Shakespeare Week

by Happy Sartre

It's Shakespeare Week at HA, and Sikowitz's class is doing the impossible—producing TWO Shakespearean plays in only five days! Now, Tori and the gang can't play ALL the roles, so some brand-new characters come out of the woodwork to help. Will it be their time to shine, or will everything end in a tragedy of Elizabethan proportions?

1. Introduction

Sikowitz burst into the classroom, wearing tights, a checkered leotard, and an exceptionally frilly collar.

"Greetings, my fair youths!" he announced loudly and with a grand sweep of his arm. "On this day, I hath an announcement of wondrous magnificence for thee!"

"They found a cure for hair loss?!" Cat guessed excitedly.

Sikowitz visibly deflated. "No..."

"Did you find a loving home for a stray cat?" Robbie asked.

"No..."

"You found a new deodorant?" Jade said.

"No! Now all of you shut up!" Sikowitz yelled, dropping his pseud-Elizabethan persona. "Next week, starting Monday, is Shakespeare Week at Hollywood Arts! So, in this class, we will be putting on not one, but TWO productions of the Bard's plays to be preformed that Friday!"

The class was abuzz with chatter. Tori raised her hand.

"But Sikowitz, that's so short! How can we produce two Shakespearean plays in only five days?!"

Sikowitz gave her a long look. "You ask too many questions." He clapped his hands. "Anyway! Auditions are this afternoon, and as my students, all of you are required to participate! You guys"—he gestured to Tori and friend—"will get important roles like you always do."

Then he stepped forward, looking pointedly at the students in the back of the classroom and off to the side. "But you guys, who never speak and only observe. I'm gonna give you all a chance, too. You will preform. You will be known. You will be given a voice."

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Author's Note

Short chapter is short, sorry. We meet the new characters next chapter, and don't worry, it has a LOT more substance. Stay tuned!