"Em Katsaro's senior year is not shaping up to be the picture perfect movie she had imagined. Her super-hot leading man is five thousand miles away, her dad just got laid off, and Em can kiss her first-pick university goodbye if she doesn't snag a scholarship. But when Em cinches a spot in the US Youth Change Council competition national round, she has a chance to turn this Skakespearean tragedy into an Academy Award-winning dream. The downside? Kris Lambert--senior class president and her nemesis--is going too. She knows his game way too well--cozy up to your opponents and throw them under the bus on your way to victory. Instead of becoming his next victim, Em decides to turn the tables by putting her acting and flirting skills to work. Unfortunately, as they get close to the final competition and judging, reality and acting start to blur"--Back cover.
Outlines the myriad responsibilities that fall on a theater producer, from booking rehearsal space to selling ads for programs and lining up ushers and tickets sellers.
After Olive blows an audition for a prestigious theater camp she runs away and finds a theater called Maudville where she accidentally sings for the famous Maude Devore who offers her a part in a new play. But Olive begins to suspect something is off about the whole production.
Everyone is excited about the school play, Alice in Wonderland. Leslie loves to act, but when Karen is chosen to play Alice, Leslie decides to ruin the play.
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women.".
