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Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts

Sitting at my desk, at my last class for the day (Advanced Honors Geometry), I couldn’t wait for the bell to ring. Today was tryout day for the Winter play. Please God don’t let it be a musical, I prayed.

Finally the bell rang.

Fr. Quinoa, the drama teacher was waving his arms about frantically when I arrived at the auditorium . Ugh, Hamlet , wonderful, Shakespeare. That ham, Paul Huckleberry would surely get the part of the Prince of Denmark.

I was bored, so I went through my , cell, book bag iphone, blackberry, aah there’s my iPod. I put on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Catholic School Girls Rule.

That stupid yearbook photographer Peter Sorghum pointed his camera in my face and said, “Say cheese”. Such a suckup, acted like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.

Fr. Rice, the assistant drama teacher ,called me up on stage and I went up and read ,” To be or not to be…..”.

“Not to be,” groaned both drama teachers.

The next day I checked the casting list I was, Alas ,poor Yorick.

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Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
Kiarra
Posted about 1 year ago

cool..interesting read
Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
Yeah Write!
Posted about 1 year ago

alot of creative uses for foods in here and a great story! gee, that’s a strange comment, “you used food very creatively”
Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
Fyora Cartagan
Posted about 1 year ago

Nice, I’m not a big fan of high school drama, but this is good.
Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
SKermitgorf
Posted about 1 year ago

im not a fan of h.s. setting’s either but was the challenge, glad yas all liked it, was hard coming up with the right foods, hope i didnt cheat by naming 1/2 the cast after a food lol
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THX 0477
Posted about 1 year ago

I thought the naming was a good ‘outside the box’ solution to the challenge. And I really liked the ‘alas, poor Yorick’ line. Too bad he didn’t get a speaking part.
Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
jinn
Posted about 1 year ago

it was good,,funny when i read the title it put me in mind of “not another teen movie”
Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
blueyedwonder
Posted about 1 year ago

haha this was good. i liked it. and thx 0477’s right; it a nice creative way to fit the challenge.
Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
Alexa ♥
Posted about 1 year ago

I went through my bookbag, cell, iphone, blackberry, aah there’s my iPod
I don’t think Yorick’s quite so poor.
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I liked the names.
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artistsrunwild
Posted about 1 year ago

ahh i like hamlet

good to see some creative spin put on a classic

i just finished playing the king of denmark (and no, im not a ham)

and yes it was a gender role reversal as im clearly NOT a man

loved it
Last Class: High School (Please Not a Musical!) Tryouts
FlirtingWithaBrickWall
Posted about 1 year ago

cellphone, iphone, and a blackberry?! they all do the same thing! and if he had any of those he wouldnt need an ipod. dude, share the love
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One Time, One Chance
Posted about 1 year ago

i kno rite! cell, iphone, blackberry – all cells, ya don’t need three! imagine how hard his friends had remembering all those numbers!
neway, nice job. im not a fan of putting food groups as peoples names – it sorta creeps me out. but the way u did it, it fit nicely!
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