A rainbow of “birdgirls’ caught mid flight backstage
THE PROM School Edition- Coming March 2025
March 21 @ 7PM, March 22 @ 7PM, March 24 @ 1PM, March 28 @ 7PM, March 29 @ 7PM, and March 30 @ 7PM, 2025
Dragonfly Theater, R.J. Grey Jr. H.S. 16 Charter Road, Acton, MA 01720
Accessibility Details
Open Door shows are relaxed/sensory friendly, interpreted into American Sign Language, open captioned by illustrated projections on the proscenium walls, and audio described. We provide accessible seating, assisted listening devices, family bathrooms, tactile tours, allergy friendly concessions, and a live feed of the performance onsite in a chill out area. A PDF of our Social Story will be posted close to opening night along with our Audio Description Preshow Cast and Costumes here, Sets here, and Wayfinding and Theater here .
We’ll also post our ASL VLOG about show and characters here.
For more information, please visit the Open Door Theater Accessibility page.
Run Time
To Be Determined
Content Warnings
Content warnings for THE PROM School Edition include: some profanity, family conflict, disparaging language, bullying, homophobia. micro-aggressions, Anti-LGBTQ+ religious implications,
Synopsis
The Prom explores a young woman’s brave struggle to find her voice that changes a community and a band of Broadway stars for the better in the process.
Character Guide
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) INTERPRETERS – Specially trained professionals who provide access and interpret the story of the Wizard of Oz in ASL to Deaf and hard of hearing people.
Emma– shy and warmhearted high school senior simply wishing to dance with her girlfriend at the prom. She struggles to follow her heart against community pressures*
Alyssa Greene– Emma’s love interest who’s caught between her feelings for her girlfriend and the pressures of letting her mom know the truth of who she really is.*
Dee Dee– TONY® winning actress desperately trying to increase her celebrity and publicity by tackling Emma’s cause. Dee Dee discovers that true charity can outshine celebrity.
Barry- self-involved Broadway actor eager for celebrity activism to promote his career. Barry finds a kindred spirit in Emma and guides her to be true and proud of herself.*
Trent– A “Julliard Trained,” yet struggling, actor who utilizes his small television celebrity to teach the students larger lessons about tolerance.
Angie– Experienced and knowledgeable Broadway musical veteran who champions Emma’s cause and teaches Emma how to live life with Zazz!
Mr. Hawkins– concerned principal of the school and star-struck Broadway fan trying to create a prom for everyone while educating Dee Dee in self-sacrifice.
Sheldon- Broadway publicist working his skills and connections to build his clients’ celebrity status and create an audience for Emma’s message
Mrs. Greene-Alyssa’s mother and president of the PTA who’s committed to maintain a “traditional” prom. She’s too caught up in her own cause to realize her daughter’s desire to reveal who she loves.
Teens and Parents– Indiana high schoolers whold struggle together to create a place for everyone at the dance and concerned parens swayed by Mrs. Greene’s traditional arguments yet ready to follwo their children’s guidance.