The musical High School Musical premiered in 2007, featuring Troy Bolton, captain of the East High basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a new student. They meet over winter break and bond over singing. At school, they audition for the winter musical despite opposition from Sharpay Evans, the resident drama star. Troy struggles as his father wants him focused on basketball, not singing. Their friends manipulate them into a fight. In the end, the basketball team and academic decathlon compete on the same day as the callbacks. This forces Troy and Gabriella to reunite and win the leads in the musical.

1. HIGH SCHOOL
MUSICAL
Playwright: David Simpatico
Premier: 2007 (U.S.A tour)

2. Synopsis: Act One
High School Musical at Rhyl Pavilion Theatre.
At East High School (in Albuquerque, New Mexico) ("Wildcat Cheer"), Troy Bolton tells his Jock friends, Chad Danforth and Zeke Baylor,
about meeting Gabriella Montez on New Year's Eve during winter vacation on a ski trip. Gabriella, who has just moved to Albuquerque, also
tells her newfound Brainiac friends Taylor McKessie, Kelsi Nielsen and Martha Cox of her vacation. We meet Sharpay and Ryan Evans, the
two drama stars of the school. Sharpay is selfish, and Ryan follows her orders but tries to be friends with everyone. Troy and Gabriella have
a flashback to New Year's Eve when they met. ("Start of Something New"). One-half of the song is during the flashback, then we return to
East High where Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Ryan, Sharpay, Zeke and other students sing of their New Year's Resolutions.
In homeroom, Mrs. Darbus tells her class of the upcoming winter musical, "Juliet and Romeo", a new version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and
Juliet", written by Kelsi Nielsen, a shy East High student. When Ryan, Sharpay, Troy, and Gabriella start using their cell phones, Mrs. Darbus
gives them all detention. Chad interferes, telling Mrs. Darbus that Troy cannot go because they have basketball practice after school and that
they have an upcoming championship game. Mrs. Darbus then gives Chad a 30 minute detention, and gives Taylor detention when she
remarks that Chad can't even count that high. At Gabriella's locker, Troy runs into her and they show their amazement of how they found
each other again. Sharpay walks by and tries to flirt with Troy, but he shows no interest in her. Sharpay observes that he is interested in
Gabriella and she is interested in him. Later, the Jocks have basketball practice ("Get'cha Head in the Game").
Pacific Repertory Theatre's School of Dramatic Arts High School Musical Act 1 Finale.
In a Science class, Gabriella shows her smarts by pointing out a flaw in the teacher's equation. Taylor is impressed and asks, on behalf of
her Science Club, if Gabriella could join their team to win the upcoming Scholastic Decathlon, although Gabriella refuses. Sharpay overhears
and has Ryan investigate by Googling her.
Discovering that Gabriella was a very intelligent Brainiac at her old school, Sharpay prints her newfound information and puts it in Taylor's
locker. The students later head to the Mrs. Darbus's room for detention, and act like animals. Taylor then asks Gabriella again to join the
Scholastic Decathlon team based on the printouts Sharpay planted in her locker, and Gabriella agrees. Everyone does the 'ball of noise,' and
Coach Bolton comes to get Troy and Chad for practice and then talks to Mrs. Darbus about it.
The next day, thespians audition for the play ("Auditions"). Sharpay and Ryan audition as well ("What I've Been Looking For"). After the
auditions have been declared closed, Gabriella and Troy sing the song as Kelsi intended it - much slower ("What I've Been Looking For
(Reprise)"). Although Troy and Gabriella did not intend it to be an audition they are called back for a second audition. When their friends
hear the news they spread it via cell phones ("Cellular Fusion").
Sharpay is furious, believing Troy and Gabriella have stolen the lead roles and broken the 'rules' of East High. Though most of the school
agrees, lyrical chaos erupts during a lunch break when students begin telling their secret obsessions outside of their cliques ("Stick to the
Status Quo"). The scene culminates with Sharpay getting 'caked' by Zeke (who secretly likes her), after Gabriella spins into him. Act I ends
with Sharpay angrily shouting "Someone is going to pay for this!"

