HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

Written by
PETER BARSOCCHINI

I.E.S. Rafael Reyes

Spring production

Based on the story of

Bill Borden & Barry Rosenbush
by Peter Barsocchini
SONGS
FIRST ACT
1) <<HYMNO OF THE WILDCATS>>: the whole company
2) <<THINK ONLYABOUT PLAYING>>: Troy Bolton and the team of
basketball
3)<<TODO STARTS HERE>>: Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez
4) <<THAT WHICH I WAS LOOKING FOR>>: Sharpay and Ryan Evans
5)<<THAT WHICH I WAS LOOKING FOR(REPEAT)>>: Troy Bolton and
Gabriella Montez
6) <<MOBILE FUSION>>: the whole company
7)<<STAY IN YOUR PLACE>>: the whole company

SECOND ACT
8) <<I DO NOT APART MY EYES FROM YOU>>: Troy Bolton and Gabriella
Montez
9) <<ASKING MYSELF>>: Mrs. Darbus
10)<<IT DEPENDS ON YOU>>: basketball team and chemistry club
11)<<THINKING OF YOU AND ME>>: Troy Bolton and Gabriella
Montez
12)<<TODO STARTS HERE(REPETITION)>>: Troy Bolton and
Gabriella Montez
13) <<WE FORM A TEAM>>: the whole company
14) <<WE HAVE TO ARRIVE>>: Sharpay and Ryan Evans, Nerds
15) <<OUR FREEDOM>>: Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez and the
company

GREETINGS
16) WE FORM A TEAM (REPETITION): the entire company
 FIRST ACT

OPENING

TROY enters dribbling the ball all around the theater. He stops at the
stage, with the curtain closed.

TROY
Wow, this is full! I definitely didn't expect this to happen.
so many people. But, well, I'm glad that you are here, and that
for a couple of hours be accomplices of my story.
That's right, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Troy Bolton, a former student.
from this institute and former captain of the Wildcats. A little bit of
Music wouldn't be bad, it would be better that way. This time it's my turn.
to tell my story. A story in which will appear
very important characters for me: my parents, my friends,
my dear Wildcats and, above all, the girl who changed me
life. But, I don't want to give anything away. Let's start with
where a good story must begin to be told, by the
principle. Everything started after returning from the holidays of
Christmas. And, well, it's better to see it with your own
eyes. Without further ado, welcome to my story, welcome to
High School Musical.

SCENE 1

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY: DAY

The curtain opens, as the bell rings, there are people strolling through
the whole scenario.

MUSICAL NUMBER <<WILDCATS ANTHEM>>: THE WHOLE COMPANY

BOLTON COACH (VOICEOVER)

Up, Wildcats!

CHICOS
Wildcats, sing it
You know that your team is the best
Wildcats, feel it
Just a scream, a voice

Wildcats, to win
Raise your hands
Let everyone know
Nobody will be able to stop us

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 CHAD
Hey, what's up, Troy!

TROY
Hey, great to see you, Chad! Guys, happy new year!

CHAD
Dear Wildcats, this Friday we play the final of
championship and, with the king of the court, Mr. Troy Bolton,
we will reach infinity and beyond...

ALL
That's how you speak!

Wildcats, sing it
You know your team is the best
Wildcats, feel it
Just a scream, a voice

ZEKE
Hey, what's up, Chad!

CHAD
Hey, dude!

ZEKE
Look, here she comes. Every year she gets more beautiful.

CHAD
Well, well. The ice princess has arrived!

ZEKE
Hello Sharpay. What a beautiful vacation! How did it go?
jersey? I mean... the other way around, the other way around.

RYAN
Hello, Troy! Are you ready for the big final?

SHARPAY
Hello, Troy!

TROY
Hello, Sharpay!

ALL
Wildcats, to win
Raise your hands

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 Let the whole world know
No one will be able to stop us

TAYLOR
The animals from the institute are already welcoming the
New Year. Savages!

SHARPAY
Taylor, cutie, they are welcoming me!

TAYLOR
The diva speaks. How were the holidays Sharpay? What have you
done, your manicure or your scales?

SHARPAY
Ah, ah, ah, ah...

TAYLOR
Always so communicative, that language is only spoken by the
vipers... like her!

ALL
Wildcats, to win
Lift up your hands
Let everyone know
they're not going to stop us anymore

THE SONG ENDS.

Ms. Darbus
Gabriella, it is a true pleasure to have you among us
students this year.

GABRIELLA
Thank you.

Mrs. Darbus
Hurry up Gabriella, the bell has rung. You must not be late.
afternoon the first day.

GABRIELLA
Don't worry...

Mrs. Darbus
Gabriella, don't forget that the academic decathlon will be soon.
And, given your magnificent record, it would be a real shame
that you will not participate.

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 GABRIELLA
I suppose, but I don't want to be the nerd again, I want to
to go unnoticed like just another girl...

