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 is a student-written musical. To write it, The Cappies selected a creative team of nine students—four composers, two lyricists, two book writers, and one digital artist—from high schools in Virginia and Maryland. Their members include:

 Composers Lyricists
Riley Keenan -
South Lakes High School
  Erick Pope -
Lake Braddock Secondary
Dustin Merrell -
Atholton High School
  Maddie Underwood -
T.C. Williams High School
A.J. Pendola -
Stone Bridge High School
       
Abi York -
Stone Bridge High School
       
             
Book Writers
Digital Artist
Miriam Engle -
Robinson Secondary   Tami Grossman -
Lake Braddock Secondary
Maggie Shaw -
Seton School
       

The Creative Team was selected in October 2006 and given the task of writing a musical comedy about high school anxieties. They completed the storyboard in December. The book writers completed an initial script by the end of January. Lyricists did much of their work in February and March, composers in March and April, the digital artist in May and June.

The Cappies hosted three script readings: two nonmusical reading (by students at Stone Bridge High School) in February and March, and a musical reading (by four Cappies-honoree vocalists and students from Winston Churchill High School) in June.

The creative process has been advised and edited by playwright and Cappies co-founder William Strauss, and their musical compositions were assisted by Brant Challacombe, musical director for Baltimore Cappies. The director team will be the following:

Director of Musical
  Director of Film
Glen Hochkeppel, Theater Director
  Mark Rogers, Theater Director
Stone Bridge High School
  Centreville High School
     
Music Director   Asst. Music Director
Brant Challacombe, Music Director   Michael Thompson
Glenelg Country School   Lake Braddock / South Lakes HS
     
Technical Director
  Choreographer
Denise Perrino, Theater Director
  Amy Hard, Choreographer
McLean High School
  Robinson Secondary School

The production team is the following:

Executive Producers
  Producer of Film 
Judy Bowns
  Mark Rogers
Bill Strauss
   
     
Assistants to the Producers

Company Manager
Adam Campbell
  Meg Baber
Miriam Engle
   
Victoria Hays
   
Andy Mays
   

 

 

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