Scene 1: EAST HIGH SCHOOL - MONDAY, 7:45 A.M.
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"Welcome Back, Wildcats!" banners cover the school on teh first day after winter break. #1-WILDCAT CHEER. The marching band can be heard as CHEERLEADERS enter.
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DRUM MAJOR:
C'mon, Wildcats!
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Wildcat Cheer
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♪ Wild-cats, sing a-long,
♪ yeah, you real-ly got it go-in on.
♪ Wild - cats in the house, ev - 'ry-bod-y say it now!
♪ Wild-cats ev-'ry-where, wave your hands up in the air.
♪ That's the way we do it, let's get to it, time to show the world!
♪ Wildcats, sing-along, yeah, you really got going on.
♪ 'Wildcats in the house, everybody say: it now!
♪ Wildcats everywhere, wave your hands up in the air.
♪ That's the way we do it, let's get to it. C'mon, ev'ryone!
⚠️ No recording selected for this song yet.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
STUDENTS enter and assemble in cliques: JOCKS, BRAINIACS, and THESPIANS
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JACK SCOTT, the nerdy school announcer, trips over his own feet and sends his books flying. JOCKS laugh but help him up. Wildcats basketball team hothead CHAD DANFORTH and softie ZEKE BAYLOR flag down team captain TROY BOLTON.
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CHAD:
Yo, doggie! Troy, my hoops boy!
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TROY:
Hey, Chad. Dudes...Happy New Year.
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CHAD:
Oh yes, my brothers, it will be a Happy Wildcat New Year when Troy Bolton leads us to our first league championship in ten years
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JOCKS:
Hallelujah!
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Drama Club president SHARPAY EVANS and vice president RYAN EVANS enter. ZEKE tries to say hi, but SHARPAY brushes right past him.
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SHARPAY:
Hi, Troy.
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TROY:
uninterested
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TROY:
Hi, Sharpay.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
RYAN pulls SHARPAY away to the THESPIANS as CHAD and JOCKS tease TROY.
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(GABRIELLA MONTEZ, a new student, enters and wanders by BRAINIACS, including Science Club president TAYLOR McKESSIE, MARTHA COX, and KRATNOFF.)
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TAYLOR:
(to GABRIELLA)
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TAYLOR:
Hi, I'm Taylor McKessie. You must be new.
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GABRIELLA:
Gabriella Montez. Hi.
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TAYLOR:
Did you do anything fun over the winter break?
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GABRIELLA:
Oh, you know… my mom took me on a ski trip. All I did was read.
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SHARPAY:
(walking by)
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SHARPAY:
With all those cute boys on the slopes? Loser!
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GABRIELLA:
Well, um, actually, I did meet a boy.
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TAYLOR:
See? So make with the newsflash, sister!
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GABRIELLA:
They threw a New Year's Eve karaoke contest for the kids!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#2 – START OF SOMETHING NEW. Flashback: STUDENTS face upstage and freeze, becoming PARTY KIDS.)
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PARTY KIDS:
Karaoke!!!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA approach the karaoke stage with microphones, terrified of making fools out of themselves.)
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TROY:
I'm Troy. I can't sing.
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GABRIELLA:
Gabriella. Me either.
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TROY:
They're all looking at us.
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GABRIELLA:
I will if you will.
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Start of Something New
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♪ Living in my own world, didn't understand that anything can happen when you take a chance.
♪ I never believed in what I couldn't see. I never opened my heart to all the possibilities.
♪ Oh, I know that something has changed, never felt this way,
♪ and right here tonight: This could be the start of something new.
♪ It feels so right to be here with you. Oh, and now, looking in your eyes,
♪ I feel in my heart
♪ the start of something new.
♪ Ten! Nine! Eight!
♪ Six! Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
♪ This year I know it's gonna happen, gonna happen for me!
♪ I didn't know it before but now it's easy to see!
♪ Oh, it's so easy to see!
♪ It's the
♪ start of something new.
♪ It feels so right to be here with you.
♪ Oh, and now I can reach the skies.
♪ I feel in my heart that it's the start of something new.
♪ It feels so right to be here with you.
♪ Oh, and now I fin'lly realize
♪ I feel in my heart the start of something new!
♪ Woh, the start of something new!
♪ Woh, the start of something new!
♪ Woh, the start of something new!
♪ Woh, woh, oh!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA are surprised by how good they feel singing with each other. GABRIELLA checks her watch)
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GABRIELLA:
Oh no, I have to go. I promised my mom, New Year's thing -
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TROY:
Hurry, put in your phone number, I'll do it too.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA and TROY exchange phones, enter their numbers, hand phones back, and snap photos, just as the New Year hits.)
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GABRIELLA:
I had such a great time with you—
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TROY:
Me too!
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ALL:
Happy New Year!!!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(The flashback ends as STUDENTS face downstage. TROY turns to JOCKS, GABRIELLA to BRAINIACS, still not seeing each other.)
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TROY:
It was awesome!
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GABRIELLA:
It was like a dream.
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TROY:
I made a New Year's resolution to call and ask her out.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#3 – START OF SOMETHING NEW – PLAYOFF. School bell. STUDENTS disperse as a classroom assembles.)
SCENE 2: HOMEROOM – MONDAY, 8 A.M.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS enter and sit for the morning announcements. TROY and GABRIELLA are the last to arrive. TROY can't believe his eyes as he takes his seat. JACK SCOTT appears downstage with an announcement microphone, which turns him from a nervous nerd into a hip and confident DJ.)
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JACK SCOTT:
Yo, welcome back all you super-cool Wildcats. This is Jack Scott, the Velvet Fog of East High with the Homeroom 411 bringing you the morning announcements: The Science Decathlon finals are coming up this Friday, so see Taylor "Learning Curve" McKessie for more skinny on the hooey. All for now, peeps.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JACK SCOTT exits. #4 – HOMEROOM. MS. DARBUS, the school drama teacher, enters with a grand flourish and a small gong. Her eccentricity is fueled by a genuine love of theater and of teaching.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Well, once again, they forgot to announce the auditions for the winter musical, Juliet and Romeo, written by our very own Kelsi Nielsen. It's a delicious, neo-feminist adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy of star-crossed lovers… with a brand-new happy ending!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(CHAD leads JOCKS in a round of dry raspberries.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Mr. Danforth, this is a place of learning, not a football diamond.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY pulls out his phone and dials.)
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MS. DARBUS:
This year, as always, the Drama Club faces a shortage of male participants, so please come in and audition. I'm offering you fun, glamor… and extra credit!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#5 – GABRIELLA'S PHONE. RYAN and SHARPAY pull out their phones to check if the ring is theirs.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Ah, the dreaded cell phone symphony! Sharpay and Ryan Evans, your phones, please, and I'll see you in detention.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS lifts a plastic bucket that is labeled "Cell Block D." But the ringing continues. MS. DARBUS searches the room. GABRIELLA digs her phone from the bottom of her backpack. MS. DARBUS looms over her.)
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MS. DARBUS:
We have zero tolerance for cell phones during class. Phone, please… and welcome to East High, Ms. Montez.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(notices TROY's phone)
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MS. DARBUS:
Mr. Bolton, I see your phone is involved. Splendid. We'll see you in detention as well.
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CHAD:
That's not even a possibility, Ms. Darbus – Your Honor, sir – because we have basketball practice—
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MS. DARBUS:
That's thirty minutes for you, too, Mr. Danforth, count 'em!
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TAYLOR:
(whispers to GABRIELLA)
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TAYLOR:
That could be tough for Chad, since he probably can't count that high.
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MS. DARBUS:
Taylor McKessie, thirty-five minutes.
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TAYLOR:
But I've never had detention in my life!
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MS. DARBUS:
Well then, Happy New Year!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#6 – SCHOOL BELL.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Ah, saved by the bell. You may collect your phones after detention. Have a wonderful day.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS exit. #7 – ANNOUNCEMENT TRANSITION 1. JACK SCOTT enters with the announcement microphone.)
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JACK SCOTT:
Sorry, peeps, this just in: Please remember to sign up for the school musical, Juliet and Romeo, by red-hot composer Kelsi Nielsen. Until later, this is Jack Scott, the Velvet Fog of East High.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JACK SCOTT exits. #8 – HALLWAY.)