Mrs. Darbus
Come on Gabriella, cheer up, and smile because it's your first day of
class. You wouldn't want your new friends to see you like this.
Really? Don't worry about being or not being the smart one.
you just have to be Gabriella. Well, you won't have a problem
to find your class, you already know. Area 4, hallway 3, classroom
2H… It's foolproof.

GABRIELLA
Oh, yes, thank you. (She is left disoriented)

KELSI
(The sheet music falls down)
Ah!

TAYLOR
Kelsi! Let me help you.

KELSI
Thank you, Taylor. New glasses, you know! Oh, sorry.

GABRIELLA
Forgive me you!

TAYLOR
Hello, I'm Taylor. You must be new.

GABRIELLA
Gabriella Montez.

TAYLOR
Hello, welcome, how were the holidays?

GABRIELLA
Very well. Well, the usual, my mother took me skiing.
I was reading the whole time!

TAYLOR
How nice! Another book lover.

SHARPAY
Reading? With all those super handsome guys making
"snowboard". Hello? Is anyone there?

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 GABRIELLA
Well... actually... I met a guy.

TAYLOR
You will tell me right away.

SCENE 2

INT. INSTITUTE, LOBBY (FLASHBACK): DAY

MUSICAL NUMBER <<EVERYTHING STARTS HERE>> (KARAOKE DUO): TROY AND

["GABRIELLA","TAYLOR","AND","CHAD","RYAN","AND","SHARPAY"]

TROY
¡Fue un viaje alucinante! La nieve estaba increíble y...
Well, I met a girl, she is stunning!

GABRIELLA
You won't believe how I met him.

CHAD
Come on! How did you meet her?

TAYLOR
Are you snowboarding?

TROY
Snowboarding, of course!

GABRIELLA
Singing! Moreover, she had a beautiful voice.

TROY
That girl was melting the snow, guys!

CHAD
Oh, oh, oh! I know someone who has fallen in love.
TAYLOR
How did you meet him?

GABRIELLA
There was a karaoke contest, and we had to sing together a
song, and I don’t know, it was super romantic!

RYAN
Are you ready for karaoke?

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 ALL
Yes!

Troy
I am Troy, and I can't sing.

GABRIELLA
Gabriella, me neither.

ALL
Come on!

TROY
Everyone is watching us.

GABRIELLA
I will only sing if you do.

TROY
I locked myself in my world
Unintentionally wanting to know

There are dreams that come true

You just have to believe

GABRIELLA
Things do not happen
By chance
I never opened my heart
And I never let myself be carried away.

Oh...

TROY/GABRIELLA
And I know that everything changed
For the first time
It could happen
It could be that at last
Start like this

I feel good
Only with you
Oh
And when I look at you I know
In my heart
That everything starts here

RYAN
And now to prepare those lips for the New Year's kiss,
only missing...
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 EVERYONE
¡10!... ¡9!... ¡8!... ¡7!... ¡6!... ¡5!... ¡4!... ¡3!...
2!... 1! Happy New Year!

CHAD/TAYLOR
Do you want to know what my goal is for this new year?

ALL
Of course!

CHAD
I am going to train a lot

TAYLOR
I will win another contest

CHAD
I am going to win, I know it

TAYLOR
I'm going to win it, yes.

SHARPAY
I am going to be a star

RYAN
I'm going to make them see me

ZEKE
If Sharpay finally notices me

ALL
I will have in the end
A special year
For the first time
I really know it.

It could be that finally

Start like this
I feel good
Only next to you
Oh
And they won't be able to stop me

In my heart
I know something is going to start
I know something is going to start
I know something is going to begin

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 I feel that what I desire
It could happen to me

I didn't want to understand it.

But I opened my eyes
At last I opened my eyes
It can be
Let it start like this
I feel good
Only with you
Oh
And they won't be able to stop me

In my heart

It could be
Let it start like this
I feel good
Only next to you
Oh
And it was never so real
In my heart
I know something is about to begin! Oh!
I know something is about to begin! Oh!
I know that something is about to start! Oh!
I know that something begins...

The doorbell rings.

ALL (CONTINUATION)
Already!

BLACKOUT.

SCENE 3

INT. INSTITUTE, CLASSROOM: DAY

Mrs. Darbus is the tutor and the teacher of INTERPRETATION.

(theater). Dressed in a striking way and wearing glasses that
they are almost bigger than their face. And the design of the CLASSROOM, for
the English and interpretation classes go hand in hand with their
personality, with tragicomic masks on the walls, a
coffee table instead of a desk, director chairs to
both sides... It looks like I am about to present a
interview program.

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Gabriella enters without looking directly at anyone, trying to
go unnoticed.

TROY is greeting several students... and SEES GABRIELLA FROM

REFILÓN. It suddenly turns... There are so many students
moving that it costs him to ensure whether what they have seen
his eyes are true or not.
Gabriella sneaks to the back of the classroom and she
sits in a corner.

The FINAL BELL rings and the students sit down.

Troy stretches his neck trying to see GABRIELLA. Really

Is it the same girl from New Year's Eve? Is it possible?

