GC2: The PlayHigh School Musical Directed by Kenny Ortega

Written by Peter Barsocchini

Premiere on August 1, 2006

GC2: Play Synopsis: Act 1

•At East High School, Troy Bolton tells his jock friends Chad and Zeke about meeting Gabriella on News Year Eve that winter break. Gabriella who has just moved to that school also tells her new found friends Taylor, Martha and Kelsi about meeting troy that winter break too. Also meet the other two main drama characters Sharpey and Ryan. Have a flashback to when they meet and then all other students sing about there new years resolutions.

•In homeroom Mrs Darbus tells her class about the upcoming school musical written by Kelsi. Then all the students get put in detention for being on their cell phones. Troy runs up to Gabriella’s at the end of class and show there amazement of seeing each other again. Sharpey walks by and trys to flirt with troy but he isn't interested and she notices how Gabriella and Troy like each other. Later the jocks have basketball practise.

•In a science class where Gabriella shows how smart she is. Taylor asks if Gabriella will join the science club to win there competition but she says no. Later there in detention and act like animals. Gabriella agrees to join the science team whilst Coach Bolton comes and collects Troy and Chad for basketball practise because they have a big game coming up.

• Bad audition scene and Sharpey and Ryan do theirs then the auditions are closed whilst Troy and Gabriella sing and Mrs Darbus hears and offers them a call back. When there friends hear the news Sharpey is furious because they have stolen the leads rules and broken the status quo of East High and most of the school agrees. And students tell there secret obsessions. Then Sharpey gets cake thrown at her by Zeke by accident and this act ends with Sharpey shouting.

Synopsis: Act 2

•Act two starts with Jack Scott recapping recent events whilst Troy and Gabriella dance on the rooftop garden. Zeke comes to Sharpey locker and trys to flirt. Meanwhile the Jocks and Brainy kids plot against the new duo. Mrs Darbus talks to Troy dad. Then Martha takes Gabriella to the science labs. Troy's dad thinks Gabriella is a problem and a distraction. Troy and his Dad has an argument.

•The Jocks and Brainy kids puts there plan to work to push Gabriella and Troy to split up, eventually Troy gives in and pretend that he doesn't like Gabriella and doesn't notice that Zeke is videoing him and sending it to Gabriella and she gets very upset. The Jocks and Brainy kids realise they have gone to far.

•Sharpey and Ryan are rehearsing and tells Ryan how she is the leader of the school. He goes to the theatre and tells Gabriella how they were set up and reminds her how they met. They find out the show has been moved to the same time as the Big Basketball Game and the Science competition. They tells there friends that there not going to do the call back and there friends say they should sing instead. There friends help them do both.

•Everyone is excited. Sharpey and Ryan perform there song. Taylor engineers an electronic problem which forces everyone to have to pause what they are doing and go to the theatre. Chad and Taylor explain to Troy and Gabriella that they need to do it. And they end up getting the lead roles in the school musical.

•End of Act 2 all the characters rap up there plots and the wildcats win there big game and the Brainy kids win there Science competition. They repeat all the major songs within the show.

GC2: ContextualResearch :

GEOGRAPHICAL :This Play was set in East High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is the most populous city in the U.S state of New Mexico. It is also one of the largest school districts in the nation, provides educational services to over 87,000 children across the city. All three of Disney’s High School Musical movies are set in Albuquerque, at the fictional Albuquerque East High School (Wildcats). This is a typical American High School with all the different cliques and groups of kids with similar interests. HISTORICAL: The play is set in the present day within New Mexico, and is very modern and up to date. It is within modern and middle class. SOCIAL: Because the play is modern day it had all the Social issues of today with the different cliquesOf the typical American cool where popularity is seen as one of the most important things.

