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Mean Girls High School Version

ACT 1

Janis Sarkisian and Damian Hubbard introduce the audience to Cady Heron, breaking the fourth wall and inviting them on their journey (“A Cautionary Tale”). Cady and her parents have moved to a Chicago suburb from Kenya, Africa but Cady soon realizes that her high school classmates do not readily accept others who differ from them. Despite this, she is ready to accept the challenge of fitting in at the high school (“It Roars”), only for Cady to find that no one seems to like her or even acknowledge her (“It Roars (Reprise)”). Janis and Damian decide to help her as she tries to find her social group (“Where Do You Belong?”); describing the clique of high school social royalty dubbed “the Plastics” in particular. The trio consists of Regina George, the “Queen Bee”; Gretchen Wieners, Regina’s nervous, eager-to-please second-in-command; and Karen Smith, the stereotypical dumb blonde. Regina and her fellow Plastics decide that the new girl will eat lunch with them for the rest of the week (“Meet the Plastics”). When Cady tells Damian and Janis about the invitation, the latter asks her to say yes to the Plastics and tell them everything they say. Damian tries to explain why they hate Regina, but Janis interrupts him.

In AP Calculus, Cady meets the dreamy Aaron Samuels and immediately falls for him (“Stupid with Love”). Kevin, head of the Mathletes, is impressed with Cady’s performance in class and asks her to join them, but Gretchen warns Cady that joining the Mathletes is social suicide and Regina puts down Kevin to make him leave. Cady thinks Regina is nice for “protecting” her, but Janis warns her that Regina is dangerous. Amazed and intoxicated by her newfound power, however, Cady does not pay attention to Janis’s words (“Apex Predator”). At the mall, Gretchen asks Cady if she has met any boys she likes. When Cady tells her about Aaron, Gretchen becomes horrified because he is Regina’s ex-boyfriend, which makes him off-limits to her friends. The Plastics and Cady retire to Regina’s house, where they meet her “cool mom” and Gretchen and Karen show Cady their old Burn Book, where they put photos of their classmates and write mean comments about them. When they come across Janis’ photo in the book, Gretchen explains that she and Regina used to be best friends. Regina claims Janis freaked out when she was unable to invite her to her thirteenth birthday party and ended up in art therapy. Later, Gretchen confides in Cady that, because of the state of her friendship with Regina, she has lost all confidence in herself (“What’s Wrong With Me?”).

The next day, Aaron discusses his previous relationship with Regina, how she made him feel like he was not himself, and that he has sworn off of dating. After an awkwardly concealed verbal slip-up results in him explaining a math problem to her, Cady believes that if she acts stupid, Aaron will help her with her work, and therefore talk to her more (“Stupid with Love (Reprise)”). After using this tactic, Aaron invites Cady to his Halloween party. Karen explains that in high school, Halloween revolves around looking sexy and having a hot costume (“Sexy”). Cady fails to realize this and shows up at the party in a “scary” costume, embarrassing herself. Later at the party, Gretchen tells Regina about Cady’s crush on Aaron to get her approval. Spitefully, Regina decides to flirt with and manipulate Aaron until he agrees to get back together with her (“Someone Gets Hurt”). Cady sees Aaron kissing Regina and is devastated.

Furious, Cady shows up at Damian’s house and tells him and Janis what happened. Damian tells Cady that the real reason Regina and Janis stopped being friends was that in 6th grade, Regina accused Janis of being a lesbian. When the latter was unable to deny it, her classmates bullied her until she left school. The three friends decide to work together to get revenge on Regina, starting with giving her Kälteen Bars to make her gain weight. They also trick Gretchen by sending a fake Candy Cane Gram to Cady from “Regina” saying that they are now best friends. This leads Gretchen to reveal Regina’s secret hook-ups with football player Shane Oman, among other vengeful acts (“Revenge Party”). After the Plastics’ disastrous “Rockin’ Around the Pole” dance at the school talent show, people start noticing Regina’s weight gain. Later, when she breaks one of the Plastics’ arbitrary clothing rules, Cady stands up to her; banning her from sitting at their table. Everyone is relieved to be freed from Regina’s rule (“Fearless”). Cady tries to apologize to Regina for kicking her out, but she insinuates that her reign is far from over (“Someone Gets Hurt (Reprise)”).

