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''Senioritis'' is a high school musical comedy about the stresses of senior year and is a satire on teachers, parents, college admissions, celebrities, and the money culture. Written by nine students from Virginia and Maryland, it was performed in August 2007 at the Kennedy Center and made into a feature-length film, thanks to a grant from the Arts Council of Fairfax County. ''Senioritis'' tells the story of the senior class at Erma Schmoe High School, which unwittingly becomes the object of an experiment testing the famous laziness so common in the final year of high school. When the seniors bomb their first-quarter grades and tests, they get rejected by the elite "Holly League" colleges. They (and their hovering parents) fear that their lives are hopelessly ruined. Things go madly awry when the seniors get wise to the experiment and decide to get even by having the worst case of "senioritis" in history. The seniors put on a "high school mythical" about senioritis and become global sensations. The score includes 18 original songs, on topics ranging from grade inflation ("C's and D's are Very Good for You") to college rejection letters ("However"), to hovering parents ("High School Parent Blues"), to the temptations of ambition ("Rich and Famous"). ==Background== ''Senioritis'' was written by eight high-school students from various schools in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The "Creative Team" was selected in October 2006 under the direction of playwright and Cappies co-founder William Strauss. The student team consisted of book writers Miriam Engle and Maggie Shaw, lyricists Erick Pope and Maddie Underwood, composers Riley Keenan, Dustin Merrell, AJ Pendola, Abi York, and digital artist Tami Grossman. The students were given the task of writing a musical comedy about high school anxiety. A storyboard for the musical was completed in December, an initial script by the end of January, lyrics during much of February and March, and composing (under the direction of director Brant Challacombe) during March and April. Throughout May and June 2006 the book, lyrics, and score were revised continuously. The Cappies hosted three script readings: two nonmusical readings in February and March by students at Stone Bridge High School and a musical reading in May by students from Winston Churchill High School. Following each reading, the script and score were substantially revised. ''Senioritis'' premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on August 6, 2007, under the direction of Stone Bridge High School theatre director Glen Hochkeppel and Glenelg Country School musical director Brant Challacombe. Choreography was led by Amy Hard, cheographer at Robinson Secondary School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Senioritis (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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