Due to budget cuts there will only be a single session of Drama One for the entire school year. And the class will only last 20 minutes. And the students must perform an entire Shakespeare play for a schoolwide assembly during a time slot of only 10 minutes.

Under the direction of the egomaniacal Mrs. Gunnysack, these rookie thespians pull together for the fastest, cleanest, lowest-budget rendition of Romeo and Juliet the world has ever seen, complete with a makeshift balcony, avant-garde swordfights, and an Elizabethan hip-hop dance party to end all Elizabethan hip-hop dance parties.


Specs

  • 35-45 minutes

  • 18 females, 15 males, 17 either (15-50 actors possible: 0-50 females, 0-50 males)

There have now been over 28,000 performances of Jonathan Rand's plays across 70 countries!