3. Synopsis: Act Two
Jack Scott recaps events before Troy and Gabriella dance on the rooftop garden ("I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"). Zeke comes to
Sharpay's locker and tries to flirt with her. Meanwhile, the Jocks and Brainiacs plot against the infuriated duo during study hall. Sharpay and
Ryan see the Jocks and the Brainiacs mingling together and imagine they are trying to help Troy and Gabriella. So Sharpay lies to Mrs.
Darbus saying that Troy and his dad are trying to ruin the auditions because she gave Troy detention. Later at practice, ("Wildcat Cheer
(Reprise)"), Mrs. Darbus talks to Troy's dad and then he talks to Troy. Gabriella comes to practice to see Troy while Martha comes and
takes her to the lab. Troy's dad thinks Gabriella is the reason why Troy got detention. He tells Troy that he is a playmaker and not a singer.
This infuriates Troy who angrily asks his father if he ever wondered if he could be both and storms off in a rage, leaving his father stunned.
The Jocks and Brainiacs put their plan to work, pushing at Troy and Gabriella to 'split up'. Eventually, Troy, furious with his friends for telling
him the same things his dad did, gives in and pretends that he doesn't like Gabriella, completely oblivious to the phone in Zeke's hand,
transmitting Troy's words directly to Gabriella ("Counting on You"). Gabriella hears and becomes very upset. Troy and Gabriella, lonely and
upset, sing ("When There Was Me and You"). The Jocks and Brainiacs then realize that they have gone too far and feel guilty for ruining
Troy and Gabriella's relationship.
Act 2 Finale of Pacific Repertory Theatre's School of Dramatic Arts production of Disney's High School Musical.
The next day, Sharpay and Ryan are rehearsing for their callback while Sharpay talks to Ryan about her role in the school. Then Troy comes
in looking for Gabriella and Ryan tells him that she is in the theatre. Troy goes to the theatre and tells Gabriella that they were set up and he
didn't mean what he said and sings to remind her of New Year's ("Start of Something New (reprise)").
Hearing that the callback date has been moved up by request of Sharpay to the same time as the big game and the Scholastic Decathlon,
Troy and Gabriella announce to the Jocks and Brainiacs that they are going to not do the callback, but instead help their respective teams for
their events. The Jocks and Brainiacs say they should do the callbacks. Troy and Gabriella refuse, but the teams decide to lend a helping
hand anyway("We're All In This Together").
On the day of the big game/Decathlon/callbacks, the students are excited for the festivities. Sharpay and Ryan perform their callback
song ("Bop to the Top"), which at the same time happens with the basketball championship and the science decathlon, during which Taylor
engineers an electronic meltdown in the decathlon and light malfunctions in the game, which forces all the students to move to the theater.
Chad and Taylor explain to Troy and Gabriella that this is their only chance. Mrs. Darbus, hesitant to allow Troy and Gabriella an audition
due to their lateness, has no choice but to let them audition as the auditorium fills with students ("Breaking Free"). Mrs. Darbus gives Troy
and Gabriella the parts on the spot with everyone watching.
The end of Act II brings us to the gym where all the main characters wrap up their plots (Chad asks out Taylor, Zeke gets Sharpay to be nice
to him, Jack Scott and Kelsi literally fall head over heels for each other, and Sharpay makes up with Gabriella and Troy). The Wildcats win
the big game and the Decathlon. The students celebrate ("We're All in This Together (Reprise)") followed by a recap of all the major
songs in the show ("Megamix")

4. Contextual information
• Geographical: Albuquerque, new Mexico, in East High
School.
• Historical: Set in the modern day.

5. Characters
• The Jocks
• Troy Bolton - Captain of the Basketball team. Wants to sing though. Main Lead.
• Chad Danforth - Basketball team member, friend of Troy's.
• Zeke Baylor - Basketball team member. Passion for baking
• The Thespians
• Sharpay Evans - Lead in every school musical since kindergarten. President of the drama club.
And most popular student.
• Ryan Evans - Sharpay's brother. Performs with Sharpay in musicals. Vice president of the drama
club.
• Kelsi Neilsen - Pianist for the drama club. Composer of the winter musical.
• James Parker - An earthworm expression.Has the worst sense of pitch.
• The Brainiacs
• Gabriella Montez - The "New Girl" to East High School, met Troy over winter break.
• Taylor McKessie - Head of the Brainiacs. Very smart.
• Martha Cox - Brainiac, who has a passion for hip-hop
• Kratnoff - Brainiac, who is very much against Martha Cox's dancing, and "knows everything about
everything"
• The Skater Dudes
• Ripper - Head of the skater dudes. Passion for the cello
• Mongo - Skater dude. Rippers's "sidekick"

6. Initial ideas
• I want to create the basket ball nets using painted black
tall planks of wood supported by stands.

7. Initial ideas
• I want to create the basket ball nets using painted black
tall planks of wood supported by stands.