 Following the Scarborough School 's closing , the Beechwood Theater had stood empty for many years , and was restored in 1983 by the Greater Ossining Area Community Theater . On March 17 , 1984 , The Clear View School presented a solo performance of Currier Bell , Esquire ( a dramatization of Charlotte Brontë 's life ) performed by Julie Harris . The performance was a $ 100 @-@ a @-@ ticket benefit for the school . Also on that day , the theater was rededicated as the Julie Harris Theater . Briarcliff High School used the theater until its own was constructed in 1998 . 
