Overview
Drama Desk Award for Best Musical!
Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue… and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical, THE PROM School Edition expertly captures all the humor and heart of a classic musical comedy with a message that resonates with audiences now more than ever.
THE PROM School Edition is a slightly reworked version of the original Broadway script. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes throughout, to make the show more producible for high school groups. In some cases problematic language has been changed, while in others an alternate choice is offered at the discretion of the director. Every effort has been made to provide more opportunities for female actors. Reference is made to this in both the characters list as well as in the director’s notes throughout the script.
Casting & Production
Casting
EMMA NOLAN — Teenager in Indiana. A reluctant poster child for LGBT youth. Very smart. A bit of a tomboy quality.
ALYSSA GREENE — A cheerleader and top student. Secretly Emma’s girlfriend. Faces constant pressure from her mother and friends.
MR. HAWKINS — The straitlaced school principal. An ally to Emma and a long-time fan of Dee Dee.
MRS. GREENE — Alyssa’s intimidating, conservative, but ultimately loving mother. The head of the PTA.
SHELBY, KAYLEE, NICK, KEVIN — Other students at school who bully (but eventually learn to accept) Emma.
BARRY GLICKMAN — Flamboyant Broadway star. Completely politically incorrect and doesn’t know it. Longs to give Emma the prom he was unable to have as a teen.
DEE DEE ALLEN — Broadway diva. A huge ego to match her huge talent. Hilariously self-involved but yearns to do something good for someone other than herself.
TRENT OLIVER — Pretentious Juilliard graduate recently cast in the non-Equity tour of Godspell. Loves to hear himself speak.
ANGIE DICKINSON — An ensemble member in the Broadway production of Chicago. Jaded Fosse girl with a heart of gold.
SHELDON — A charismatic press agent.
Ensemble includes Olivia Keating, Opening Night Party Attendees, Reporters, High School Students, PTA Members, Motel Clerk, Cast of the Non-Equity Tour of Godspell, Monster Truck Rally Audience, Mrs. Greene’s Friend, LGBT Students
Orchestral Information
15 Musicians
Piano-Conductor
Reed 1-2
Trumpet 1-2
Trombone
Guitar (Electric, Acoustic, Banjo)
Keyboard 2
Bass (Electric, Acoustic)
Violin 1-2
Violin 3/Viola
Cello
Drums
Percussion
Credits
THE PROM School Edition
Music by Matthew Sklar
Book by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Media
Authors
Upcoming Productions
Illinois Theatre Association
Urbana, IL
Hudson High School
Hudson, MA
Patrick Henry High School
San Diego, CA
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