Mrs. Darbus
I hope you had a good holiday.
great. In the hallway you have the registration lists
for the new activities, especially that of our
musical. There will be individual auditions for the roles
secondary and as a couple for the two protagonists.

As soon as the musical is mentioned, CHAD leads to

the ATHLETES in a round of FARTS.

Mrs. Darbus (continuation)

(A Chad)
Mr. Danforth, this is an institute, not
a hockey stadium.

TROY is still trying to distinguish GABRIELLA... There are heads.

in the middle. He takes the mobile out of his pocket and looks for the number of
GABRIELLA.

MRS. DARBUS (CONTINUATION)

We also have to close the registrations for the
Academic Decathlon, Taylor Mckessie, the president of the Club
of Chemistry, will answer all your questions at
regarding.

CHAD and the boys' extinguished FARTS.

Mrs. Darbus raises her gaze and the kids fall silent.
immediately.
TROY presses the CALL button on
the mobile

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GABRIELLA has no idea that Troy Bolton studies at this
institute. Suddenly, while Mrs. Darbus continues
talking, a MOBILE starts ringing with a MUSICAL TONE
VERY ANIMATED. As soon as it starts to SOUND, RYAN AND SHARPAY take out
immediately their mobiles. If they call someone, it must be to
they, right?

MRS. DARBUS (CONTINUATION)

Ah, the plague of mobile phones has returned to our...
melting pot of culture. Sharpay and Ryan, please do me a favor and give me
your mobile phones. See you after class.

Mrs. Darbus lifts a plastic TRASH CAN that she is carrying.

LABEL: "SEIZED MOBILE PHONES). Collect the mobile phones. Without
embargo, the PHONE KEEPS RINGING.
Mrs. Darbus scans the classroom with her gaze.
GABRIELLA is rummaging in the backpack. Things fall to the ground.
books, pencils, brushes and food. It feels completely
humiliated. She finally rescues the phone from the bottom of the backpack and
SEE THE NUMBER OF TROY ON THE SCREEN. The Troy... of the
vacation. What? How is that possible? Nervous, unintentionally
press RESPOND instead of HANG UP.
Mrs. Darbus looms over Gabriella.

Ms. Darbus (Continuation)

Mobile phones are strictly prohibited in class. Thus
that we will have the opportunity to get to know each other better later,
during the punishment. The phone, please... And welcome to
East High, Miss Montez.

Mrs. DARBUS walks towards the front row with the

TRASH CAN. See TROY'S PHONE.

MRS. DARBUS (CONTINUATION)

Mr. Bolton, I see that your phone is also involved.
Great. We will see each other later, too.

He throws the trash can at Troy's phone.

CHAD JUMPS UP SUDDENLY.

CHAD
That can't be and moreover it's impossible,
Mrs. Darbus. Today we have practice.
basketball and Troy is...

Mrs. Darbus
Great, Mr. Danforth. Fifteen minutes of punishment after
class. Keep counting.
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 TAYLOR
(Whispers to a friend.)
It may be difficult for him/her. I don't think he/she knows.
count up to fifteen.

Mrs. Darbus
Taylor McKessie. Fifteen minutes.

Taylor is left stunned. It's the first time she is punished in

all their life.

Mrs. Darbus turns around.

MRS. DARBUS (CONTINUATION)

Do you want me to continue with the slaughter? The holidays have
finished, and a long time ago! Any more comments? Any
question?

JASON, a very kind giant, raises his hand.

Mrs. Darbus
Jason.

JASON
How were your vacation, Mrs. Darbus?

The BELL rings and the students rush out.

SCENE 4

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY:

A FEW MOMENTS LATER

Gabriella is leaving the last of the class. Troy is waiting for her at the
corridor.

CHAD
I see you at training. Don't miss it.

Troy
See you later.
(Go to Gabriella)

TROY and GABRIELLA move closer to each other. They look at each other.
fixedly, not believing what they see.
GABRIELLA
It is...
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 TROY
(Whispering)
incredible.

GABRIELLA
Yes...

TROY
...How...

GABRIELLA
My mother has been assigned to Albuquerque. I can't believe it.
may you live here. I was looking for you around the hotel on New Year's Day.
New.

TROY
(Whispering)
We had to leave early.

GABRIELLA
Why do you speak so softly?

TROY
Oh, you see... My friends think I went skiing. I haven't told them.
said nothing about... eh... the singing.

GABRIELLA
Would it be too much for them?

TROY
It was... cool. But, for my friends, it wouldn't be... me. They
it would seem as if I were another person... By the way, now that
You have met Mrs. Darbus, I'm sure you will be wanting to
sign up for the musical.

GABRIELLA laughs.

GABRIELLA
I am not going to sign up for anything for now. First, I want to get to know the
institute. But if you sign up, maybe I will go see you.

TROY
That is impossible.

SHARPAY enters from the right corner of the stage.

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 SHARPAY
What is impossible, Troy? I thought that word didn't exist.
inside your vocabulary.
(Points to Gabriella)
Are you guiding the newcomer? How nice of you.
I heard what you were saying earlier. So, just in case you don't know:
My brother and I have starred in all the productions.
from the institute, although the secondary papers remain. I am
sure that we will find one for you.