ACT 2

Act TwoA
Following the winter break, Cady has undergone a complete makeover befitting of her new “Queen Bee” status leading Karen and Gretchen (“A Cautionary Tale (Reprise)”), though Damian and Janis disapprove of this. After Cady tells Janis that she cannot attend her art show because of a trip with her parents, Damian and the other girls of North Shore High School try to hamper Cady’s ever-growing social obsessions and make her stop acting dumb for Aaron by telling her about their own negative past experiences with obsessive behavior (“Stop”). Gretchen and Karen convince Cady to lie to her parents and throw a “small” party while they are gone that weekend. Gretchen starts to notice similarities between her friendship with Regina and Cady while Mrs. George wonders why her daughter refuses to confide in her; reminiscing about the old days when Regina was a child. Concurrently, Gretchen contemplates being friends with Cady (“What’s Wrong With Me? (Reprise)”).

Following Gretchen and Karen’s advice, Cady throws a party in an attempt to get Aaron to come over. However, she becomes intoxicated and crazier (“Whose House is This?”). When Aaron shows up, they sneak off to her bedroom, where Cady tells him the “funny” story about how she pretended that she was dumb to make him like her. Aaron becomes upset and says he liked the smart and kind Cady, not her new Plastic self (“More is Better”). He leaves, but she chases after him and runs into Janis and Damian outside, who have come to confront her after the art show. They tell Cady that she betrayed their trust, lied to them, and has gone full Plastic. Cady accuses Janis of being in love with her, just as Regina did years ago. Janis and Damian are disgusted by Cady’s behavior, with the former throwing a picture she submitted to her art show at Cady; revealing that the winning painting was of the three of them (“Someone Gets Hurt (Reprise 2)”).

When Regina discovers that she was not invited to Cady’s party and that the Kälteen Bars were the cause of her weight gain, she decides to get revenge by releasing the Burn Book after adding “Regina is a Fugly Cow” to it in order to take the blame off of herself. She throws copies of the Burn Book pages all over the school, revealing the insults about everyone they know, except Karen, Gretchen, and Cady (“World Burn”). All of the junior class girls begin fighting over the insults. Janis and Damian see an insult in the book that only Cady could have written about him. At a required assembly about the Burn Book, Ms. Norbury tries to bring the girls together. Janis explains her philosophy to the school, referencing her failed friendships with both Cady and Regina; empowering the girls to stand up for themselves (“I’d Rather Be Me”). When Regina storms out in anger and disbelief, Cady tries to apologize, but the former Plastic gets distracted and hit by a passing school bus.

The accident prompts Cady to reevaluate herself and realize what a monster she has become. After learning Ms. Norbury was about to be fired due to the things she wrote, Cady takes full blame for the Burn Book, despite not having written the entire thing herself. She is suspended for three weeks and banned from the Spring Fling (“Fearless (Reprise)”). When Cady returns to school, Ms. Norbury offers her a way to earn extra credit and save her grade: joining the Mathletes at the state championships. The team wins, and Cady feels redeemed (“Do This Thing”). She then sneaks into the Spring Fling with Aaron’s help after kissing him. There, she runs into Regina, and they have a heart-to-heart before making up.

Cady is elected Spring Fling Queen, but after noticing how fragile and cheap the plastic crown is, she breaks it into several pieces and gives them to each girl in attendance – telling them they are all “real, and rare.” She apologizes to Janis and Damian, and they move forward as friends once more. Cady, Damian, Janis, Gretchen, Karen, Aaron, and Regina join together, finally accepting each other (“I See Stars”).

Willy Wonka Jr.

