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Shakespeare High (aka high Shakespeare)

Summary:

disclaimer: i was not high when writing this, nor have ever been high. this is a product of my normally messed-up brain.

 

The drama club is in a pickle. They are doing Romeo and Juliet for their fall play and can’t decide what it’s about! Half of them swear it’s about the foolishness of youth, while the others are convinced it tells the tale of a tragic love. Neither side will relent- until they realize they might just be living out the story.

 
i know this is awful and boring rn. 1st part of the action coming asap and then weekly updates to be expected on sunday nights
based on a prompt by tumblr user @writing-prompt-s

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Characters

Chapter Text

Characters

Capulets
Noah- Lord Capulet
Lacey- Lady Capulet
June- Juliet
Tyler- Tybalt
Nora- Nurse
Peter
Sammy- Sampson
Greg- Gregory
Montagues
Logan- Lord Montague
Katy- Lady Montague
Rory- Romeo
Benny- Benvolio
Paul- Balthasar
Abe- Abram

 

Others
Rosa- Rosaline
Mercy- Mercutio
Lauren- Friar Laurence
John- Friar John
Parker- Paris
Esther- Prince(ss) Escalus
Mr. Shears- William Shakespeare
Miss Cora- Chorus

By class
Freshmen:
June- Nora’s little sister; doesn’t quite believe the original story was about stupidity
Peter- Quiet boy; tutored by Nora for years and looks up to her
Sophomores:
Parker- Crushes on June
Paul- Rory’s little brother
Lauren- John’s best friend; tries to be a matchmaker
Juniors:
Rory- Paul’s older brother; a bit of a ‘player’; Katy has kind of ‘adopted’ him
Tyler- Lacey’s second cousin; has an old rivalry with Benny, just hates people
Greg- a bit dull, only follows Sammy because he knows he was dumb as a kid, too
Abe- Tyler’s best friend since kindergarten, but Tyler is starting to outgrow him
Benny- Very outgoing; dislikes Tyler; Rory’s best friend
Mitch- Makes inappropriate jokes almost constantly
John- Lauren’s best friend; tries halfheartedly to stop her attempts to be a matchmaker
Rosa- Rory’s crush
Seniors:
Noah- Leader of the ‘stupid’ group
Lacey- Noah’s girlfriend, June’s older sister
Nora- Lacey’s best friend, almost like her and June’s second sister
Sammy- Should probably be on the football team instead, but follows his bud Logan
Logan- Leader of the ‘tragic love’ group
Katy- Logan’s girlfriend
Esther- Student co-director, tired of the fighting
Teachers
Mr. Shears- basically Boz
Miss Cora- Marcia