A high-school drama club goes intergalactic.
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Did you finish bolting this to the floor?
(Danny, a senior who has become handy with a drill, is on it.)
Problem solving is the only curriculum we have.
By mid-November, they began rehearsing.
Its a sports town, says Cuervo.
We made it cool, a group of students tells me in unison in the art room.
The students range from 15 to 18 years old, first-years to seniors, five feet tall to six-foot-three.
The regularity and camaraderie of the show has anchored her during the school year.
Theyre resilient and creative.
One of the students, Jess Angel, got into the School of Visual Arts but cant afford it.
If they put this on Broadway though?
She tells them she is here representing allAlienfans all over the universe.
Perezhoists the 5-foot Jaludi up, and he screams, I love you!
Youre my childhood hero!
before burrowing through the bodies to give her a hug.
Additional reporting by Joy Crane.
