classroom but now she saw her friend look flushed and
stop trying to catch Kale’s eye. Izzie turned back as Ms Belson
ploughed on.
“Now, as you
know, for years we have assessed your Drama skills merely on your
participation in class exercises and performances of a few pieces
of dialogue from the play we have studied … however, this year they
have introduced a new and exciting syllabus. It is with great
pleasure my dears; that I can tell you - from this year - we get to
put on a play which will be open to the public and your part in
this – no matter how small – will be marked towards your final
grade. Everyone has to take part to pass this class and this year
the principal has agreed to ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ as we are
already studying this piece.”
Everyone looked
around at each other excitedly; a chance to actually perform in
front of people!
Ms Belson
raised her voice to be heard above the chatter that had just broken
out, “However, you will all have to audition for your parts; I will
be leaving a sheet with the list of characters and other duties
that will be the ones you can be marked on … choose wisely.”
Izzie saw the
whole class’s attitude change dramatically now; the majority now
had a hungry, competitive look about them; it was going to be a
fight for the best part. Izzie glanced at Kale who looked like he
really didn’t care about which part he got but another glance at
Maddie was a different story; by the look on her face, she was
determined to get the part that would involve her acting opposite
Kale. Izzie rolled her eyes to herself; she really didn’t care
about any of this, she just wanted something small or behind the
scenes – no way was she making a fool of herself going for one of
the leads!
Ms Belson ran
through a few more scenes from the play and just before the bell
had rang, handed the sheet around for everybody to put their name
down.
Eventually it
was passed to Izzie, she took a quick scan down the list and
noticed a lot of the girls had scrawled their names under either
‘Beatrice’ or ‘Hero’; clearly hoping Kale would go for either
‘Benedick’ or ‘Claudio’. She scoffed and looked further down the
list for some small role … ‘Margaret’ – that would do. She scrawled
her name under it and passed the sheet to Kale.
Kale studied
the list intently; of course the female population would go for two
of the leads. He scratched his head; he put his name under two of
the characters, then looked again and added another one. He nodded
and handed the sheet to Ms Belson on his way out; she took it and
Kale made his way along the corridor to catch up with Izzie.
“So …
‘Margaret’, why’d you not go for something bigger?” Kale stole a
glance at Izzie and saw her roll her eyes at him.
“I don’t care
about being a lead … I just wanna pass the damn class – and not
embarrass myself while doing so.”
Kale nodded,
“Fair enough, seems you’d have to beat every girl in the class
anyway.”
He laughed and
Izzie found herself joining him.
“Yep,” she
began eventually, once she managed to be serious again, “Ms
Belson’s got her work cut out for her, I tell you. So, did you go
for ‘Benedick’ or ‘Claudio’?”
Kale smirked,
“None of the above, ‘Don John’ and ‘Don Pedro’.”
Izzie raised
her eyebrows and said nothing.
“What?” Kale
asked, a smirk playing on his beautiful lips, “You don’t think I
can handle it?”
Izzie shrugged,
“I didn’t say anything! I just can’t see you playing the villain,
that’s all.”
Kale nodded, “I
know but it was time for a change, I’m tired of playing the same
character over and over again in the movies. My agents all tell me
to stick with it – ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ – but they
don’t get a say in this. I’ve been dying to play a baddie for ages,
now’s my chance.”
Izzie nodded,
“Yeah, try telling that to Ms Belson; she’ll have you gunning
stop trying to catch Kale’s eye. Izzie turned back as Ms Belson
ploughed on.
“Now, as you
know, for years we have assessed your Drama skills merely on your
participation in class exercises and performances of a few pieces
of dialogue from the play we have studied … however, this year they
have introduced a new and exciting syllabus. It is with great
pleasure my dears; that I can tell you - from this year - we get to
put on a play which will be open to the public and your part in
this – no matter how small – will be marked towards your final
grade. Everyone has to take part to pass this class and this year
the principal has agreed to ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ as we are
already studying this piece.”
Everyone looked
around at each other excitedly; a chance to actually perform in
front of people!
Ms Belson
raised her voice to be heard above the chatter that had just broken
out, “However, you will all have to audition for your parts; I will
be leaving a sheet with the list of characters and other duties
that will be the ones you can be marked on … choose wisely.”
Izzie saw the
whole class’s attitude change dramatically now; the majority now
had a hungry, competitive look about them; it was going to be a
fight for the best part. Izzie glanced at Kale who looked like he
really didn’t care about which part he got but another glance at
Maddie was a different story; by the look on her face, she was
determined to get the part that would involve her acting opposite
Kale. Izzie rolled her eyes to herself; she really didn’t care
about any of this, she just wanted something small or behind the
scenes – no way was she making a fool of herself going for one of
the leads!
Ms Belson ran
through a few more scenes from the play and just before the bell
had rang, handed the sheet around for everybody to put their name
down.
Eventually it
was passed to Izzie, she took a quick scan down the list and
noticed a lot of the girls had scrawled their names under either
‘Beatrice’ or ‘Hero’; clearly hoping Kale would go for either
‘Benedick’ or ‘Claudio’. She scoffed and looked further down the
list for some small role … ‘Margaret’ – that would do. She scrawled
her name under it and passed the sheet to Kale.
Kale studied
the list intently; of course the female population would go for two
of the leads. He scratched his head; he put his name under two of
the characters, then looked again and added another one. He nodded
and handed the sheet to Ms Belson on his way out; she took it and
Kale made his way along the corridor to catch up with Izzie.
“So …
‘Margaret’, why’d you not go for something bigger?” Kale stole a
glance at Izzie and saw her roll her eyes at him.
“I don’t care
about being a lead … I just wanna pass the damn class – and not
embarrass myself while doing so.”
Kale nodded,
“Fair enough, seems you’d have to beat every girl in the class
anyway.”
He laughed and
Izzie found herself joining him.
“Yep,” she
began eventually, once she managed to be serious again, “Ms
Belson’s got her work cut out for her, I tell you. So, did you go
for ‘Benedick’ or ‘Claudio’?”
Kale smirked,
“None of the above, ‘Don John’ and ‘Don Pedro’.”
Izzie raised
her eyebrows and said nothing.
“What?” Kale
asked, a smirk playing on his beautiful lips, “You don’t think I
can handle it?”
Izzie shrugged,
“I didn’t say anything! I just can’t see you playing the villain,
that’s all.”
Kale nodded, “I
know but it was time for a change, I’m tired of playing the same
character over and over again in the movies. My agents all tell me
to stick with it – ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ – but they
don’t get a say in this. I’ve been dying to play a baddie for ages,
now’s my chance.”
Izzie nodded,
“Yeah, try telling that to Ms Belson; she’ll have you gunning
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