SCENE 3: HALLWAY - MONDAY, 8:15 A.M.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY waits for GABRIELLA by a bulletin board with the audition sign-ups. They stare at each other in disbelief, finishing each other's sentences.)
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GABRIELLA:
I don't—
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TROY:
(whispering)
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TROY:
—believe it.
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GABRIELLA:
Me—
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TROY:
—either. But how—
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GABRIELLA:
Why are you whispering?
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TROY:
Oh, well... my friends know I went snowboarding, but I didn't tell them about the singing thing.
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GABRIELLA:
Pretty incredible, right, meeting up again like this?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA look at the bulletin board. Behind them, SHARPAY enters and eavesdrops.)
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TROY:
Hey… now that you've met Darbus the Destroyer, I'll bet you can't wait to sign up for the show.
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GABRIELLA:
(laughs)
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GABRIELLA:
I won't be signing up for anything here for a while. But… if you signed up, I'd consider coming to the show.
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TROY:
That's completely impossi—
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SHARPAY:
I wouldn't think "impossible" is even in your vocabulary, Troy. So nice of you to show our new classmate around.
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SHARPAY:
(signs her name across the entire sheet, then looks at GABRIELLA)
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SHARPAY:
Oh… were you going to sign up, too?
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GABRIELLA:
No, no. I was just looking over the bulletin board. Lots going on at this school. Nice penmanship.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA exits, leaving TROY with SHARPAY.)
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SHARPAY:
So what'd you do during vacation, Troy, hmmmm?
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TROY:
Practiced basketball. Snowboarding. More basketball. Gotta go, practice and all.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY exits quickly.)
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SHARPAY:
I hope you'll come watch me in the musical! Promise??
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(to herself)
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SHARPAY:
He totally likes me!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY exits. Whistle blows! #9 – GET'CHA HEAD IN THE GAME. The gym is revealed.)
SCENE 4: GYM - MONDAY, 8:30 A.M.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(COACH BOLTON enters with JOCKS.)
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COACH BOLTON:
...and remember, the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. When the going gets tough-
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JOCKS:
-the tough get goin'!
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COACH BOLTON:
Okay team, let me see some hustle!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(COACH BOLTON blows his whistly, JOCKS run drills, TROY runs in.)
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TROY:
Sorry I'm late, Coach!
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COACH BOLTON:
You're the team captain, Bolton, Get your head in the game!
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CHAD:
(to TROY)
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CHAD:
Man, your dad's tough.
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TROY:
(to JOCKS, taking charge)
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TROY:
All right, let's kick it in. Run the shuffle drill.
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TROY:
(JOCKS fall into place.)
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Get'cha Head in the Game
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♪ Coach said to fake right and break left,
♪ watch out for the pick and keep an eye on defense.
♪ Gotta run the give and go, take the ball to the hole,
♪ and don't be afraid to shoot the outside "J."
♪ Uh, just keep your head in the game.
♪ Uh, just keep your head in the game.
♪ And don't be afraid to shoot the outside "J."
♪ Uh, just keep your head in the game.
♪ You gotta getcha, getcha head in the game.
♪ We gotta get our, get our, get our, get our head in the game.
♪ You gotta
♪ getcha, getcha head in the game.
♪ We gotta get our, get our, get our, get our head in the game. Woo!
♪ Let's make sure that we get the rebound,
♪ 'cause when we get it, then the crowd will go wild.
♪ A second chance, gotta grab it and go.
♪ Maybe this time, we'll hit the right notes.
♪ Wait a minute... not the time or place.
♪ Wait a minute... get my head in the game.
♪ Wait a minute... get my head in the game.
♪ Wait a minute... wait a minute. Gotta get my, get my head in the game.
♪ You gotta get'cha, get'cha, get'cha, get'cha head in the game.
♪ I gotta get my, get my head in the game.
♪ You gotta getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha head in the game. Woo!
♪ Why am I feeling so wrong? My head's in the game,
♪ but my heart's in the song. She makes this feel so right.
♪ Ball up! Booyah! Booyah!
♪ Now we got the swerve on; now break.
♪ Make the pass; clean the glass.
♪ Take another swipe from the charity stripe.
♪ Make the slam-dunk; get the inside, outside.
♪ Dunk-a-delic! Dunk-a-delic!
♪ Keep your head, don't forget, and
♪ Troy, boy, Troy be cuttin' the net.
♪ You gotta get-'cha, get-'cha head in the game.
♪ You gotta get'cha, get'cha, get'cha, get'cha head in the game.
♪ You gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game.
♪ You gotta get'cha, get'cha, get'cha, get'cha head in the game.
♪ Get'cha head in the game! Get'cha head in the game! Get'cha head in the game!
♪ Woh! Get'cha head in the game!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY loses himself for a minute, then snaps back into focus.)
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TROY:
Should I go for it? Better shake this.. yikes!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(COACH BOLTON blows his whistle. #10 – GET'CHA – PLAYOFF. JOCKS exit as a classroom assembles.)
SCENE 5: LAB - MONDAY, 2 P.M.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS enter. MS. TENNY, the chemistry teacher, writes on the board.)
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MS. TENNY:
You have two minutes to solve this equation, class. Give it your best shot.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA works through the equation. SHARPAY approaches. TAYLOR sits nearby.)
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SHARPAY:
Troy doesn't usually interact with new students.
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GABRIELLA:
Why not?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA looks at her calculation… then back at the board.)
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SHARPAY:
It's pretty much basketball 24/7 with him.
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GABRIELLA:
(absorbed in her equation)
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GABRIELLA:
Uh-huh.
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GABRIELLA:
(raises her hand)
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GABRIELLA:
Ms. Tenny?
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MS. TENNY:
Yes, Gabriella?
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GABRIELLA:
Oh… I'm sorry… I was just— I mean, I think it should be 10 to the negative 18th power, that's all.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TAYLOR perks up, interested. SHARPAY is annoyed that she has to stop talking and moves away.)
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MS. TENNY:
Well, Ms. Montez… you are correct. I'm very impressed. And welcome aboard!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TAYLOR approaches GABRIELLA. SHARPAY takes out her spare phone and dials. #11 – SHARPAY DIALS.)
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TAYLOR:
You're a genius.
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GABRIELLA:
Please, it's just an equation.
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SHARPAY:
(whispers into her phone)
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SHARPAY:
Ryan, it's me. I need you to do something right now...
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GABRIELLA:
I thought Ms. Darbus took your phone.
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SHARPAY:
What? We always carry an extra, in case our agent calls.
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TAYLOR:
(to GABRIELLA)
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TAYLOR:
Look, our Science Decathlon team has a big regional match on Friday. We've never won it before, but with you on our side, we might stand a chance.
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GABRIELLA:
Thanks, but I just want to get acclimated to the new school and all.
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TAYLOR:
Well… promise you'll think about it?
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GABRIELLA:
Promise.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#12 – THE PLOT THICKENS. School bell. STUDENTS exit. SHARPAY stands downstage, still on the phone. RYAN enters, his spare phone pressed to his ear.)
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SHARPAY:
Did you google that Montez nerd like I asked?
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RYAN:
(scans the printouts)
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RYAN:
Yeah, it's like she has an extra brain or something.
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SHARPAY:
I need you to plant those printouts in Taylor's locker ASAP, okay? That way we can make sure Gabriella gets into school activities that keep her far away from our musical!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY and RYAN exit. #13 – ANNOUNCEMENT TRANSITION 2. JACK SCOTT enters with the announcement microphone.)
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JACK SCOTT:
Well, Wildcats… it's time to kiss today goodbye and point me toward detention, so all you evildoers better get your butts to the theater immediately or face the wrath of Darbus the Merciless. This is Jack Scott signing off.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JACK SCOTT exits. #14 – DETENTION.)
SCENE 6: THEATER - MONDAY, 3 P.M.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(At detention, STUDENTS perform "animal exercises" around MS. DARBUS, who stands with her gong.)