Willy Wonka JR. opens in Wonka’s magical chocolate factory, a mysterious place with strange creatures known as Oompa-Loompas (“Pure Imagination”). With the help of the Oompa-Loompas, Wonka, self-described “greatest candy maker of all time,” explains that he faces retirement soon, and he is concerned about finding a replacement (“Golden Age Of Chocolate”).

Wonka introduces the audience to Charlie Bucket, a poor boy sharing a cramped home with his parents and both sets of grandparents. Charlie steps outside, and the Candy Man kindly slips him a lollipop (“The Candy Man”). Charlie returns home with a newspaper, and the Bucket family learns that the reclusive Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets in chocolate bars all over the world. The lucky winners will get to visit his factory and win a lifetime supply of chocolate. The Buckets wistfully imagine winning a Golden Ticket.

Augustus Gloop finds the first ticket. Augustus and his mother, Mrs. Gloop discuss the enormous amount of food Augustus consumes each day with a reporter (“I Eat More”). The second winner is Veruca Salt, the spoiled daughter of a rich factory owner. Charlie and his father are disheartened, and Mr. Bucket confesses that he has lost his job. They encourage each other to “think positive” before heading home (“Think Positive”).

The Buckets surprise Charlie with a candy bar for his birthday. There is no Golden Ticket inside, and the family hears on the radio that Violet Beauregarde, a rude girl obsessed with chewing gum, has found the third Golden Ticket. Moments later, Mike Teavee, a boy who cares only about electronics, finds the fourth Golden Ticket (“I See It All On TV”). Discouraged, the Buckets go to bed, but Grandpa Joe has one last birthday surprise for Charlie: another Wonka candy bar! They tear the wrapper… but no Golden Ticket is inside (“Cheer Up, Charlie”).

Two weeks later, Charlie finds a coin while helping the Candy Man and uses it to buy a Wonka candy bar (“Think Positive – Reprise”). He finds the last Golden Ticket and rushes home to show his family. Grandpa Joe is chosen to accompany Charlie to the factory (“I’ve Got A Golden Ticket”). Before they know it, Charlie and Grandpa Joe are in front of the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, anxiously waiting to enter the mysterious place. Wonka greets them (“At the Gates”). They begin their tour of the factory (“In This Room Here; Factory Reveal Sequence”).

In the Chocolate Smelting Room, temptation proves too much for Augustus, and he is frozen in chocolate (“Oompa-Loompa 1”). The tour continues through a darker, scarier part of the factory (“There’s No Knowing”). In the Inventing Room, Wonka shows the group an Everlasting Gobstopper that tastes like an entire gourmet meal. Violet can’t resist (“Chew It”), but the candy turns her into a giant blueberry (“Oompa-Loompa 2”).

In the Fizzy Lifting Drink Room, Wonka tells them not to taste the bubbles as they will make a person float on air. When the tour continues, Grandpa Joe and Charlie are accidentally left behind. They taste a bottle of the Fizzy Lifting Drink and are suddenly floating in the air, unable to get down (“Flying”). Panicked as they float toward a fan, Charlie finds a solution: burping (“Burping Song”).

Charlie and Grandpa Joe catch up to the group in the Nut Room, where squirrels sort good nuts from bad nuts. Veruca stands over a chute that declares her a “bad nut,” (“I Want It Now!”), and down she goes (“Oompa-Loompa 3”). Charlie and Mike enter the Choco-Vision Room, where Wonka tests sending candy directly through television. Mike ignores Wonka’s warnings and flips a switch, jumping directly in front of a camera. Mike shrinks down to a miniature version of himself, and Wonka sends him to the taffy-pulling machine to be stretched (“Oompa-Loompa 4”).

Wonka bids Charlie and Grandpa Joe goodbye, promising Charlie his lifetime supply of chocolate. Charlie confesses that he broke the rules by tasting the Fizzy Lifting Drink, so he does not deserve the chocolate. With this confession, Charlie has proved his character to Wonka, who explains that the true prize is not a lifetime supply of chocolate but the ownership of Wonka’s factory. Wonka offers Charlie the chance to be his heir, and Charlie accepts (“Finale”).

