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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 1 PLOT Troy and Gabriella meet at a New Year's Eve party while both are at a ski lodge during winter break. Troy is the captain of East High School's basketball team, and Gabriella is portrayed as shy and academic. At the party, the two are called upon to sing karaoke together (Start of Something New). They seem to be attracted to each other, and exchange numbers before parting. After break, Troy sees Gabriella in his homeroom, and she explains that she just moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and transferred to East High over break. Troy shows Gabriella around the school, and they pause in front of the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions. This alarms Drama Club president Sharpay Evans, who assumes that Gabriella is interested in auditioning. Wanting to eliminate competition, Sharpay investigates the new girl and arranges for the scholastic decathlon captain, Taylor, to find out about Gabriella's past academic achievements. During basketball practice, Troy has trouble focusing because his thoughts are on Gabriella and the idea that he might enjoy singing more (Get'cha Head In the Game). Gabriella and Troy both go to the musical auditions where Sharpay and her brother Ryan perform (What I've Been Looking For) but both are too shy to audition. When Gabriella finally summons the courage to step forward, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus tells them that they are too late. After Ms. Darbus apparently leaves, Kelsi, the composer of the musical, trips and drops her things. Troy and Gabriella rush to help her, and they sing together as Kelsi plays piano (What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)). Ms. Darbus overhears them and gives them a callback audition. When the callback list is posted, Sharpay is furious to learn that she has competition for the lead in the musical, and the rest of the Wildcats are shocked that Troy and Gabriella have auditioned for a musical. Other students confess their own secret passions and talents (Stick To The Status Quo), alarming both Taylor and Troy's friend Chad. Since Gabriella has agreed to join the scholastic decathlon team, both Taylor and Chad want their teammates to focus on their upcoming competitions rather than the musical. To help Troy and Gabriella return to normal, Chad and the basketball team trick Troy into saying that Gabriella is not important while she watches through a wi-fi link that the scholastic decathlon team has set up. Gabriella is hurt (When There Was Me And You), she refuses to talk to Troy and decides not to audition for the musical. Chad and Taylor feel guilty for ruining Troy and Gabriella's relationship, and decide to tell them the truth. After Chad and the basketball team tell Troy what they did and offer to support him in callbacks, Troy goes to Gabriella's house and they make up. Intimidated after overhearing Gabriella and Troy practicing, Sharpay convinces Ms. Darbus to change the callback time to coincide with both the basketball championship and the scholastic decathlon, so that Gabriella and Troy cannot participate. Kelsi overhears the conversation and the basketball team and the decathlon team work together to come up with a plan. On the day of the competitions, Taylor and Gabriella use the schools computers to cause a series of mishaps that delay the big game and the decathlon. With both competitions delayed, Troy and Gabriella rush to the auditorium, and Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song (Bop To The Top), confident that their plan worked. Troy and Gabriella then audition (Breaking Free) and Ms. Darbus gives Troy and Gabriella the lead roles, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies. Troy and Gabriella both win their respective competitions, and the film ends when the entire school gathers in the gym to celebrate (We're All In This Together). Cast • Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is the most popular male student at East High School, and the captain of the varsity basketball team. • Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) is one of the braniacs on the scholastic decathlon team. • Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) is an energetic student interested in theatre as well as being the center of all attention, most particularly, Troy's. • Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's fraternal twin brother. • Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) is Troy's best friend, and is very good friends with Jason and Zeke. • Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is Gabriella's best friend. She is captain of the school Scholastic Decathlon team. • Jack Bolton (Bart Johnson) is Troy's father and the coach of the basketball team. • Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed) is