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MS. DARBUS:
(coaching the STUDENTS)
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MS. DARBUS:
Yes, my brave little detention menagerie, we thespians often use animals to help us build the characters we play. Be the bear! Be the ostrich! Be the monkey! Risk! Risk! Risk!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TAYLOR enters with the printouts and runs to GABRIELLA.)
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TAYLOR:
I'm so glad you changed your mind about the Science Decathlon.
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GABRIELLA:
(stunned)
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GABRIELLA:
Where did those come from?
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TAYLOR:
Didn't you slip them in my locker?
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GABRIELLA:
Of course not.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY approaches.)
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TAYLOR:
Well, we'd love to have you on the team. We meet almost every day after school. Please?
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SHARPAY:
What a perfect way to get caught up… meeting with the smartest kids in the school.
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TAYLOR:
We've never ever won the Science Decathlon. You could be our answered prayer.
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GABRIELLA:
Well... okay, I guess I can do it.
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TAYLOR:
Yay!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(Satisfied, SHARPAY wanders away.)
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GABRIELLA:
Okay, so like what do you know about Troy Bolton?
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TAYLOR:
Troy? He has his clique, I have mine. Watch how it works in the cafeteria. You'll see.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(On the other side of the stage, CHAD and TROY act like monkeys.)
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TROY:
I mean, you don't think being in the musical could be fun, like even a little?
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CHAD:
You're a hoops dude, not a musical singer person.
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TROY:
I'm not talking about me – no way!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS bangs her gong.)
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MS. DARBUS:
All right, let's hear your animals make some noise!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS roar and chirp and whinny loudly. COACH BOLTON enters.)
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COACH BOLTON:
Where's my team, Darbus?! And what the heck are they doing here?!?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS freeze.)
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MS. DARBUS:
I run my detention my way. You can run yours your way.
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COACH BOLTON:
(points to TROY and CHAD)
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COACH BOLTON:
You two, into the gym, right now.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and CHAD run out.)
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MS. DARBUS:
(to STUDENTS)
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MS. DARBUS:
Detention is over for today. I expect to see some of you tomorrow afternoon at the auditions. Please remember to be on time. Scoot, now. You've all done wonderfully!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS pull their phones from the bucket and exit. SHARPAY lags behind to eavesdrop.)
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COACH BOLTON:
(to MS. DARBUS)
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COACH BOLTON:
I need my star players in practice, not detention!
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MS. DARBUS:
Why should athletes get preferential treatment?
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COACH BOLTON:
I'm trying to teach these kids about having a goal, about teamwork, something they can use as adults.
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MS. DARBUS:
Which is precisely what I am trying to do.
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COACH BOLTON:
How, by making them scream at the top of their lungs?!?
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MS. DARBUS:
Philistine!
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COACH BOLTON:
Drama queen!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS bangs her gong. COACH BOLTON blows his whistle. #15 – ANNOUNCEMENT TRANSITION 3. They exit in opposite directions. SHARPAY smiles and exits. JACK SCOTT enters with announcement microphone.)
SCENE 7: THEATER - TUESDAY, 3 P.M.
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JACK SCOTT:
Hey, peeps, welcome back to another train wreck of a school day. The auditions for Juliet and Romeo will start at 3 p.m. sharp! This is Jack Scott, over and out in 5-4-3-2-and-1!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JACK SCOTT exits. #16 – AUDITIONS.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(THESPIANS enter and warm up for the big audition. KELSI sits at the piano, accompanying those who step forward to sing. MS. DARBUS sits in the house, a big smile on her face. She bangs her gong to open the auditions.)
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Auditions
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♪ I believe in dreaming, shooting for the stars.
♪ Baby, to be number one, you've got to raise the bar!
♪ A-kickin' and a-scratchin', grinding out my best.
♪ Anything it takes to climb the ladder of success!
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MS. DARBUS:
Next!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JAMES approaches the piano and demonstrates the worst sense of pitch in the world.)
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JAMES:
It's hard to believe that I couldn't see you were always there beside me...
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MS. DARBUS:
Such improvement from last year, James.
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MS. DARBUS:
(to other Thespians)
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MS. DARBUS:
Now, don't be shy... Who's next?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SUSAN steps forward, overwrought with melismatic emotion.)
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SUSAN:
It's hard to believe that I couldn't see you were always there beside me...
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MS. DARBUS:
That's lovely, Susan. Such emotion, such... um... joie de vivre!
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MS. DARBUS:
Next!
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GROUP 1:
Work our tails off ev'ry day...
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GROUP 2:
Work our tails off ev'ry day.
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GROUP 1:
We've got to bump the competition, blow them all away!
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GROUP 2:
competition, blow them all away!
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MS. DARBUS:
Next!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(CATHY, the next Ethel Merman, steps up and belts it out.)
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CATHY:
Thought I was alone with no one to hold, but you were always there beside me...
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MS. DARBUS:
What an innovative choice of tempo!
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MS. DARBUS:
Next!
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CYNDRA:
(CYNDRA's operatic voice breaks glass for miles around.)
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CYNDRA:
This feeling's like no other,
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MS. DARBUS:
Bra-va
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CYNDRA:
I want you to know!
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MS. DARBUS:
Next!
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GROUP 1:
Work our tails off ev'ry day...
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GROUP 2:
Work our tails off ev'ry day...
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GROUP 1:
We've got to bump the competition, blow them all away!
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GROUP 2:
Competition, blow them all away!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(THESPIANS shift to the dance audition.)
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ALL:
We're gonna bop bop bop, bop to the top.
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ALL:
Wipe away your inhibitions.
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ALL:
Jump and hop, hop 'til we drop and start again.
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ALL:
Bop bop bop, straight to the top, going for the glory.
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ALL:
We'll keep stepping up and we just won't stop 'til we reach the top!
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ALL:
Bop to the top!
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MS. DARBUS:
Well, people, that was simply brilliant. Now, for the lead roles of Juliet and Romeo, we have…
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MS. DARBUS:
(looks down at her clipboard)
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MS. DARBUS:
...only one pair signed up.
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MS. DARBUS:
(looks around)
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MS. DARBUS:
Is that right? Oh, well... Ryan, Sharpay, show us your stuff.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(RYAN and SHARPAY enter.)
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KELSI:
What key?
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RYAN:
Hey, thanks, but we had our rehearsal pianist do an arrangement.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(RYAN starts the recorded music and joins SHARPAY in their starting positions. #17 – WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Their performance is sharp and polished, but soulless. During the song, TROY shows up backstage, hiding from the others. He looks around, hoping to find Gabriella.)
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What I've Been Looking For
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♪ It's hard to believe that I couldn't see
♪ you were always there beside me. Thought I was alone with no one to hold, but you were
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RYAN:
always right beside me.
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SHARPAY:
This feeling's like no other.
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
I want you to know; I've never had someone that knows me like you do, the way you do.
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
I've never had someone as good for me as you, no one like you.
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
So lonely before I finally found what I've been looking for.
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
Doo doo doo
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
doot doo doo doo doot doo awoh oh oh oh
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
Doot doo doo doo doot doo doo doo doot doo awoh oh oh oh
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SHARPAY:
You!
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RYAN:
No, you!
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
No, us!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY and RYAN bow to applause.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Ryan, Sharpay, very slick, very polished. You might want to work on some... oh, I don't know... some warmth?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#18 – SCHOOL BELL. THESPIANS pack up.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Well, my dears, it seems as if we are out of time.
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MS. DARBUS:
(looks around)
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MS. DARBUS:
Any last minute sign-ups for Juliet? Romeo? Anyone? Oh, well, then I suppose we're done for today.
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MS. DARBUS:
(bangs the gong)
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MS. DARBUS:
Watch the bulletin board for callbacks.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS goes over the notes on her clipboard. KELSI bumps awkwardly into SHARPAY.)
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KELSI:
Oh, sorry... new glasses. Anyway, I mean... if you do the part, with the particular song, I was hoping you'd—
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SHARPAY:
If we do the part? Kelsi... Kelsi darling, I've been in 17 school productions. And, let's see, how many shows have you written?
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KELSI:
This is the first.
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SHARPAY:
Which tells us that...?
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KELSI:
You are the more powerful witch?
