production in 1996 followed by its first musical, "The Music Man" in 1997.  Since that time, the Dakota Ridge stage has seen over 50 productions with five different directors, each bringing her or his own unique flair and talents to the department.  Throughout the years, the program has striven to achieve the same goal: to introduce as many students as possible to the dramatic and performing arts while maintaining a high quality program.