Sunnydale High School Drama Presents
by Ben Church
b_church@yahoo.com
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Most of these guys, I don't own. Particularly Buffy and Co. Micky,
Armand and Joe, I do. The rest are real people.
Part 4: The Moment of Truth, and Read Through
Carefully sliding the ceiling panel aside, Joe peered into the
hall below. The coast was clear. He nodded at Micky. Operation:
Mission Impossible was going smoothly.
Knowing that the slightest noise would alert those who were
certainly lying in wait, they had rigged a harness, based on that used
in the movie.
Micky lowered Joe down into the hall, who hung upside down. In
one hand he held the finished cast list. In the other, a pushpin. Two
more were clenched in his teeth.
His downward motion halted. He was in position. He held the
list against the wall, and inserted the first pin. He paused,
straining with every sense for any sign of detection. Receiving none,
he quickly inserted the next two pins and motioned for Micky to pull
him up.
The panel replaced, Micky and Joe allowed themselves triumphant
smiles. They had accomplished what no one else had been able to do.
Post the cast list undetected. Mission accomplished. Now, back to
Mr. Dean's office.
"No," Giles corrected Buffy. "Don't watch my hand, watch
either my shoulder, or my eyes. Your adversary will most likely
telegraph his movements from these points."
"You're starting to scare me with you street fighting knowledge
Giles." Buffy told him.
Before Giles could respond, the ceiling gave way.
Micky and Joe fell from the hole created by their weight to the
floor. Or, almost.
The harness got caught in the pipes in the ceiling, and Joe's
ankle was caught, suspending him an inch from the floor. Micky landed
on the table.
"Hi." Joe said brightly. "Mind if we drop in?"
"I've fallen," Micky groaned. "And I can't get up."
"I suppose it would just freak them out if I said I'd always
wanted to do this." Joe thought.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS CAST LIST
SEYMOUR: JOE MACLEOD UNDERSTUDY: BEN CHURCH
MUSHNIK: SAM RICHARDSON UNDERSTUDY: MATT SIEGAL
AUDREY: ANDREA ABRAHMS UNDERSTUDY: WILLOW ROSENBERG
AUDREY 2: XANDER HARRIS UNDERSTUDY: RICK SMITH
SOUL GIRLS: MIRIAM SCHWEDT, WILLOW ROSENBERG, NICOLE TRAVERS
DENTIST: BEN CHURCH UNDERSTUDY: KAMAU RAMADAN
SKIP SNIP: KAMAU RAMADAN
BERNSTEIN: DUSTIN MOTE
D.J.: TALON BEESON
PATRICK: STEVE MOSSBERG
COMPANY: FITZ HARRIS, RICK SMITH, MICKY KEELER, ANDY
BREDESON, DAN O'BRIAN, ERIC VERFOURTH, STEVE LUBER, VINCE
MAFFEO, KEVIN GOOD, KATHLEEN BURKE, BRIAN CONNOR
CREW HEAD: MICKY KEELER
CREW: IZZY CHURCH, BUFFY SUMMERS, CORDELIA CHASE, CHRIS SMITH,
MATT SIEGAL, MICHAEL ABERSHEIM, ARMAND SMITH, MARTY LYNCH,
ZIGGY, AARON DERBY, CHRISTI MONTALVO, JUSTIN MASON, STEFAN BERTEAU
THANK YOU ALL FOR AUDITIONING
Xander couldn't believe it! Both he and Willow had gotten in!
"I guess we're not such losers after all." he thought. "We do appear
to be good at something."
Armand entered the auditorium for the first crew meeting. He
seemed to be the first to arrive. Seemed to be.
"Hey Armand." said a voice to his right. Armand jumped
slightly.
"Micky," he admonished. "Don't sneak up on me like that."
"Sorry," Micky apologized. "I just wanted to give you
something."
Armand was puzzled by Micky's mysterious air, as if he were
trying to be like those informants in the movies.
Micky handed him a thick stack of paper. THE HORROR MOVIE
SURVIVAL GUIDE the top sheet said. Armand looked at Micky
incredulously. "Is this some kind of joke?" he asked.
Micky saw where he was going, and shook his head quickly.
"It's nothing about your appearance." he assured him. There's
something you should know about Sunnydale."
Xander plopped his bag on the seat next to him. He still
couldn't believe he was here, at a rehearsal for a play. He shook his
head, and spotted something on the floor. Picking it up, he found it
was the program for last year's musical.
SUNNYDALE HIGH THEATER PROUDLY PRESENTS:
BIG RIVER
STARRING:
THE RIVER RATS:
MICKY KEELER-GUITAR
JOE MACLEOD-HARMONICA
CHRIS "FIDDLER" SEXTON-FIDDLE
BEN CHURCH-HUCK
Xander leafed through it, noting with some sadness that Theresa
had been heavily into the theater. He also felt a pang of regret at
the last page.
WE'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS SHOW TO OUR BELOVED LATE PRINCIPAL BOB
FLUTIE. WE'LL MISS YOU BOB.
"Hey Willow," Joe greeted the girl as she shyly entered the
room. "I've been meaning to ask you, where did you get that harpoon
for the Culture Dance?"
Willow blushed. "You saw that huh?"
Joe had been there with many of the drama people. He had
researched his clan and gotten an authentic tartan and kilt. Micky had
done the same for his family and pre-Christian Ireland, and come up
with and outfit that looked a bit like the ones on Roar. He even had
a torc for his neck representative of his family. Everyone had been
very impressed.
Sam was the first who'd seen Willow. He'd been hanging by the
door when she came in. He was dressed as a rabbi.
When they took a break, Joe approached Xander. "Hey Xander,
how'd Cordy take being rejected?"
"Surprisingly enough, not that bad." Xander said. "She was
disappointed that she had to lose the bet though."
"What bet?"
"If she'd gotten in, I had to let her give me a make over into
a cool person."
"So, since you got in, what does she have to do?"
"Crew."
Joe's face paled. "You made her do crew?" he gasped. He
looked, frightened.
"Yeah, what's the problem, how much damage can she do?"
"Xander, the crew hates Cordelia!"
Talon, who'd overheard, was quick to point out; "Uh, Joe, most
of us hate Cordelia."
"Yeah, but the crew has power tools!"
Cordelia was late. But it was just as well. It gave Micky
time to prepare.
"All right," he said. "Listen up. Cordelia is going to be on
crew."
The crew only had time to grin their evil grins before he went
on.
"She happens to be the girlfriend of one of the leads. So,
I'm imposing a no bodily harm order upon her."
The grins turned into pouts in most cases, but some, like Izzy
and Chris kept grinning. Micky could tell that Cordy would most likely
suffer great harm, or at least great humiliation, in Izzy's next script.
And if he knew Chris, and the rest of the crew, and he thought he did, it wouldn't take
them long to find the loophole in his statement.
He'd only forbidden physical harm. But they were sure to
traumatize her greatly. It would be good for her.
To Be Continued...