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SHARPAY:
It tells us that you do not offer direction, suggestion, or commentary. Are we clear?
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KELSI:
Yes, sir— I mean, Sharpay.
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SHARPAY:
Nice talking to you. Love the glasses.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY and RYAN exit. KELSI gathers her music. GABRIELLA sneaks up on TROY and taps his shoulder.)
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GABRIELLA:
Hey! You decided to sign up?
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TROY:
Huh? No way.
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GABRIELLA:
You're not afraid, are you?
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TROY:
(lying)
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TROY:
You're the one who's afraid, not me.
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GABRIELLA:
(lying)
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GABRIELLA:
I am not afraid.
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TROY:
Oh yeah? Prove it.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA comes out from hiding and runs to MS. DARBUS.)
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GABRIELLA:
I'd like to audition, Ms. Darbus.
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MS. DARBUS:
Oh, I'm so sorry, my dear, but the individual auditions are long over… and there is no one to sing with you for the lead parts.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(mustering courage)
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TROY:
Um, Ms. Darbus, I um… oh boy— I mean, I'll sing with her.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(suspiciously)
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MS. DARBUS:
Troy Bolton? Yes, well… I treat these shows just as seriously as your father treats his basketball rehearsals. I am very sorry, but now there's no time.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS gathers her things. KELSI trips and scatters sheet music everywhere. TROY helps her pick them up. KELSI is almost speechless.)
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TROY:
You wrote that song that Ryan and Sharpay just sang?
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KELSI:
Uh-huh.
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TROY:
And the entire show?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#19 – WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR – REPRISE. KELSI sits at the piano and starts playing.)
What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)
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KELSI:
Uh-huh. I'm still working on the finale… You want to hear the way that song is supposed to sound?
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TROY:
Wow, that's really nice.
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KELSI:
Go ahead, you first.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY squints at the music, then starts quietly, tentatively.)
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TROY:
It's hard to believe that I couldn't see
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KELSI:
Nice. Keep going.
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TROY:
you were always there beside me.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(nods to GABRIELLA)
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KELSI:
Now you.
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GABRIELLA:
Thought I was alone with no one to hold,
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KELSI:
Now together.
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
but you were always there beside me.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA start to gain confidence.)
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GABRIELLA:
This feeling's like no other.
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GABRIELLA:
I want you to know:
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TROY:
I want you to know:
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KELSI:
Awesome!
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GABRIELLA:
I've never had someone who knows me like you do, the way you do.
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TROY:
I've never had someone who knows me like you do, the way you do.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS stands in the house and listens, genuinely moved.)
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GABRIELLA:
I've never had someone as good for me as
SCENE 8: HALLWAY – WEDNESDAY, 8:15 A.M.
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TROY:
I've never had someone as good for me as
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
you, no one like you.
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
So lonely before I finally found what I've been looking for.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY stands with his eyes closed. KELSI finishes playing. MS. DARBUS approaches.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Keep your eyes shut, Troy. Just say the first thing that comes to mind: How does it feel?
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TROY:
Um, I don't know… like I'm flying, you know. Like I'm soaring, kinda.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(A light bulb for KELSI – she takes notes.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Anything is possible in the theater, Troy. There's not a star in heaven you can't reach, but you have to allow yourself to reach for it.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(opens his eyes)
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TROY:
Wow. Thanks, Ms. Darbus.
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MS. DARBUS:
Bolton, Montez, you got yourselves your callback. Kelsi, finish the finale... and work on it with them.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS exits. TROY and GABRIELLA look at each other, stunned... now what? KELSI hands them some sheet music.)
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KELSI:
If you want to rehearse, I'm usually in the music room during free period and after school... and sometimes even during biology class. Or, if it's easier, I can give you a wake-up call and come over with my accordion... it's mobile!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(KELSI runs off, followed by TROY and GABRIELLA. #20 – THE CALLBACK LIST. School bell.)
SCENE 9: CAFETERIA – WEDNESDAY, 12 P.M.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY and RYAN enter and stare at the callback list on the bulletin board.)
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SHARPAY:
Is this some kind of sick joke? Troy and Gabriella didn't even audition! Someone's got to tell that new girl the rules.
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RYAN:
Right. Rule Number One:
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY lays down the Five Rules of Successful Cliquedom, as if the whole school was listening:)
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SHARPAY:
Pick the right clique.
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RYAN:
Two:
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SHARPAY:
Act like your clique.
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RYAN:
Three:
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SHARPAY:
Dress for your clique.
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RYAN:
Four:
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SHARPAY:
Know where your clique clicks.
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RYAN:
And Rule Number Five:
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SHARPAY:
Stick to the status quo!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY and RYAN exit. #21 – STICK TO THE STATUS QUO)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS enter and gather in their respective cliques, buzzing about the news. ZEKE runs to TROY and CHAD.)
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ZEKE:
Dude, you are so totally awesome!
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TROY:
Um, thanks. Why?
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ZEKE:
If you can come out in the open about singing, then I can tell my secret, too. I love to bake.
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CHAD, TROY:
What?!
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ZEKE:
You can bet there's nothing but net when I am in the zone and on a roll.
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ZEKE:
But I've got a confession, my own se-
SCENE 12:GYM - WEDNESDAY, 3:30P.M.
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SHARPAY:
r t ob - s-sion and it's mak - ing me_ lose con - troJ.
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ALL:
.......__..._..,. -......__..,
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ALL:
Ev e - ry - bod - Y,-- gath-
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ALL:
ZEKE:Scones,strudel,
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ALL:
even apple pandowdy.
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ALL:
- I - I-
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ALL:
>
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ALL:
er_--' roun. Not
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ZEKE:
I dream ofmaking
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ZEKE:
~erfect cremebrulee.12xl
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ZEKE:
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ZEKE:
_ an- oth- er sound! ----r
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CLIQUES:
plf s J ~1j : .&21
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CLIQUES:
No, no,_ no, no!_ ' No,_---no, no!_----- ' Stick
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ALL:
to the status quo!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA and TAYLOR enter. MARTHA COX runs to them.)
scENE 14:THEATER- TI-IURSDAY1 ,2:45P.M.
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MARTHA COX:
Gabriella, you've changed my entire life!
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GABRIELLA:
I did?
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MARTHA COX:
Look at me and what do you see?
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BRAINIACS:
Intelligence beyond compare.
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MARTHA COX:
But inside I am stirring, something strange is occurring. It's a secret I need to share.
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ALL:
Open up, dig way down deep.
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MARTHA COX:
Hip-hop is my passion! I love to pop, lock, break, and jam.
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KRATNOFF:
Is that legal?
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CLIQUES:
Not another peep!
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MARTHA COX:
It's just dancing. And the truth is, sometimes I think it's even cooler than homework.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA gather with ZEKE, MARTHA COX, and a few others as REBELS standing up to the CLIQUES.)
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
No, no, no, no!
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CLIQUES:
No, no, no!
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
Don't stick to the stuff you know. If you wanna go far, got to reach for your star. Just follow your dreams and go! Don't stick to the status quo!
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GABRIELLA, TROY, REBELS:
No! No, no, no!
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GABRIELLA, TROY, REBELS:
Don't stick to the stuff you know, no, you gotta be true to the thing that you do. No, don't be afraid to show you won't stick to the status quo!
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CLIQUES:
Stick to the status quo!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY makes a grand entrance with RYAN.)
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SHARPAY:
This is not what I want. This is not what I planned. And I just gotta say, I do
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SHARPAY:
not understand.
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SHARPAY:
Something is really...
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CLIQUES, REBELS:
Something is changing.
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RYAN:
Something's not right!
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SHARPAY:
really wrong.
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CLIQUES, REBELS:
Something is happening.
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RYAN, SHARPAY, CLIQUES:
And we gotta get things back where they be-
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REBELS:
Somehow I finally
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CLIQUES:
long!
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REBELS:
belong! We can do it!
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CLIQUES:
Stick with what you know!
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REBELS:
We can do it!
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MARTHA COX:
Hip-hop-hooray!
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SHARPAY:
They have got to go!
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REBELS:
We can
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SHARPAY:
Ev'rybody quiet!