the stern drama teacher at East High. • Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin) is a student at East High. She is a pianist and composer. • Zeke Baylor (Chris Warren Jr.) is friends with Troy and Chad, and plays for the basketball team. He also enjoys baking. • Jason Cross (Ryne Sanborn) is friends with Troy and Chad, and plays for the basketball team. He also tends to ask silly questions in class. MUSIC NUMBERS Song Chiefly Sung By Other Singers Scene "Start Of Something Troy and Gabriella None Mountain Ski Resort New" "Get'cha Head in the Troy Basketball Players East High's Gym Game" "What I've Been Ryan and Sharpay None East High's Auditorium Looking For" "What I've Been Looking For Troy and Gabriella None East High's Auditorium (Reprise)" Jocks, Brainiacs, "Stick To The Status Zeke, Martha, Skater Skater Dudes, East High's Cafeteria Quo" Dude, Sharpay, Ryan Wildcats "When There Was East High's Science Lab, Gabriella None Me And You" Hallways and Cafeteria "Bop To The Top" Ryan and Sharpay None East High's Auditorium "Breaking Free" Troy and Gabriella None East High's Auditorium "We're All In This Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Wildcats East High's Gym Together" Sharpay STAGE MUSICAL Main article: High School Musical on Stage! On August 1, 2006, Playbill announced that the Stagedoor Manor summer theater camp, featured in the film Camp, would be the first venue to produce High School Musical on- stage. North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, MA had a stage production of High School Musical running until the end of July 2007, featuring Broadway actor Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Rockwell, a semi-finalist on Grease: You're the One that I Want!, as Sharpay. Pacific Repertory Theatre's School of Dramatic Arts staged the California premiere in 2007 (which it revived in 2008), and presented the West Coast premiere of High School Musical 2 in January 2009.[26] Theater of the Stars in Atlanta, Georgia was the first professional company to put on High School Musical. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (Preparation and then the reading of instructions) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… (Curtains up) Sing “We’re all in this together” (Curtains Down) 1ST SCENE at New Year’s Eve M.C. (Voice Over SPOKEN): Can you say "karaoke"? East High Students: KARAOKE!! (kids shouting) Troy: I can’t sing, No, you go.. M.C: And you! Yea, come on. Troy: Look, I don’t sing, I can’t sing Gabriella: No guys All: Get up there M.C: Hey you know what? Someday you guys might thank me for this. Or not…. Sing “Start of Something New” M.C. (Voice Over SPOKEN): And now, get ready for the new year’s countdown! (Countdown begins) East High Students: Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four! Three! Two! One! HAPPY NEW YEAR! SIMULTANEOUSLY: Gabriella (Spoken): Oh, no! I have to go, I promised my mom, New Year's thing. Troy (Spoken): Hurry, put in your phone number, I'll do it too. Gabriella (Spoken): I had such a great time with you. Troy (Spoken): Me too! 2nd Scene in School Chad: Troy! How ya doing, man? Troy: Hey, Chad, what's up? Zeke: Hey, guys, happy new year, Jocks: Yeah! Chad: It's a happy Wildcat new year! Jocks: You're the man! Chad: In two weeks we're going to the championships with you leading us to infinity and beyond. What team? Jocks: Wildcats! (Repeat and cheer) (cell phone rings) Ooh! Whoo-hoo! All: Ooh! Zeke: The ice princess returned from the North Pole, Zeke: She spent the holidays the way she always does, Jocks: How's that? Zeke: Shopping for mirrors, All: Ooh! Taylor: Ugh, behold the zoo animals heralding the new year, How tribal, (bell rings) Gabriella: Mom, my stomach... Mom: It’s nervous on first day at a new school. You'll do great, You always do. I made my company promise that I can't be transferred again until you graduate. I reviewed your impressive transcripts, Your light will shine brightly at East High. Gabriella: I don't want to be the school's freaky genius girl again. Mom: Just be Gabriella, Ms. Darbus: This way. (chatter) Jayson: Troy! Troy! Hey! How's it goin'? How are you? Do you remember the night before? Troy: No, not at all, All I remember is like, pink jelly, I... Sharpay: Excuse me, Zeke: (boy) Ooh! Sharpay: Hi, Troy, Troy: Hi, 3rd Scene (bell rings) Ms. Darbus: I trust you all had splendid holidays, Check the sign-up sheets in the lobby for new activities, Mr, Bolton, Especially our winter musicale, We will have singles auditions... Chad: You OK? Troy: Yeah, Ms. Darbus:... and pairs auditions for our two leads, Chad: Pfft, Ms. Darbus: Mr, Danforth, this is a place of learning, not a hockey arena, There is also a final sign-up for next week's scholastic decathlon competition, Chem Club president Taylor McHessey can answer all of your questions about that, (rings) Ms.