Armbrae has one of the most innovative drama programs in the country. It is directed by Ben Stone, Sue Leblanc-Crawford, and Alex McLean, who are the core members of Zuppa Theatre Co., and Zuppa's associate instructor Kat McCormack. As Company in Residence, Zuppa coordinates the extra-curricular drama program at the school, which produces four shows each year. The company also teaches public speaking to grades 2-12 and collaborates with the English teachers on the school's annual Shakespeare Festival.

In the 2008-2009 school year, students participated in: Ovid's Metamorphoses; the Armbrae Academy Flying Circus; Romeo and Juliet; and a collection of farces by playwrights such as Tom Stoppard, David Mamet and Alan Ayckbourn.

Zuppa Theatre Co. is an ensemble theatre company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Every Zuppa show is a ride through wild visions, genres, familiar stories and the unknown. The company has developed a unique collaborative process that favours the intuitive over the formulaic and thrives on the play between the imagined and the real. At the heart of each show is the restless spirit of the actor.

The company has been the subject of audience and critical acclaim as well as scholarly articles, and has received numerous Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards and nominations. Each of the core members have received Emerging Artist Awards in recent years. Zuppa Theatre Co. is an affiliate member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT).