Remember the Thespians
Summary: Alexandria, Virginia, 1971. When the schools integrate, the football team must come together despite racial tensions. Just like the rest of the school. The drama club at TC fusses, fights, protests and puts on a show. Love clubs, fist fights, and insane twists on Shakespeare will have you remembering the thespians!
Disclaimer: Ha! I wish. . .
Prologue, Way of Life
In Virginia, high school football was a way of life. Bigger than Christmas Day. My brother played in Alexandria. The team was practically worshipped. Home and away games alike were always packed with fans. I wish I could have said the same of the theatre productions.
That was who I was, the actress. The one that landed leads in all of Hammond Drama Club's productions. Both the speech and choir teachers' favorite student. The weird kid who'd break into Shakespearean monologues in the lunch room. Yup, that was me.
Now, up until 1971 in Alexandria, there was no race mixing. Then the school corporation forced us to integrate. They combined the white school and the black school into one called T. C. Williams High School. That summer, a black teenager had been killed by a white store owner. The integration didn't help the matter. The city was one the verge of exploding.
I know, it's outrageously short, but I couldn't think how to make it longer. And it still seems a bit choppy to me. What do you think? I would love reviews!