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ZEKE:
Crème brûlée!
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REBELS:
do it!
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GABRIELLA:
It's just a callback. I mean, is Sharpay really mad?
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TAYLOR:
Let's put it this way: No one has beaten out Sharpay for a musical since we were kids.
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ZEKE:
Troy, because of you, I'm finally going to give Sharpay a token of my love. Look.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(ZEKE reveals an impressive cake.)
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TROY:
I don't know that this is the best time to give Sharpay a cake.
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ALL:
No No No No No No No No
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(lowest note possible)
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ALL:
Oh!
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CLIQUES:
No! No, no, no!
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REBELS:
No, no, no!
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CLIQUES:
Stick
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CLIQUES:
to the stuff you know.
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REBELS:
No!
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REBELS:
Follow your dream and go!
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CLIQUES:
It is better by far to keep things as they are.
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REBELS:
Go! Go!
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CLIQUES:
Don't mess with the flow, oh no.
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REBELS:
Gotta live, gotta grow!
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CLIQUES:
Stick to the status quo!
SCENE 10: HORTICULTURE HEADQUARTERS – WEDNESDAY, 12:30 P.M.
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REBELS:
Don't stick to the status quo!
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CLIQUES:
Stick
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CLIQUES:
to the status quo! Stick
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REBELS:
Don't stick to the status quo!
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CLIQUES:
to the status quo!
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REBELS:
Don't stick to the status quo!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(During the big finish, ZEKE tries to present his cake to SHARPAY as TROY twirls GABRIELLA, who bumps into ZEKE, who fumbles the cake right into SHARPAY's face!)
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CLIQUES:
Quo!
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REBELS:
Quo!
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ALL:
Quo! Quo!
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ALL:
Quo! Quo!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(screams)
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SHARPAY:
Aaahh! Someone's going to pay for this!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#22 – STATUS QUO – PLAYOFF. TROY and GABRIELLA run offstage. SHARPAY stomps off in the other direction. ALL exit.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA enter, catching their breath.)
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GABRIELLA:
How crazy was that?!? Wow, so this is your private hideout?
SCENE 11: STUDY HALL – WEDNESDAY, 1 P.M.
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TROY:
Thanks to the Horticulture Club. I come here when I want to be alone.
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GABRIELLA:
Must be tricky being the coach's son.
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TROY:
He's gonna freak when he hears about the singing thing.
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GABRIELLA:
You're worried?
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TROY:
Sometimes I don't want to be "the basketball guy." I just want to be, you know, me.
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GABRIELLA:
I know what you mean. At my other schools I was always "the freaky math girl." I hated it.
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TROY:
But you can't let people stop you from doing what you want to do, right?
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GABRIELLA:
Remember how cool kindergarten was? You'd meet somebody, and ten minutes later you were best friends.
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TROY:
Yeah, they didn't care if you could shoot hoops or solve equations.
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GABRIELLA:
Right. So you really want to do the callbacks?
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TROY:
Hey, just call me "freaky callback boy."
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GABRIELLA:
Thanks for showing me your top-secret hiding place. Just like kindergarten.
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TROY:
"Be your best friend..."
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA smile and exit. #23 – STUDY HALL. School bell.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JOCKS and BRAINIACS sit together in a summit meeting.)
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TAYLOR:
You really think that's going to work?
SCENE 12: GYM – WEDNESDAY, 3:30 P.M.
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CHAD:
It's the only way to save Troy and Gabriella from themselves.
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TAYLOR:
Sounds good to me.
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CHAD:
My watch says thirteen-hundred hours, Mountain Standard Time. Are we synchronized?
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TAYLOR:
Save it for Charlie's Angels, Chad.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(smiles)
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TAYLOR:
Au revoir, mon ami.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JOCKS and BRAINIACS disperse as SHARPAY and RYAN appear.)
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RYAN:
The jocks and the brainiacs mingling in study hall?!?
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SHARPAY:
They're up to something! Ryan, we need to save our show from people who don't know the difference between a Tony Award and Tony Roma's.
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RYAN:
But how?
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SHARPAY:
I'll tell Darbus that Troy and his dad want to sabotage the auditions because she gave him detention.
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RYAN:
But it's a big fat lie! Besides, she'll never believe that.
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SHARPAY:
She'll believe anything I tell her because I'm the president of the Drama Club. Now, come on!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#24 – GYM. SHARPAY races off to find MS. DARBUS. RYAN follows, shaking his head.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JOCKS run drills. TROY is absent.)
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COACH BOLTON:
Show a little hustle, already! The big game is the day after tomorrow! Where's your heads at?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(as one, without much heart)
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JOCKS:
In the game, Coach. In the game.
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COACH BOLTON:
And where is Bolton?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(nothing)
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COACH BOLTON:
I said—
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS bursts into the gym.)
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MS. DARBUS:
How dare you? How dare you!!??
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COACH BOLTON:
Team, practice is over. Now.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JOCKS run off.)
SCENE 13: LOCKER ROOM / LAB – WEDNESDAY, 4 P.M.
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MS. DARBUS:
A very reliable source has told me that you and your all-star son are planning some kind of practical joke in my chapel of the arts. But I won't allow Juliet and Romeo to be made into a farce—
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(tries to stifle a laugh)
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COACH BOLTON:
Juliet and Romeo???
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MS. DARBUS:
Very well, Bolton, you leave me no choice: If Troy is actually serious about auditioning for the musical, he's going to have to prove it.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS turns to leave, but bumps into TROY, who runs in, late for practice.)
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MS. DARBUS:
And you, Mister "I'm flying, I'm soaring"... I thought you were genuine, Troy. Wrong again, I guess.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS storms out. TROY is confused.)
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COACH BOLTON:
Darbus just chewed my head off because she thinks you're plotting to screw up her auditions.
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TROY:
What? No—
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COACH BOLTON:
You have the biggest game of your life coming up in two days, and championship games don't come along every day... they're something special.
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TROY:
A lot of things are special.
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COACH BOLTON:
Get your head in the game, Bolton. You're a playmaker, not a singer.
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TROY:
Did you ever think maybe I could be both? And my name is Troy, Dad, not Bolton!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#25 – COUNTING ON YOU. TROY runs off. COACH BOLTON shakes his head and exits.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(Split scene. TROY finds the JOCKS waiting for him in the locker room. GABRIELLA finds the BRAINIACS waiting for her in the lab.)
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
Sorry, I'm late.
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CHAD:
Not good enough, Captain.
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TAYLOR:
Not good enough, Gabriella.
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BRAINIACS, JOCKS:
Get'cha head in the game!
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CHAD:
There's a choice that you have to make.
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TAYLOR:
And it's pretty plain to see:
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ZEKE:
You're either
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MARTHA COX:
out or in, you either lose or win.
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BRAINIACS, JOCKS:
Are you gonna turn your back on history?
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TAYLOR:
On the legend that you're a part of?
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CHAD:
On the job that you were born to do?
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BRAINIACS, JOCKS:
Don't let us down; you gotta come through, 'cause we're counting on, counting on, counting on you!
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GABRIELLA:
What history?
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TROY:
What legend?
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JOCKS:
—agree.
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JOCKS:
You just have to keep your focus
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BRAINIACS:
and forget about "you know who."
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BRAINIACS, JOCKS:
Don't let us down, you gotta come through, 'cause we're counting on, counting on, counting on you!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(CHAD shows TROY a framed photograph. TAYLOR turns her laptop toward GABRIELLA.)
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TROY:
That's my dad!
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GABRIELLA:
That's Troy!
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CHAD:
Heartbreak Bolton. Missed the last basket of the 1981 Championships. Do it for him, Troy. Give him the championship he always dreamed of.
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TAYLOR:
Heartbreak Bolton. Another lost-cause, bonehead jock. But you... you're the future of civilization.
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BRAINIACS, JOCKS:
Now the pressure is way up high;
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JOCKS:
Which way are you gonna go? You gonna sing a song, or are you gonna be strong, trade your fantasies in for the thing you know: the destiny you've been handed, the only thing that you can do?
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JOCKS:
Don't let us down, you gotta come through, 'cause we're counting on you...