GC2: Characters Analysis: Troy Bolton

Troy Bolton is 16 years old and goes to  East High School (in Albuquerque, New Mexico)He is the main lad of the musical. He is one of East High's most popular students and is cocky and very good at Basketball but is also very kind, and is also the captain of the school's basketball team. Troy is the only child of Jack and Lucille Bolton; Jack is also the coach of the East High basketball team and puts additional pressure on Troy to excel. He is also the boyfriend of Gabriella Montez. He is best friends with Chad Danforth. He's also friends with Ryan Evans, which is quite the opposite for Gabriella and Sharpay Evans' situation.

Gabriella Montez

Gabriella is 16 years old and begins attending East High School mid-year. Hoping to escape the "freaky genius girl" reputation she had earned at her previous schools where she quickly makes friends with Taylor McKessie. She is girlfriends with Troy Bolton and is a very shy and extremely nice girl.

Sharpay Evans

Sharpey is a 16 year old girl who attends East High School. She is the co-president of the East High drama department alongside her twin brother, Ryan, with whom she has starred in 17 school productions. Sharpay appears to have the most power in the drama department, leaving Ryan as her right-hand man. However, the sibling loyalty is not always mutual. Sharpay's family is very wealthy and love Sharpay so much and treat her like a princess. Sharpay is shown as being somewhat popular but also feared. Fear also appears to be the reason why other students, such as Kelsi Nielsen. Sharpay is sometimes the victim of playful jokes and light teasing from the East High basketball team, despite the fact that one of their star players, Zeke Baylor, has a crush on Sharpay. She is very rude and self absorbed but you don’t hate her.

Ryan Evans

Ryan Evans is 16 and attends East High School. He is the twin brother of Sharpay Evans. Like his sister, Ryan is very much involved with musical theatre and performing. Ryan is well known for wearing different styles of hats. He is depicted as being dim-witted and completely submissive to Sharpay, though this could be because he likes Troy and Gabriella. He is a lovely boy and is really bubbly within the production.

Chad Danforth

Chad is 16 and attends East High School. He is Troy Bolton's best friend and teammate. Chad is known for wearing shirts with eccentric phrases and messages on them. At the end of the production, Chad asks Taylor on a date. He is very popular within the school and is a very confident and likable charcter.

Taylor McKessie

Taylor is 16 and attends East High Middle School. She is the president of the science club at East High and a member of the school's national decathlon team. She is a strong and confident and opintionated person and is also very nice and caring. Taylor is a feminist and admires many important women in history. She is also shown to have a wide range of knowledge, including anything from computers to the daily lunch special in the school cafeteria. she is shown as finding the school's athlete as tribal. She is also impressed at the intellect of new student Gabriella Montez, and soon they become best friends. At the end of the production, Taylor is asked out by Chad.

Kelsi Nielsen

Kelsi is 16 and attends East High School. She  is a songwriter and composer and student at East High. She is very introverted and is very intimidated by Sharpay Evans, the president of the school's drama department. Ms. Darbus, the director of the school's winter musical, allows Kelsi to compose the music. She is shy and caring girl who loves music and make true friends with all of the character.  

Creative ideas

Scenery: Backdrops, hangings, furnishings, and other accessories on a stage that represent the location of a scene. For example: During High School Musical They include many hanging of the name of the high school at the back and the basketball team to clearly show where the play is set.

Scenic Lighting:This is when there is lighting within the set such as a lamp. For Example: within high school musical there are lights within Ms. Darbus office where she has a small lamp shade.

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Props:

A prop is a small object such as a book, weapon etc, used by actors in a play or film. For Example within the Production of High School Musical, many basketball will be used in the different games and songs and dances within the performance.

Costume:

Costume within a production is the different outfits for all the different characters. Within High School Musical there are many different costume changes and each costume normally represents a different clique within the school such as the sporty jocks all wear basketball outfit all the time to show who they are and Sharpay wears very girly and dramatic outfits to portray her character.

Sound: The music within the production is all the different sound and many different found sounds such as the bouncing of the basketballs.

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