Finding Nemo Kids

High above the waters of Sydney Harbour, Nigel, Sprit, Tiller, and Jib, a squadron of storytelling pelicans, introduce us to Marlin and his kid Nemo, two clownfish who live in the Great Barrier Reef (“One Dedicated Father”).

Nemo, who was born with one fin smaller than the other – referred to as a “lucky fin” – can hardly wait to begin the first day of school. An overprotective Marlin struggles to let his kid go for the very first time (“Big Blue World”). Professor Ray whisks Nemo and the other Reef Kids to the Drop-Off for their first educational adventure, causing Marlin to panic. Upon spotting
a mysterious boat lurking just beyond the reef, Nemo’s classmates sneak towards it, daring each other to go further into the deep water. When a terrified Marlin arrives and scolds the children, Nemo defiantly charges further out and is captured by a diver’s net (“Abduction”).

In his frantic search for Nemo, Marlin swims into Dory, a friendly yet forgetful fish who offers to help (“Dory’s Ditty”). Unknowingly, Marlin and Dory float into shark territory, where they meet Bruce, a great white shark, and a whole frenzy of sharks trying to adopt fish-free diets (“Fish Are Friends Not Food”). Amidst the sharks’ gathering, Marlin spots a diver’s mask lying on the ocean
floor, and Dory turns to the sharks for help reading the inscription, hoping it will offer a clue to find Nemo. Doubting her judgment, Marlin struggles with Dory over the mask, accidentally causing her nose to bleed. The scent of blood ignites Bruce’s insatiable appetite for fish, and

while Marlin and Dory escape, they lose the diver’s mask in the process.

Meanwhile, in a tank at the Sydney Harbour Aquarium, a scared Nemo longs for home. Members of the Tank Gang reassure Nemo, and with Gill’s leadership, they hatch a plan to clog the fish tank and escape into the ocean as a team. With the Tank Gang’s help, Nemo successfully jams the tank’s filter (“We Swim Together”).

Back in the ocean, Dory tries to cheer Marlin up as the search for Nemo continues, but Marlin is frustrated by her quirky antics (“Just Keep Swimming – Part 1”). Luckily, they reunite with the diver’s mask, which has the address of where Nemo was taken. In their excitement over the recovered mask, Marlin and Dory unknowingly swim into a dangerous forest of Jellyfish that sting Dory and overwhelm them both (“Just Keep Swimming – Part 2”).

Although their journey took a wrong turn, Marlin and Dory are rescued by a large colony of Sea Turtles who guide them through the fast-moving East Australian Current. CRUSH, a wise and laid-back sea turtle, gives Marlin some advice on mellowing out and learning to trust his kid (“Go With the Flow”).

After a totally tubular ride through the current, news about Marlin and Dory’s trek to find Nemo spreads throughout the ocean, reaching the Tank Gang all the way at the Sydney Harbour Aquarium. While Nemo and the Tank Gang have successfully dirtied up the tank for their escape plan, they are still trapped by an immovable grate blocking the tank’s intake pipe. Only Nemo is
small enough to swim through the grate, but the appearance of an aquarium net threatens to stop Nemo from escaping. Determined to get Nemo back out to sea, the Tank Gang works together to break free of the net and coaches Nemo to swim through the grate and up the intake pipe. (“We Swim Together – Reprise”). They know that they’ll join Nemo out in the ocean someday.

In the ocean, Marlin worries that all hope is lost when, suddenly, Nemo flies out of the tank pipe! Their happy reunion in the harbour is suddenly interrupted when a giant fishing net appears, sweeping Dory up, along with a mass of FISH. Having learned from the Tank Gang how to free them, Nemo swims into the fray and instructs the captured fish to swim down together,
guiding Dory and the fish to freedom (“Just Keep Swimming Together”). With admiration for each other’s bravery, Marlin and Nemo make their way home with their new friend Dory (“Finale – Part 1”).

With faith in Nemo to take on all the adventures that await in the ocean, Marlin and Dory send Nemo off to school to go explore the big blue world (“Finale – Part 2”).

