When her father is disbarred, an overachieving star thespian at a private all-girls high school must switch to a co-ed public school with no drama program, separating her from her best friend and everything that defines her.
THE DRAMATURGS follows Zibby, a passionate, highly principled overachiever at a private all-girls school where she is queen bee of the drama program and dead-set on going to Juilliard after graduation. A few weeks into her senior year, she learns her father is being disbarred and she must transfer to the local public school where, good God, no! – THERE’S NO THEATRE PROGRAM!!! Zibby panics. Then, with the help of her best friend Charlotte, she devises a plan to launch a musical at her new school in hopes of salvaging her chances at Juilliard. While her private school motto, “I will find a way or make one,” guides her through rocky social and logistical terrain, her own entitlement proves to be more of an obstacle than she expected. Will Zibby pull off the show and fulfill her destiny of going to Juilliard? Or will the overwhelming obstacles she faces cast her dreams and principles into question and shatter her very identity? It’s Booksmart meets Pitch Perfect in this early-2000s romp through a John Hughes-esque landscape of colorful characters, laughs, and heart.
