High School Musical is set at East High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It follows Troy Bolton, the captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a new intelligent student. They meet over winter break and discover a shared love of singing. Tryouts are held for the upcoming school musical "Romeo and Juliet" and despite not being "musical" people, Troy and Gabriella audition and are given the leads. This causes conflict as Sharpay Evans, who usually gets the leads, tries to sabotage them. Their friends also pressure them to focus on their usual extracurriculars instead of mixing social groups. In the end, their talent wins out and brings the

2. 2007 U.S.A. National Tour
2007 Japan National Tour
2008 U.K. National Tour
2008 Spain National Tour
2008 Italy National Tour
2008 London, U. K.
2008 Cape Town, South Africa (transferred to
Johannesburg in 2009)
2008 Australia National Tour (ran in Sydney until
cancelled)
2009 Netherlands National Tour
2013 Seoul, South Korea

3. High School Musical is a 2006 American television film and the first of 4 in the High School
Musical trilogy. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film
that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School
Musical 2 released in 2007 and the feature film High School Musical 3: Senior Year
released to theatres in October 2008. It is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to have
a theatrical sequel. The film's soundtrack was the best-selling album in the United States
for 2006.
High School Musical was described by the author and numerous critics as a modern
adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, High School Musical is a story about two high school juniors
from rival cliques – Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella
Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), a beautiful and shy transfer student who excels in math and
science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical, and as a
result, divide the school. Despite other students' attempts to prevent their dreams, Troy
and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry, inspiring others along the way not to "stick to
the status quo". High school diva Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) will do anything to
sabotage the friendship between Troy and Gabriella and also get a lead in the school
musical, assisted by her brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel).

4. 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").
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!"

5. 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.
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").

6. High School Musical On Stage and High School Musical, are both set aesthetically in the mid
2000’s and set presently at that time, however the actual scripture and storyline are based on a
modern day Romeo and Juliette sequel.
High School Musical is set in Albuquerque, new Mexico, one of the most popular cities in new
Mexico. The main location for HSM is in east high school, which is your typical run of the mill
high school in America.
High School Musical is set in middle class America, and is in fact a film set on conflict of social
groups with in a high school.

7. Troy Bolton - Captain of the Basketball team. Main Lead.
Chad Danforth - Basketball team member, friend of Troy's.
Zeke Baylor - Basketball team member. Passion for baking
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.
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“
Ripper - Head of the skater dudes. Passion for the cello
Mongo - Skater dude. Rippers's "sidekick“
Ms. Darbus - Drama Teacher. Dislikes the Jocks and Coach Bolton
Coach Bolton - Gym Teacher and coach of the basketball team
Ms Tenny- the Chemistry Teacher

8. One idea could be to
create the main title of the
play, by making it out of
wire, wood and yellow
colour light bulbs which
hang from the curtains
In relation to sound, for
scenes such has the
basketball games you
could sounds
cape, crowds roaring, and
game noises.
In terms of costume, due to HSM
being set in recent
society, specific costumes
probably wouldn’t have to be
made, but charity shops and
donations could be useful