The Little Mermaid Jr.

Out on the open sea, Prince Eric pursues a mysterious voice, despite the protests of his guardian, Grimsby (“Fathoms Below”). Far beneath the waves, the crab, Sebastian, has prepared a concert for King Triton that features his youngest child, Ariel (“Daughters of Triton”), but she has snuck up to the surface with her best friend, Flounder. There, they learn from the seagull, Scuttle, about the human treasure she has found (“Human Stuff”). Meanwhile, the sea witch, Ursula, and her lackey eels, Flotsam and Jetsam, bemoan their exile and plot to regain power from Triton, using Ariel as bait. King Triton scolds Ariel for going to the surface and appoints Sebastian as her chaperone. Ariel retreats to her grotto and dreams of living on land (“Part of Your World”). Upon discovering her collection of human objects, Sebastian extols the virtues of the ocean (“Under the Sea”). Distracted by the shadow of a great ship, Ariel swims to the surface and finds the handsome Prince Eric on board. Suddenly, lightning strikes the ship, sending Prince Eric overboard (“The Storm”). Ariel darts into action and brings the unconscious prince to shore (“Part of Your World – Reprise”). Her song wakes Prince Eric, but she has disappeared into the waves.

Back underwater, the Mersisters grill Flounder about Ariel’s odd behavior (“She’s in Love”). Furious about Ariel’s contact with a human, King Triton destroys all her precious objects. Flotsam and Jetsam find Ariel in despair and lure her to the sea witch’s lair. Ursula offers to change Ariel into a human in exchange for her voice (“Poor Unfortunate Souls”). Prince Eric must kiss her within three days or Ariel will turn back into a mermaid and become Ursula’s slave. On the beach, Prince Eric finds Ariel and brings her home to the palace. Sebastian follows to protect Ariel, but finds himself in jeopardy in Chef Louis’s kitchen (“Les Poissons”). Ariel’s silence prompts Prince Eric to find other ways to communicate, like dancing (“One Step Closer”), but he is still haunted by the mysterious voice. On the second day, Sebastian calls on lagoon animals to serenade the couple (“Kiss the Girl”), but Flotsam and Jetsam cause a commotion that blocks their kiss.

Grimsby arranges a singing contest on the third day in order to locate the owner of the mysterious voice (and thus a bride for Prince Eric) but, when Ariel breaks through the crowd and dances, Prince Eric realizes how much he loves her and begins to propose. However, the sun sets and the spell is broken, turning Ariel back into a mermaid and drawing her into the sea. Sebastian rushes to warn King Triton, who agrees to hand over his trident and take Ariel’s place as Ursula’s slave (“Poor Unfortuate Souls – Reprise”). When Prince Eric attempts to rescue Ariel, Ursula loses control of her magic shell and Ariel’s voice is restored. Trident in hand, Ursula attempts to harness the power of the seas, but creates a whirlpool that destroys her and the eels. With peace restored, Ariel returns the trident to her father. King Triton realizes how much Ariel cares for Prince Eric and decides to restore her humanity. He gently deposits her on the shore, and Prince Eric rushes up and proposes. As Ariel answers, Prince Eric realizes that it has been her voice all along (“Part of Your World – Finale”).

Rock of Ages Youth Edition

Set on L.A.’s famous Sunset Strip in 1987, Rock of Ages tells the story of Drew, a city boy from South Detroit, and Sherrie, a small-town girl, who have both travelled to L.A. to chase their dreams of making it big and falling in love. This classic love story is set against the troubles at the Dupree Room, a “legendary temple of rock ‘n’ roll excellence” under threat by developers of being torn down and replaced with a strip mall. The threats of closure bring legendary rocker Stacee Jaxx to town, and an opportunity for Drew to chase his dream to rock out with the best.

Trouble brews as Drew abandons Sherrie for his dream of stardom, rock ‘n’ roll bad boy Stacee lures Sherrie away, and the Dupree Room is surrendered to developers. Can Drew and Sherrie rescue their love? And can the Dupree Room be saved before it’s too late?