GABRIELLA scans with her gaze the imposing presence of

SHARPAY, which writes its name with many flourishes.

GABRIELLA

No, we were just looking at how many activities there are... Pretty
I was already leaving...

GABRIELLA rushes out, leaving TROY and SHARPAY behind.

solas.

SHARPAY
Hey, Troy. I haven't seen you on vacation. What have you been up to?

TROY
I have played basketball, I have skied, more basketball...

SHARPAY
How interesting. When is the big game?

TROY
In two weeks.

SHARPAY
You look so committed... Just like me. I hope you come to
See you at the musical. Do you promise me? Bye, Troy.

TROY
Goodbye, Sharpay.

SCENE CHANGE:

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SCENE 5

We move to a musical scene as we witness Troy

assume your role as captain and lead the team, singing the
instructions for training.

Finally, Troy shouts the team's slogan.

NÚMERO MUSICAL <<PIENSA SOLO EN JUGAR>>: TROY Y EQUIPO DE

BASKETBALL

TROY
Sorry for the delay, coach. Hey, Chad. Have you ...
Did you hear about the school's musical? They raise your
note if you show up for the casting.

CHAD
Let's see, let's see, let's see. Do you really think SAKIL O'NEIL ever...
Did you add for the school musical? Eh, dude, the musicals.
they don't like anything.

TROY
Already! No... I was just telling you to raise the grade for the
university and that.

CHAD
Yes, yes... What happens is that you are looking too much.
television, and that thing about 'Look Who's Dancing' is disturbing your
neurons.

BOLTON COACH (VOICE OVER)

Bolton, you are the captain, focus!

CHAD
Yeah, dude. How tough your father is.

TROY
I can't stop thinking about Gabriella.

ALL
What?

TROY
Wildcats, in pairs! Let's go!

Remember
Dribble and run
Think about the rebound
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 What needs to be defended
Recover position
And hold the ball
You can't doubt, you have to make a three-pointer.

Uh! You just think about playing

Uh! You just think about playing.
You cannot doubt, a three-pointer must be scored.
Oh! You just think about playing

Dribbling and running

Think about the rebound
What needs to be defended
Recover position
And hold the ball
You can't doubt, a three-pointer must be made.

Just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, about how to play.

Troy
You just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play.

TROY
Come on, think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play

TROY
You just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let’s think only, only, only, only about how to play
WHOO!

TROY
In the end, with a good attack
We will make the fans explode
We have to win, it can be done
One must play without missing a note

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 One minute - look where you are
One minute - just think about playing
One minute - just think about playing
One minute, one minute

You just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play

TROY
Just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play

TROY
Come on, think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play

TROY
You just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play
WHOO!

The lights go out and a spotlight shines on Troy.

TROY
Why do I feel so bad?

ALL
You will have to decide
It's playing or singing

TROY
My life is to play
And my dream is to sing

ALL
Oh, ah, what will you prefer?

TROY
I am this way because of her.

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 What do I do, should I go for it? Am I going all in? Come on, guys!

ALL
Here, yours, yours,
We need to distract them, run
Take it, throw it, uh!
We cannot fail on another point.

Put your effort into mastering the game

You already have it! You already have it!
Focus, launch yourself,
Yes, Troy, yes, Troy scores in the net.

TROY
You just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play.

TROY
You just think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play.

TROY
Come on, think, think about how to play

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play.

TROY
Just think, think about playing

ALL
Let's think only, only, only, only about how to play
¡WHOO!

END OF THE SONG

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SCENE 6

INT. SCHOOL, CHEMISTRY LAB:

IN THE MORNING

SHARPAY is in class with GABRIELLA and sits next to her.

TAYLOR is in the last row.

CHEMISTRY TEACHER
You have 5 minutes to solve the equations.

SHARPAY
(To Gabriella)
It has given me the impression that you knew Troy beforehand.
Bolton.

GABRIELLA
Not much. I was being taught this.

GABRIELLA returns to her notebook.

GABRIELLA
(She looks at her notebook and murmurs to herself)
Pi raised to the eleventh power...

Chemistry Teacher
Yes, Miss Montez?

GABRIELLA
Oh, I'm sorry, I was just...

The TEACHER looks at Gabriella's equation.

Chemistry teacher
Pi to the eleventh power? That's impossible.

The teacher performs calculations with the calculator. TAYLOR it.

imitate.

Chemistry Teacher
(Surprised)
You are right. Welcome aboard!

TAYLOR looks at GABRIELLA impressed.

SCENE CHANGE:
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SCENE 7

INT. INSTITUTION HALLWAY: DAY

RYAN is standing in front of his sister's locker

Sharpay. Sharpay arrives. They both start to walk.

RYAN
I saw Troy Bolton looking at the list for our
auditions.

SHARPAY
What? I was just with the new girl talking about it. That girl.
There is something I don't like. Where does he/she say he/she is from?

RYAN
From San Diego.

