Alright before you read this, go rent West Side Story, go see the play, read the book, or at least read a general synopsis. Look at these sites http/ or http/ do not own the ranger or anyone on Power Rangers. I do not own West Side Story or the characters.

I wanted to write this because my high school did WSS for our spring play this year. I was Stage Crew. It was awesome.

Name Pronunciation for this chapter

Lechner- lek-ner

Knorr- nor

Kraft- craft with a "K"

Foster- if you can't pronounce that, then I wonder how you will get threw this story

Hefner- sounds like it looks

Hebert- hue-bert

Oliver- Umm... if you don't know how to say this, get off right now. Off, Off, Off.

Viktor- It's Hayley

Chapter 1: Auditions

Tommy smiled as Kira walked into the auditorium with her script. She sat next to Conner in the front row.

Needless to say, everyone was surprised when Conner said he wanted to audition for the school play. They were all even more surprised when they found out that the play was a musical, and West Side Story at that. He still had not said what part he was auditioning for, but Tommy figured that it was probably one of the Jets. Tommy figured that he wouldn't try for one of the Puerto Rican characters because Conner liked his hair too much to dye it black.

Kira did tell everyone who she wanted to be; Anita. She didn't care that she would have to dye her hair black. She just loved to songs and the stage.

Mr. Lechner, the school's choral director, was up on the stage now. "I would like to thank everyone for coming today. I want to wish you all the best of luck. Before we start, I would like to introduce some of our adults working on this. Can I have you all come up on stage?" Tommy, with an small group of other adults, stood up and walk up on stage. They were instructed to each say what they would like the kids to call them, as well as what they were doing with the play.

"I see a few faces from my drama class," the first teacher started, "but for those of you who don't know me, I'm Miss Knorr. I am one of the ones who will choose who will be getting call-backs. I also have a lot to do with stage movement and helping all of you with your lines."

A balding man covered in saw dust stepped forward next. "I'm Mr. Kraft. I build the sets, and I also have to put the extension on the stage. If anyone wants to help, I would appreciate it. One Theatre class can't do it all," the man smiled.

"I'm Mr. Foster, but you all can call me Jeff, because I'm not a teacher. I am in charge of all the lighting. By the way, we already have a young man volunteering to help with lighting. Ethan is actually in the back of the auditorium right now." A few heads turned to see Ethan in the back, while some other less shy people shouted, "Hi Ethan," and threw him a smile.

"I'm Mrs. Hefner," an old plump woman stated without the slightest hint of a smile. "I provide snacks and I'm in charge of organizing fundraisers."

"I'm Mr. Hebert. I get to yell at you if you don't enunciate your words," he states with a smile, "and I am also one of the stage managers." He enunciated all of the words to make a point, but he still had a joking in his voice.

Now it was Tommy's turn. "I'm Dr. Oliver, but I will let you all call me Tommy, but only here. It is still Dr. O in school. I am the fight master. I get to organize the fight scenes. I will also be working with Mr. Kraft on the sets and I am another stage manager."

Mr. Lechner took over again. "I would like to point out that we are missing a few of our adults. When they come in next week I will let them talk to all of you. Mr. M is in charge of tickets and he is our public's relation guy. Ms. H will be in charge of teaching you all to dance and she will be helping with costumes. She is also going to give voice lessons to Riff, Tony, Maria, Bernardo, and Anita. Ms. Viktor is also working with costumes and she is in charge of props. I am the director. I will be working with all of you for singing. Well then, shall we get started?"

The 'judges' took their seats at a table in front of the stage. Mr. Lechner was on the right, Ms. Knorr in the middle, and Mr. Hebert on the left. They started the audition with Officer Krupke, Lieutenant Shrank, Doc, and Glad hand. Next, the Anitas and Bernardos had their turn. They did a scene where Anita and Bernardo were arguing. Tommy thought that Kira did really good, especially considering that she had a cold. He hoped she would get call backs. Next were the Marias and Tonys. Then, they had a scene with a bunch of Jets. Tommy was very surprised when Conner was called up to try for the Jet's leader, Riff. He was even more surprised at how well the athletic boy did. The remain speaking parts for the Sharks and Jets were run before the students were let go for the day.

Tommy met Kira, Conner, and Ethan outside ten minutes later. "How did I do? When are they posting call-backs? Do you think I'll make it? I was horrible, wasn't I?" Conner and Kira's questions were coming a mile a minute. Tommy just shook his head with a smile on his face as he walked away toward his car. The three rangers followed behind. Two of them still yelling unanswered questions.

Ms. Knorr, Mr. Lechner, and Mr. Hebert were in the school auditorium until nine at night. They need to figure out who would be coming back for call-backs the next afternoon. They finally agreed on a few people for each of the characters that spoke in the show.

Ms. Knorr typed an E-mail to all of the teachers with the kid's names on it that would have to come back for call-backs. They would be read to the students last period tomorrow.

Hey, those kids needed to sweat a little.

Yes, this will be a Tommy/Kim