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TROY:
If you guys don't know that I'll put one hundred and ten percent of my guts into that game, then you don't know me... at all!
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JOCKS:
Yeah, we're counting on you...
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GABRIELLA:
I thought you were my friends – win together, lose together...
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JOCKS:
We're counting on you...
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TROY:
I'm for the team. I've always been for the team.
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JOCKS:
So don't let us down...
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GABRIELLA:
How about what matters for me?
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JOCKS:
You gotta come through!
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TROY:
What do you want from me?
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JOCKS:
We're counting on, counting on, counting on, counting on...
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
Arrghhh!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(CHAD signals ZEKE, who dials his phone, unseen by TROY. #26 – TAYLOR'S PHONE. In the lab, TAYLOR's phone rings.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(fed up)
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TROY:
I can't believe you guys! Is this what you want to hear:
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TAYLOR hits the speaker button so TROY's tirade can be heard.)
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TROY:
Singing means nothing to me! Gabriella means nothing to me! I'll forget the audition, forget her, and we'll go get that championship! Everyone happy now?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(shocked, reaching for the phone)
SCENE 14: THEATER – THURSDAY, 12:45 P.M.
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GABRIELLA:
Troy! Troy Bolton!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(caught, handing his phone to TROY)
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ZEKE:
Um, I think it's for you.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(confused)
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TROY:
Gabriella? What's going on?
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GABRIELLA:
Guess what? I don't want to do the callbacks either! Who were we kidding? I'll do the Science Decathlon, you win your championship. It's where we belong. Go Wildcats!
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TROY:
But I don't want to—
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GABRIELLA:
Me either. Goodbye!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA hangs up and bursts into tears in front of the BRAINIACS. TROY, shattered, puts his head in his hands. JOCKS and BRAINIACS realize they did a really bad thing.)
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TAYLOR:
Um... wanna get a Coke? Guess not.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(BRAINIACS awkwardly exit.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(to TROY)
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CHAD:
You okay...?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JOCKS awkwardly exit. GABRIELLA and TROY stand alone for a moment, then exit, heartbroken. #27 – THEATER.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA enters the stage, reading. KELSI sits at the piano, working on the finale.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(sad)
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GABRIELLA:
Sounds good, Kelsi.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#28 – GABRIELLA'S PHONE. GABRIELLA answers just as TROY enters from the back of the house. They don't see each other.)
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GABRIELLA:
Troy?
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TROY:
Gabriella, what you heard yesterday, none of that is true. I was sick of my friends riding me about singing with you, and I said things I knew would shut them up.
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GABRIELLA:
Troy, this is crazy. Everyone is treating you differently now.
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TROY:
Maybe that's because I don't want to be just "the basketball guy" anymore. I'm going to sing. What about you?
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GABRIELLA:
I don't know, Troy.
SCENE 15: CAFETERIA – THURSDAY, 1 P.M.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY sees KELSI, who points to Gabriella. TROY sings into the phone.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(a cappella)
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TROY:
IT FEELS SO RIGHT
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TROY:
TO BE HERE WITH YOU
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TROY:
AND NOW, LOOKING IN YOUR EYES
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA sees TROY. They put their phones down.)
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TROY:
I FEEL IN MY HEART
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TROY:
THE START OF SOMETHING NEW
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA is stunned… but happy. TROY smiles. KELSI runs over and hugs them.)
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KELSI:
We don't have much time left. The callbacks are next week, but we still have a lot of work to do.
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TROY:
First, we have to talk to our "friends."
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GABRIELLA:
Yeah, we have to tell them that we're going to do the callbacks after all.
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KELSI:
Well, let's move it already! We're burning daylight!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#29 – STUDY HALL. TROY and GABRIELLA exit behind the newly determined KELSI.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(BRAINIACS and JOCKS sit together, depressed.)
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TAYLOR:
What we did was so wrong. I feel so demeritorious.
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CHAD:
Me too, I think. We have to do something fast.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA enter with KELSI.)
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TROY:
We have something we want to tell you.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#30 – ANNOUNCEMENT TRANSITION 4. JACK SCOTT enters with the announcement microphone. MS. DARBUS stands behind him.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(reading a note)
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JACK SCOTT:
Hey, Wildcats! It looks like we have a late-breaking Wildcat Newsflash... The callbacks for Juliet and Romeo have been moved up to... tomorrow at 3 p.m. At the same time as the Science Decathlon and basketball championship?? But—
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS exits.)
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JACK SCOTT:
Sorry, Troy. This is Jack Scott, over and out.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#31 – SORRY, TROY. JACK SCOTT exits.)
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KELSI:
How can they do this? It's not fair!
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TAYLOR:
How can you be in the Science Decathlon—
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CHAD:
And win the championship—
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KELSI:
And audition for my show?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(crestfallen)
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
We can't.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY and RYAN enter. SHARPAY is exultant. RYAN is embarrassed.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(a cappella)
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SHARPAY:
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
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SHARPAY:
THAT I COULDN'T SEE
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SHARPAY:
YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE BESIDE ME
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SHARPAY:
Good luck at the big game, Troy. Sorry about the callbacks, Gabriella.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY dances off, singing. RYAN tries to apologize.)
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RYAN:
I mean, you know, um… Sharpay was… dropped on her head at birth.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(RYAN runs off. TROY and GABRIELLA whisper to each other – they have a new plan.)
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TROY:
Yeah, so anyway, we made our decision.
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GABRIELLA:
I'll be there for the team, Taylor.
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TROY:
Me too, guys.
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CHAD, KELSI, TAYLOR:
What?!?
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GABRIELLA:
We can't be selfish... not when our friends are depending on us, right Troy?
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TROY:
Right.
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CHAD, KELSI, TAYLOR:
But you can't!
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TROY:
But we can.
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GABRIELLA:
See you all later.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA exit. CHAD shakes his head.)
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CHAD:
Win or lose, we're a team! We have to figure out a way for them to do both.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#32 – WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. BRAINIACS and JOCKS huddle up with KELSI.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(Much hubbub and excitement. From the mix, these lines pop out:)
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CHAD:
Down to the split second...
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KELSI:
Jack Scott can help us. He's announcing at the game.
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ZEKE:
It's impossible...
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TAYLOR:
Leave it to me, I can do anything with my laptop...
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JOCKS, BRAINIACS, and KELSI break the huddle with a loud cheer.)
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ALL:
Go Wildcats!!!
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CHAD:
Yesterday, we all were on our own road.
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CHAD:
We didn't really know
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GROUP 1:
Uh-uh,
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GROUP 2:
uh-uh,
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ALL:
uh-uh
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TAYLOR:
that each of us brings something to the table to help the others grow.
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ALL:
Oh
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ALL:
woo!
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ZEKE:
Now's the chance to take a new direction,
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KELSI:
to see through other eyes,
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ALL:
To see through other eyes!
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MARTHA COX:
CHAD:
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MARTHA COX:
to mak a hoi , to make a new con -nee - tion...
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MARTHA COX:
oo, __
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MARTHA COX:
We're
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MARTHA COX:
all in this_ to - geth - er. Once we know
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MARTHA COX:
that we are, we're all stars and we see_ thatwe're
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MARTHA COX:
all in this _ to - geth - er,
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MARTHA COX:
and_ it shows
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MARTHA COX:
s 1
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JOCKS:
We're all here and speaking out with one voice. We're gonna rock the house!
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BRAINIACS:
Oo-wah oo-wah
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BRAINIACS:
The party's on; now ev'rybody make some noise, c'mon and scream and shout!
SCENE 16: LAB / THEATER / GYM – FRIDAY, 3 P.M.
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JOCKS:
Hey! Hey! Hey! Woo!
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CHAD, TAYLOR:
We've arrived because we stuck together; we make each other strong.
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JOCKS:
We're not the same.
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BRAINIACS:
We're diff'rent in a good way.
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ALL:
Together's where we belong!
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ALL:
We're all in this together.
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ALL:
When we reach, we can fly, know inside we can make it.
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ALL:
We're all in this together once we see there's a chance that we have and we take it.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(The study hall disappears as the lab, theater, and gym appear onstage.)
