The World Of The Play

1. Summarise the play (what is this about?)
"Based on the cult classic film of the same name, Heathers is the story of Veronica Sawyer, a senior at the fictional Westerberg High. Veronica longs to be cool like the clique of it-girls that runs Westerberg: the unaffected, unattainable Heathers. Unfortunately, in addition to awesome levels of popularity, the Heathers are also cruel, choosing to mock and bully their kingdom into submission. When Veronica uses her skills as a forger to get the Heathers out of detention, she impresses their leader Heather Chandler— so much so that they agree to let her into their exclusive club. At first Veronica is thrilled—until she finds out that being one of the Heathers means bullying the same kids she used to call friends. Meanwhile, Veronica finds herself attracted to a mysterious newcomer at school named Jason Dean (JD). When an innocent drink mixup results in the accidental poisoning of Heather Chandler, JD convinces Veronica to stage Heather’s suicide. The results are so successful that Veronica and JD, exhilarated with their newfound power, resolve to rid Westerberg of the cruelly popular elite forever. With raw, edgy, and culturally relevant numbers like “Beautiful,” “Candy Store,” and “Yo Girl,” Heathers is fast becoming a fan favourite among community theatres and high schoolers everywhere." - Stage Agent


2. What are the main themes of the play?
Bullying, adolescence, friendship, mean girls, high school, cliques

3. Symbolism visual or repeated symbols, colours considered visual metaphors in a musical consider lyrics, in a drama identify key lines from script or stage directions.
Red, green and yellow represents the three Heathers, Chandler, Duke, McNamara.

 4. Name 3 Characters and describe what happens to them within the play and their character movements (what the characters say about each other or what their action say about their clothes and vice versa, think about what colours you might use to describe their personalities).

Character1: Heather Chandler
Red, powerful, leader

Character 2: Heather Duke
Green, sick, follower, wannabe leader

Character 3: Heather McNamara
Yellow, upset, scared, follower