SHARPAY does a quick search. She found what she was looking for.

SHARPAY
(With a wicked smile)
Here it is!

SCENE CHANGE:

SCENE 8

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY:

LATER

GABRIELLA is walking down the hallway carrying some

books.

TAYLOR MCKESSIE, the president of the Club, enters the scene.

Academic, and he goes straight towards GABRIELLA. It's like
if TAYLOR just won the lottery.

TAYLOR
(To Gabriella, with a smile from ear to ear)
The answer is yes!

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 GABRIELLA
How?

TAYLOR
The Academic Decathlon Team has its first competition
next week and of course we have a slot for
you.

TAYLOR teaches GABRIELLA the newspaper articles.

GABRIELLA
Astonished
Where did you get them from?

TAYLOR
Didn’t you leave them for me in my locker?

GABRIELLA
Of course not.

Taylor appears confused, just like Gabriella.

SHARPAY appears on the right side of the stage winking a

public eye.

TAYLOR
Well, I would love for you to be part of the team. We
We meet almost daily after class. Please?

GABRIELLA
I need to catch up with the subjects here before
I cannot think of joining any club.

TAYLOR
We have never made it past the first round of the Academic Decathlon.
With you, we can achieve it.

GABRIELLA
This semester I want to focus on my studies and on helping
my mother with the new house. Perhaps next year.

TAYLOR
But...

GABRIELLA
What do you know about Troy Bolton?

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 TAYLOR
Troy? Mmm... I don't consider myself an expert in that subspecies, but
I will use the language of the cheerleaders who say:...
(Speaking like a cheerleader)
...Don't you think Troy Bolton is totally super hot?
(Addressing Gabriella again)
Do you see it?

GABRIELLA
No creo que pueda hablar así.

TAYLOR
Precisely for that reason, it can be said that there exists a
alternate universe to Troy-the-basketball-ace.

GABRIELLA
Have you really tried to get to know him?

TAYLOR
Come tomorrow with us and you will see how it works. Unless
you prefer to sit at the cheerleaders' table and talk about
the importance of properly removing the cuticles when doing one's nails
manicure.
The two leave laughing.

SCENE 9

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY:

MOMENTS LATER

CHAD and TROY enter from the opposite side where TAYLOR and
GABRIELLA has left.

CHAD
Hey, Troy. Everyone on the team will go to the gym during the
free hour. What do you want to practice?

TROY
You know, dude? I won't be able to go. I have overdue homework.

CHAD
What? We have only been in class for two days. Not even I
I have homework, and I have been behind since primary school.

Troy
How great, dude! See you later.

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Troy exits the scene. Chad stands in bewilderment.

CHAD
(Towards the audience)
Homework? It can't be.

CHAD winks at the audience and walks off in the same direction as
TROY.

SCENE CHANGE:

SCENE 10

INT. SCHOOL, THEATER, WINGS:

MOMENTS LATER

Mrs. Darbus comes out from behind the curtain

Mrs. Darbus
This is where an artist truly expresses themselves, where the
inner truth reveals itself during the actor's journey, where...
I won't ramble on anymore. Time is pressing and there are many papers.
The selection tests will be next week. First
you will sing a few bars and I will tell you if your vocation is the
theater or not. Our composer, Kelsi Nielsen, tells us
will accompany this afternoon and will be available to rehearse for
the tests next week whenever you want.
Only one couple has signed up for the leading roles.
from Arnold and Minnie. Anyway, Ryan and Sharpay, I think that
It would be good for you to show us why we love theater.

Mrs. Darbus leaves the stage.

KELSI
In what tone?

RYAN
We have prepared our own song.

RYAN turns on a boombox.

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MUSICAL NUMBER <<WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR>>: SHARPAY AND RYAN (RHYTHM
FAST

These two know how to sing and it is evident that they have prepared the
movements of a professional choreographer.

RYAN
How blind I was
That I never saw you
When you were by my side

RYAN/SHARPAY
I wanted to escape
Of solitude
And you were always by my side

SHARPAY
I discover a feeling

RYAN/SHARPAY
What you should know

I never thought I would find

No one like you
Just like you

I never dreamed of finding

Nobody like you
Not like you

I found myself lost and finally discovered

That which I was seeking

SHARPAY
And I look again
And I listen again

RYAN/SHARPAY
There's no need to talk with you.
RYAN
After searching
I let myself be found

RYAN/SHARPAY
I don't need anyone else

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 I discover a feeling
What you should know

I never thought I would find

No one like you
Just like you

I never dreamed of finding

No one like you
Not like you

I never thought I would find

No one like you
Just like you

I found myself lost and finally discovered

That which I was looking for

Tururu, tutururururu
Ah who oh oh oh
Tutururu, tutururururu
Ah who oh oh oh

When RYAN and SHARPAY finish, RYAN heads towards the

public.

RYAN
Buy tickets!

SCENE 10

INT. INSTITUTE, THEATER:

MOMENTS LATER

KELSI, the young composer, approaches Sharpay and Ryan.