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ALL:
Together, together, together, ev'ryone.
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ALL:
Together, together, c'mon, let's have some fun!
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ALL:
Together, we're there for each other ev'ry time.
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ALL:
Together, together, c'mon let's do, c'mon let's do, c'mon let's do, do this right!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(ALL exit.)
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JACK SCOTT enters with the announcement microphone.)
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JACK SCOTT:
Calling all Wildcats… the following events are all starting immediately: The Science Decathlon is in the second-floor lab, the auditions for Juliet and Romeo are in the theater, and the league basketball championship game is in the gym. Wildcats rule!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#33 – BOP TO THE TOP. Split scene. Stage right in the lab, GABRIELLA, BRAINIACS, and the MODERATOR enter for the big decathlon. Center stage in the theater, MS. DARBUS enters with her clipboard and gong while SHARPAY and RYAN warm up for the callbacks. Stage left in the gym, TROY, JOCKS, COACH BOLTON, and CHEERLEADERS enter for the big game. JACK SCOTT moves into position as game announcer. All at once, the decathlon, the callbacks, and the game begin!)
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SHARPAY:
I believe in dreamin', shooting for the stars.
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RYAN:
Baby, to be number one, you've
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STAGE DIRECTION:
got to raise the bar!
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MODERATOR:
Question number 17: valences and chemical bonding.
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TAYLOR:
You can do these in your sleep, Gabriella!
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MODERATOR:
No coaching from the sidelines, Ms. McKessie!
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JACK SCOTT:
And Bolton grabs the rebound!
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
Work our tails off ev'ry day.
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COACH BOLTON:
Take the shot, Bolton, take the shot!
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
We gotta bump the competition, blow them all away!
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JOCKS:
Yeah!
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BRAINIACS:
Yeah!
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SHARPAY:
Yeah, we're gonna
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SHARPAY, BRAINIACS:
bop bop bop, bop to the top.
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RYAN, JOCKS:
Slip and slide and ride that rhythm.
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ALL:
Jump and pop, hop 'til we drop and start again.
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ALL:
...and start again.
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MODERATOR:
Question number 72: isotopes. You have two minutes remaining!
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TAYLOR:
You can do it, Gabriella. Focus!
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MODERATOR:
I warned you once, Ms. McKessie.
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ALL:
Do the bop bop bop to the top. Don't ever stop! Bop to the top!
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BRAINIACS:
Yeah!
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JOCKS:
Yeah!
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
Shake some booty and turn around.
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RYAN:
(And around, and around, and around.)
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RYAN, SHARPAY:
Flash a smile in their direction.
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SHARPAY:
Show some muscle.
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RYAN:
Do the hustle.
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COACH BOLTON:
Way to hustle, guys! Danforth, out. Baylor, you're up.
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MODERATOR:
You have thirty seconds remaining to finish the equation.
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ALL:
Bop bop bop, bop to the top. Wipe away your inhibitions.
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ALL:
Stomp stomp stomp, do the romp and strut your stuff.
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ALL:
Bop bop bop, straight to the top.
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ALL:
goin' for the glory.
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ALL:
We'll keep stepping up and we just won't stop, oo
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(In the lab, GABRIELLA finishes her equation first, races to the timer, and hits it. A loud buzzer ends the round.)
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MODERATOR:
And the winner is... Gabriella Montez! Team Wildcats takes a two point lead!
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ALL:
and we just won't
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JACK SCOTT:
Bolton's in the lane... he shoots... he scores! But the Wildcats are still down by two!
p.72
ALL:
stop, oo and we just won't
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(checks watch, takes a deep breath, and digs into her laptop)
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TAYLOR:
All right, Wildcats... let's get this party started!
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ALL:
stop
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ALL:
'til we reach the top! Bop to the top!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#34 – MELTDOWN. TAYLOR has hacked the school's electrical grid to make the lights go out in the lab and gym. The decathlon and basketball game come to a halt.)
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JACK SCOTT:
Well, folks, there seems to be a problem with the lights. Please make an orderly exit from the gym and head straight to the theater. Move it or lose it, people – let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#35 – LET'S GO! In the gym, CHAD pulls TROY aside.)
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CHAD:
Run, Troy – you don't have much time.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(As BRAINIACS exit the lab, TAYLOR sees GABRIELLA dawdling.)
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TAYLOR:
Gabriella, what are you still doing here?
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
What do you mean?
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CHAD:
You want to sing? It's now or never.
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TAYLOR:
My laptop can only keep the lights out in the gym and chem lab for about five minutes.
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
You guys are the best!
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CHAD, TAYLOR:
Run!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#36 – IN THE THEATER. GABRIELLA hugs TAYLOR and runs off. TROY high-fives CHAD and bolts out of the gym. TAYLOR and CHAD exit as all focus shifts to the theater. RYAN and SHARPAY have just finished their callback and bow, endlessly.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Sharpay and Ryan, well done!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(checks her clipboard)
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MS. DARBUS:
Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(looks around)
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MS. DARBUS:
Troy… Gabriella? Yoo-hoo?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(truly disappointed)
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MS. DARBUS:
Well, it would seem you were right, Sharpay.
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KELSI:
But you have to give them a chance! Please, just two more minutes. I'll go look for them—
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MS. DARBUS:
I'm sorry, Kelsi. Congratulations to all. The cast list will be posted.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(KELSI exits. TROY and GABRIELLA run into the theater and head for the stage.)
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TROY:
Ms. Darbus! We're here!
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MS. DARBUS:
I called your names. Twice. Where were you?
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TROY:
Give us a chance, please, Ms. Darbus.
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MS. DARBUS:
A chance for what, Troy? To make a joke out of something that means the world to me and your fellow classmates?
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TROY:
But it's not a joke!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(MS. DARBUS notices the house filling with STUDENTS from the decathlon and game.)
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MS. DARBUS:
What's this? A full house?! Perhaps we can bend the rules this one time…
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SHARPAY:
As president of the Drama Club, I have to put my foot down. No preferential treatment – those are your words, not mine.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(In the most courageous moment of his life, RYAN steps forward.)
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RYAN:
Ms. Darbus, Troy wasn't trying to screw up the auditions. Sharpay lied to you because she was afraid of losing the part.
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SHARPAY:
Ryan!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(with rising authority)
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MS. DARBUS:
Sharpay, is he telling the truth? Did you abuse the presidential privilege and knowingly lie to me?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(caught)
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SHARPAY:
I didn't lie... I improvised.
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MS. DARBUS:
We'll talk about this later, Ms. Evans. Right now, off the stage!
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SHARPAY:
But I—
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MS. DARBUS:
Off the stage!!!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(RYAN pulls SHARPAY to the side.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Troy, Gabriella, you may start your callback.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(looking around)
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GABRIELLA:
But we don't have a pianist—
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TROY:
We'll sing without music.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(offstage)
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KELSI:
Oh no, you won't!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(charging back onstage)
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KELSI:
Pianist here, Ms. Darbus!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(to KELSI)
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SHARPAY:
You really don't want to do that.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(in SHARPAY's face)
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KELSI:
Oh yes, I really do!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(races to the piano)
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KELSI:
Ready onstage!
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MS. DARBUS:
Now... that's showbiz!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA take center stage. #37 – KELSI TRIES. KELSI starts to play, but GABRIELLA starts to panic in front of the crowd and can't sing. KELSI stops.)
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GABRIELLA:
I can't do it, Troy. It was so much easier when it was just you and me—
p.76
TROY:
Then pretend it's just you and me, like kindergarten, remember? I'm right here.
p.76
STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY nods for KELSI to start over. GABRIELLA looks at TROY, gaining confidence from their connection. #38 – BREAKING FREE.)
p.76
TROY:
We're soaring, flying. There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach...
p.76
GABRIELLA:
If we're tryin', so we're breaking free.
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TROY:
You know the world can see us in a way that's diff'rent from who we are.
p.77
GABRIELLA:
Creating space between us, 'til we're sep'rate hearts.
p.77
GABRIELLA, TROY:
But your faith, it gives me strength, strength to believe.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(COACH BOLTON enters and watches TROY in disbelief. One by one, STUDENTS in the house rise, dance, and sing along.)
p.77
TROY:
We're breaking free!
