Zombie Prom

While I was working at CDIA’s high school summer program last week, Nobles was wrapping up their high school summer theater program and asked me to come in to shoot one of their rehearsals.  I was torn because it conflicted with an afternoon at the photo program, but there was no way I could refuse when they were putting on a production of the musical Zombie Prom.  Everyone knows I can’t resist anything zombie-related, so I left the photo program early one afternoon to check out the performance!

Contrary to what I had made up in my head prior to seeing the musical, the show was not about a bunch of zombies who decide to have a prom.

It was about a high school girl who falls in love with the high school rebel in the 50s.

When her boyfriend dies, she goes into mourning and nobody is really being supportive.

Especially the principal, who is just downright mean.

Everything’s moving along just fine until…

… her boyfriend returns from the dead as a nuclear ZOMBIE!!!

Love brought him back from the dead, so the Zombie, of course, wants his girl back.  But she thinks that’s sort of weird!

In fact, mostly everyone thinks the whole situation is sort of werid, except for a local reporter who hears about the story and takes up the Zombie’s cause!  The Zombie becomes super popular!

The students at the high school decide they are for Zombie rights.

The principal is really mad, and threatens to… gasp… cancel prom if the Zombie comes!

Everyone is conflicted.

The reporter shows up to talk to the principal – turns out they have a sordid past together!

The prom goes on!

And the girl and the Zombie are voted King and Queen!

After a big reveal (I won’t give it all away), everyone lives happily ever after (well, except the Zombie, because he’s not of the living).

Anyway, as usual, the Nobles students put on a great show.  I can’t believe how much they put together in less than two weeks!  Well done!

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