KELSI
(Gather the courage to address)
Wait, if in the end you interpret the characters that sing.
this song, I would like that...

SHARPAY
What do you mean by if we interpret the characters?
Kelsi, my little Mozart, I have participated in 17
institute shows. How many times have they accepted your
compositions?

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 KELSI
Well, this is the first.

SHARPAY
What it means...

KELSI
What should I compose for you more alone?

SHARPAY
It means that you should not give us advice, suggestions or
comments. You should be grateful to us for deigning to
elevate your music to another level. Understood?

KELSI
Sí, señora. Quiero decir, Sharpay.

Sharpay and Ryan are leaving.

Mrs. Darbus
(To the room)
Well, our time is running out, so if we have someone
last-minute candidate… right? Great. We are done,
so.

GABRIELLA appears on one side of the stage.

GABRIELLA
I would like to audition, Mrs. Darbus.

Mrs. Darbus
Punctuality is vital in the world of theater, young lady.
Furthermore, it has been a long time since the auditions ended.
individuals. And they do not have a partner.

Troy appears on the same side as Gabriella.

TROY
I will sing with her.

Ms. Darbus
Troy Bolton? Where is his sports group or whatever it is called?
What should it be called?

TROY
Team. But no, I came alone. Well, actually, to sing.
with her.

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 Mrs. Darbus
Well, in this institute we take very seriously the
musicals. I have called you, twice. The rules are the
Rules. You may have luck for the next musical.

Mrs. Darbus leaves.

SCENE 11

INT. INSTITUTE, THEATER:

JUST AFTER

KELSI exits from one side of the stage, loaded with papers,
so many that she stumbles. Troy and Gabriella come to help her.
pick up all the papers.

TROY
Did you compose the song that Ryan just sang?
Sharpay? And the others?

Kelsi agrees.

TROY (CONTINUATION)
They are very good. I'm impatient to hear the time of the
musical. Why do you have such an idea about Ryan and Sharpay? It's your
work.

KELSI
Is it?

TROY
The composer of a work is like the point guard in basketball,
who makes everyone else play well. Without you, there is no
work. You are the foundation, Kelsi.

KELSI
Am I? Do you want to know what the duo is really like?

Kelsi sits at the piano and starts to play.

MUSICAL NUMBER <<WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR (REPEAT)>>: GABRIELLA

THE TROY (SLOW)

TROY
How blind I was
that I never saw you

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 KELSI
(speaking)
Very good! Go on.

TROY
When you were by my side

KELSI
(speaking)
Now you!

GABRIELLA
I couldn't escape from loneliness.

KELSI
(speaking)
And now together!

TROY/GABRIELLA
And you were always by my side.

KELSI
(speaking)
Don't stop!

GABRIELLA
I discover a feeling

TROY
What you should know.

GABRIELLA
What you need to know.

KELSI
(speaking)
Awesome!

TROY/GABRIELLA
I never thought I would find anyone like you.

Gabriella
Just like you

TROY
Just like you

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 TROY/GABRIELLA
I never dreamed of finding
No one like you
Not like you.

GABRIELLA
That you

TROY/GABRIELLA
I found myself lost, and finally discovered.
I searched and finally saw you.

When TROY and GABRIELLA finish, Mrs. Darbus appears.

Mrs. Darbus
Bolton. Montez. Pre-selected. Kelsi, you leave the duet of
second act.
Mrs. Darbus exits.
The doorbell rings.
KELSI hands them some sheet music.

KELSI
If you want to rehearse, I am in the music room before
class, after class, during recess... and often many times
in Latin classes. Don't say anything! Give me a buzz on the mobile
and I will be there. Ah! And if you get the urge at any moment,
I always carry my accordion with me. It's portable!

SCENE 12

(With the light off)

TROY (VOICE OVER)

Gabriella had arrived in my life and with her the change.
Who would have told me that I was going to audition for the
school musical? But that's how it was, at that moment a new
Troy Bolton appeared, and he didn't care what others thought.
they will think. However, life does not always make it so easy for us.
easy and, when those we love the most cannot
understanding each other, any adventure can turn into a to
challenge.

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SCENE 13

INT. INSTITUTE: CAFETERIA

MUSICAL NUMBER <<MOBILE FUSION>>: TAYLOR, CHAD, MARTHA,

ZEKE, KELSI, SHARPAY AND RYAN

As the song progresses, the actors begin to appear in the

scenario with the face glued to the phone and walking around aimlessly
at the concert.

TAYLOR
Gabriella?

CHAD
Troy?

TAYLOR
How are you?

CHAD
What happened to you?

TAYLOR/CHAD
Mmm... Oh, really? What? No!

CHAD
No way!

TAYLOR
No way!

TAYLOR/CHAD
I am not going to silence it for one more day.

TAYLOR
Martha?

MARTHA
Taylor?

ZEKE
Chad?

CHAD
Zeke?

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 TAYLOR/CHAD
News, listen

MARTHA/ZEKE
Say it out there

TAYLOR/CHAD
They have started to sing, I promise you, they really have.

