1. Directed by Kenny Ortega
Written by Peter Barsocchini
Premiere on August 1, 2006

2. •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.

3. •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.

4. 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 cliques
Of the typical American cool where popularity
is seen as one of the most important things.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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 character.

10. 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 opinionated 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. I wanted to make something to do with the basketball court as I am a
sporty person, I planned to research the basketball court in the film and
the stage play.
All of us was designated a specific part to design for this show, from
something like the backdrop all the way to a flag. I was at first designated
the jocks changing room but that was taken out as it wasn’t needed in the
show too much. So then I was designated to make the stage more like a
high school. At first I didn’t have a clue how to achieve this at first but
then I saw on an image that the set had all red staging. So I decided that
to achieve this I will make the stage legs red with red paper and the
barriers with red and white tape.

15. This is the only image I got of the set
during a performance, and it is
slightly blurry but as you can see on
the right of the stage is the staging
with the red legs and then the white
and red tape running round the
boarders and on the barriers just to
give the stage more of a high school
effect with the colours.