Shows for High school

There's always the old high school standbye they haul out when they're short on guys and have talented girls (because you can shift the casting around)- "Once Upon a Matress"(ditto for "Beauty and the Beast). You can make these shows as 'big' or as 'small' as you need them to be and they work no matter which way you twist them (guess that's why "Mattress" is number 3 in popularity for high schools and colleges to stage). "Fame" works, if you use the right variation ( this show is the one piece that actually comes with permission to remove a particular song, should the director choose to), or you could fall back on "The Sound Of Music" which always has a built in following since all ages can see it. Let us know what you end up with. Good luck!

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Wow! 5 guys. I saw a disastrous No, No, Nanette with exactly 5 guys in the cast. It was so bad, I'd rather forget it. Why not check the Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service, Dramatic Publishing Company, Tams Witmark, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Music Theatre International websites for suggestions?

Have you considered Really Rosie? It's short, but can be done with a small cast. A My Name is Alice is an all female cast.

When I was in High School, the shows were Of Thee I Sing, Camelot, Cinderella and Down in the Valley. The Fantasticks can be done with women in men's roles. My partner was in it a few years ago. He played the boy's father, and the girl had a mother instead of a father. It worked. The Actor, the Man Who Dies and the Mute were all done by women, and the El Gallo was hearing impaired. It was a terrific production.

Good luck.

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You might want to post another thread over on the student board too, just to get some other input!

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No you couldn't do Forum because the show is mostly guys with 2 leading female characters.

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do Beauty & the Beast!!!!