MARTHA
The two? Not a chance!

ZEKE
He is not like that

ALL
If it is not a rumor

I'll say it, they'll know it, the sooner the better

KELSI
I have never heard a voice like Gabriella's.

CHEMISTRY CLUB
Gabriella, in the team we need to think

BASKETBALL TEAM
In the game, you have to think
Will you leave us?

ZEKE/CHAD
How is it possible?

TAYLOR
How is it possible?

ALL
And what will the twins say?

ZEKE
They will take the test

EVERYONE
And what will the twins say?

TAYLOR
I can't stand it. When they find out, what will they say?
I have to scream. What will they do?
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 SHARPAY
Is this some kind of bad taste joke! Troy and
Gabriella didn't even go to the casting!

RYAN
And they also didn't ask for permission to join our club.
dramatic art! I mean, very strong, Sharpay!

SHARPAY
Someone is going to have to teach that brat how things are
school rules.

RYAN
Of course! But what will the rules be?
Rule No. 1.

SHARPAY
Choose the correct gang.

RYAN
Rule No. 2.

SHARPAY
Act like them.

RYAN
Rule No. 3.

SHARPAY
Dress up for them.

RYAN
Rule No. 4.

SHARPAY
Learn where your gang is the coolest.

RYAN
And rule number 5

SHARPAY
Stay in your place!

The lights go out.

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SCENE 14

MUSICAL NUMBER <<STAY IN YOUR PLACE>>: the whole company

When the lights come on, there are two tables where they are.
sitting the chemistry club and the basketball team.

ZEKE
Hey Troy, you are the boss!

TROY
Thank you, why?

ZEKE
It's just that if you can confess to everyone that you like to sing, I
I have nothing left to hide

ALL
What?

(Blackout, cannon focusing on the table l)

ZEKE
Every time I take the ball
Scoring a goal is always my obsession.
But I have a secret
That today I finally confess myself
Oh, if I don't lose control.

ALL
Come closer, listen.

ZEKE
I love baking.

ALL
What?

ZEKE
Cakes, puddings, strudels,...

ALL
Not a sound more.

ZEKE
I dream of making the perfect chocolate cake!

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 ALL
No no, not at all! No, not at all!
Leave everything the same
If you want to be liked
Don't pretend to change
The rules should not be broken.
Stay in your place.

(Canyon focusing on table 2)

MARTHA
Gabriella, you have changed my life.

GABRIELLA
And that?

MARTHA
Do you really want to know?

MARTHA
Look at me and tell me what you see

Unequaled intelligence
A force is pushing me
And I did not prevent it from happening

My head is going to explode

ALL
Open your heart to us

MARTHA
I love hip-hop! I die for pop, rock, jazz and
the break!

nerd
But is that legal?

MARTHA
No!

ALL
Don't tell us more

MARTHA
But if it's just a dance, sometimes I think it's cooler than doing.
the homework.

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 ALL
No, no, no way! No, no way!
Leave everything the same
The best decision
It is to follow the pattern
The rules should not be broken.
Stay in your place

JASON
Hey, people

TROY/GABRIELLA
You too?

JASON
Listen, I am going to tell you
A hobby that I want to reveal
Even though I may miss you all
I need to let it go
The silence is going to kill me

ALL
Give wings to your voice

JASON
If Troy can be in the musical, I can confess my
secret, I play the cello!

ATHLETE
Cool, dude! What is that? A saw?

ALL
¡Ni una frase más!

JASON
No, dude! It's like a violin, but bigger.

ATHLETE
Come on, dude! That's ridiculous!

ALL
No, no, not at all!
You can't leave it the same.
When can you arrive?
Don't fall behind
You will chase your dream
Don't stay in your place.

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 No way!
You can't leave it the same.
The best thing is to change.
And to tell the truth
It's time to prove
That you don't stay in your place

SHARPAY
I don't want something like that.
I am not going to accept it
I'm just going to say
That cannot happen

Something doesn't add up

RYAN
Something is going wrong

SHARPAY
It's going very badly

RYAN/SHARPAY
And we have to put it in its place.

ALL
It's possible!

JASON
I want to play!

ALL
You are not going to change
It is possible!

MARTHA
I want to dance hip-hop

TAYLOR
It has to change.

ALL
It is possible!

ZEKE
Chocolate cake!

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 ALL
Stop yelling!
Don't tell us more (no!)
Not one more sentence (no!)
Not a sound more (no!)

SHARPAY
I don't want to hear you!

GABRIELLA
How can you get so angry? It's just an audition.

TAYLOR
Sharpay has not had competition in a musical since the
nursery.

ZEKE
Hey, Troy! Thanks to you, I've decided to show my love to
Sharpay. What do you think?

TROY
I think this is not the best time, huh, Zeke?

ALL
Oh, no, not a chance! No, not a chance!
Leave everything the same
If you want to please them
Don't try to change.
The rules should not be broken
Stay in your place

Oh no, not a chance! No way, no way!