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ALL:
Soarin', fly-
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ALL:
\.I ( LL):
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ALL:
m._ There's not a star_....in_, hea -
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ALL:
ven that we_ can't reach._ Ifwe're try-
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ALL:
(ALL):
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ALL:
.
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ALL:
- in', yeah, we're break - in' fr~ -------
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GABRIELLA:
Oh,we'rebreak - in'free.
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TROY:
Oh,we'rebreak - in'free.
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TROY:
j i) k J j
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TROY:
/1-J Ii= t)=- Ji I
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TROY:
Run nin',- climb in',- to
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TROY:
) 3
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TROY:
i ~ w1.l-i~& ~g j~r__ -_~, -------kL-~--,~g4j ~g --: ;--~ -+-,
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TROY:
get to that place to be__ all that we_---can be.
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TROY:
Now's the time so vvc're bre,11--
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ALL:
in' free.
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JOCKS:
More than you, more than me.
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BRAINIACS:
Not a want, but a need:
SCENE 17: GYM – FRIDAY, 5 P.M.
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GROUP 1:
all of us breakin' free!
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GROUP 2:
all of us breakin' free!
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MS. DARBUS:
Troy, Gabriella, you've got the parts!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS rush the stage, joining TROY and GABRIELLA in celebration. COACH BOLTON wipes tears from his eyes and pulls TROY aside.)
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TROY:
I'm sorry, Coach—
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COACH BOLTON:
No, son, I'm sorry. You were fantastic!
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TROY:
I was?
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COACH BOLTON:
I've been so busy focusing on what I want for you, maybe I've missed what you want for yourself. You can be anything you want, don't let anyone ever stop you. Okay, Troy?
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TROY:
Okay... Dad.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(big smile)
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TROY:
Now let's go win that championship!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(The theater begins to transform into the gym.)
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ALL:
You know the world can see us in a way that's diff'rent from who we are.
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ALL:
Now is the time to free us, to touch the sky, to reach for the highest star!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(STUDENTS count down the final seconds of the basketball championship game.)
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STUDENTS:
5-4-3-2-1!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(#39 – GAME BUZZER / WILDCAT VAMP.)
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JACK SCOTT:
And the Wildcats win!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(ALL cheer. BRAINIACS and THESPIANS run onto the court to join JOCKS huddling around TROY. MS. DARBUS and COACH BOLTON eyeball each other a moment, then smile and high-five.)
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MS. DARBUS:
Your son sure can shoot the hoops.
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COACH BOLTON:
He's not a bad singer, either.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA finds TROY.)
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TROY:
What about your team?
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GABRIELLA:
We won, too!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(hands basketball to TROY)
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CHAD:
Team voted you the game ball, Captain.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(high-fives TROY, then finds TAYLOR)
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CHAD:
So, you're going with me to the after party, right?
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TAYLOR:
Like on a date?
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CHAD:
Must be your lucky day.
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TAYLOR:
Or yours!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(JACK SCOTT and KELSI, with totally imperfect timing, both trip and fall. As they help each other up:)
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JACK SCOTT:
Hey, I really dig your music.
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KELSI:
I really love your voice!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(his voice cracks)
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JACK SCOTT:
Really? You really like it?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(RYAN pulls SHARPAY over to GABRIELLA.)
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RYAN:
Go on, tell her.
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SHARPAY:
All right, already! Gabriella, congratulations.
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RYAN:
And?
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SHARPAY:
And I'm sorry I lied to Darbus about you and Troy.
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GABRIELLA:
All's well that ends well, right?
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SHARPAY:
I suppose. Anyway, break a leg.
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GABRIELLA:
Huh?
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RYAN:
In the theater, that means good luck.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(GABRIELLA smiles. ZEKE approaches SHARPAY.)
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ZEKE:
Sorry you didn't get the lead, Sharpay.
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SHARPAY:
Join the club.
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ZEKE:
But I still think you're fantastic.
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(happily stunned)
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SHARPAY:
You do? I mean, like, really?
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ZEKE:
Like really really.
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SHARPAY:
So where's that crème brûlée you promised me?
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(SHARPAY smiles. GABRIELLA finds TROY and looks around… things turned out okay.)
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GABRIELLA:
Just like kindergarten, right?
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TROY:
Only better!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
(TROY and GABRIELLA hold hands as ALL get into formation. #40 – WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER – REPRISE.)
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ALL:
Hey! Hey! Hey! Ho!
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ALL:
All right, here we go:
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ALL:
Together, together, together, ev'ryone.
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ALL:
Together, together, c'mon, let's have some fun!
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ALL:
Together, we're there for each other ev'ry time.
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ALL:
Together, together, c'mon, let's do this right!
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TROY:
Here and now, it's time for celebration.
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TROY:
I fin'lly figured out
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ALL:
Yeah, yeah!
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TROY:
That all our dreams have no limitations.
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ALL:
Oh!
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TROY:
That's what it's all about.
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ALL:
C'mon, now!
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GABRIELLA:
Ev'ryone is
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ALL:
Oh!
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GABRIELLA:
special in their own way. We make each other strong.
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ALL:
We make each other strong!
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GABRIELLA:
We're not the same.
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ALL:
We're
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ALL:
Diff'rent in a good way.
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
Together's where we belong!
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ALL:
We're all in this together.
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ALL:
Once we know that we are, we're all stars and we see that we're all in this together,
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ALL:
and it shows when we stand hand in hand, make our dreams come...
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ALL:
We're all in this together.
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ALL:
When we reach, we can fly, know inside
High School Musical Megamix (Bows)
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ALL:
,,vc an mak it.We'r all in this to-gth - r on w s
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ALL:
there's a chance that we have and we take it.
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ALL:
Wild-cats, ev- 'ry-where, wave your hands up in the air!_
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ALL:
~* ~ 93 d ~ d 3 d ~
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ALL:
That's the way we do it, let's get
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ALL:
1 :g II
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ALL:
to it, c - mon! -----:::::====~~- ' Ev - 'ry - one!
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ALL:
(Endofplay.# 41 - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL MEGAMIX-
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ALL:
BOWS.)
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SOLO 1:
Living in my own world,
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SOLO 2:
didn't understand
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SOLO 3:
that anything can happen
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SOLO 4:
when you take a chance.
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DUET 1:
I never believed in
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DUET 2:
what I couldn't see.
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TRIO 1:
I never opened my heart
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TRIO 2:
to all the possibilities.
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ALL:
I know this year, that something has changed, never felt this way.
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
I know it for real: This could be the start of something new.
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
It feels so right to be here with you. Oh,
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
and now I fin'lly realize I feel in my heart the start of something new! Woh!
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
The start of something new! Woh!
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
The start of something new! Woh!
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GABRIELLA, TROY:
The start of something...
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STAGE DIRECTION:
"What I've Been Looking For"
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GROUP 2:
This feeling's
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GROUP 1:
like no other.
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GROUP 1:
I want you to know:
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ALL:
I've never had someone that knows me like you do, the way you do.
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ALL:
I've never had someone as good for me as you, no one like you.
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ALL:
So lonely before I finally found what I've been looking for.
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ALL:
Doot doo doo doo doot doo doo doo doot doo
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ALL:
a-woh oh oh oh
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GROUP 1:
No! No, no, no!
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GROUP 2:
No, no, no!
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GROUP 1:
Stick to the stuff you know.
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GROUP 2:
No!
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GROUP 1:
It is better by far to keep things as they are.
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GROUP 2:
Follow your dream and go! Go! Go!
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GROUP 1:
Don't mess with the flow, oh no.
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GROUP 2:
Gotta live, gotta grow!
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GROUP 1:
Stick
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CLIQUES:
...to the status quo!
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REBELS:
Don't stick to the status quo!
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CLIQUES:
Stick to the status quo!
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REBELS:
Don't stick to the status quo!
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CLIQUES:
Stick to the status quo!
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REBELS:
Don't stick to the status quo!
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STAGE DIRECTION:
"Bop to the Top"
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ALL:
We're gonna bop bop bop, bop to the top.
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ALL:
Wipe away your inhibitions.
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