Leave everything the same
If you want to please them
Do not pretend to change
The rules should not be broken.
Stay in your place
Stay in your place
Stay in your place

SHARPAY
(scream) Ahhh! Someone is going to pay for this!

When the song reaches its climax, ZEKE's cake is finished.

about Sharpay's chest.

END OF THE SONG

END OF THE FIRST ACT
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 SECOND ACT

SCENE 15

INT. INSTITUTE: CAFETERIA

Taylor and Gabriella are sitting at a table doing the

homework.

GABRIELLA
Do you think Sharpay is very mad at me? I have already
excused.

TAYLOR
No one has dethroned Sharpay from a musical since the
nursery

GABRIELLA
I don't want to dethrone anyone, we were just singing.

TAYLOR
No convencerás a Sharpay de eso. Créeme, si pudiera
to interpret Romeo and Juliet at the same time would take away the role
to his brother.

GABRIELLA
It was a coincidence. But I liked it. A lot. Have you ever felt
that there is a different person within you who is longing
leave?

TAYLOR
The truth, no.

The bell rings.

TAYLOR
Let's go.

Taylor and Gabriella close their books and leave.

SCENE CHANGE:

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SCENE 16

INT. INSTITUTE: HORTICULTURE CLUB

Everything is decorated with plants.

Troy and Gabriella appear walking together hand in hand.

GABRIELLA
Wow, what a beautiful place.

TROY
Yes, just like the coffee shop! (laughs)

GABRIELLA
Oh my God, I have messed up for everything that remains of the century.

TROY
Oh no, not at all!

GABRIELLA
No?

TROY
Yes! (they laugh)

GABRIELLA
Is it your secret hideout?

TROY
Yes, thanks to the horticulture club, that's why my friends don't.
they know.

GABRIELLA
You have the entire school in your pocket. It seems that
Everyone wants to be your friend.

TROY
Yes, that is if we don't lose.

GABRIELLA
It's not easy being your father the coach.

TROY
It makes me train harder, I guess. I don't know what he is going to say.
when he/she finds out about the musical.

GABRIELLA
Are you worried?
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 TROY
My parents' friends always say that I am a whiz at
basketball. And sometimes I wish I weren't. Just a guy
current.

GABRIELLA
I saw how you treated Kelsi at the casting yesterday. Your friends
Do they know that side of you?

TROY
To them I am just the point guard.

GABRIELLA
Then they don't know you well. I have always been 'the brainy one.'
from math”. However, here I can be whatever I want.
Do you remember the daycare? We would see a child and we would start to
play as if we were close friends. That's how I felt singing
with you.

TROY
I wasn't planning to sing, that's clear. Until you arrived. And
now I don't want to stop.

GABRIELLA
Do you want to go to the trials?

TROY
Well, I can be 'the geek of the tests'.

GABRIELLA
You are great, Troy. But not for what your friends say.

TROY
You really are great.

NÚMERO MUSICAL <<NO APARTO MIS OJOS DE TI>>: TROY Y GABRIELLA

TROY
You cannot know what will come.
You don't know what's in store for you, what the ending is.

GABRIELLA
Oh, I could never have imagined
That which I sought I was going to find
Being here

TROY/GABRIELLA
Oh, what happened when I didn’t see it coming

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 Oh, I no longer know what might become of me

TROY
I didn't realize that you have always been here.

TROY/GABRIELLA
I don't take my eyes off you
Yours have focused on me
I don't take my eyes off you
I only know that I looked and saw my dream
Oh

TROY
I feel that it could be true

GABRIELLA
I finally find my place

TROY/GABRIELLA
There is no way to know what will happen.
But in the end, I know where you are
And it is everything I wanted and dreamed of finding

I don't take my eyes off you.

I have never felt like this
I don't take my eyes off you
I will have to love you by my side

TROY
I can't know what will come.

GABRIELLA
You don't know what awaits you, what the end is.

The song ends and the lights go out.

SCENE 17

INT. INSTITUTE: GYM

TROY arrives at the gym and sees his father.

TROY
I will stay for a while to practice free throws.

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 BOLTON COACH
After missing the training, it's the least you can do.
to do.

TROY
(Search for the right words.)
Dad, have you ever thought about doing completely new,
but you haven't done it out of fear of what they might think of you
friends?

BOLTON COACH
Are you referring to playing to the left? Don't you
Don't worry. You do it very well.

TROY
I mean trying something completely new, doing it poorly and
that your friends laugh at you.

BOLTON COACH
Well then, maybe they are not friends.
Really. That's what I meant in the training the other day.
You have to help each other. And you are the
captain.

TROY
Yes, but...

BOLTON COACH
Troy, college scouts are going to come to the game. Do you know
What is the value of a scholarship?

TROY
A lot?

BOLTON COACH
Focus, Troy. Can you tell me what's wrong? I had never seen you like this.
This happened three years ago! That girl appears and... everything becomes
collapses. By the way, you need to explain something to me about a
musical. Como broma me parece gracioso, pero creo que a la
Mrs. Darbus no.

TROY
That girl is named Gabriella, she is great and the musical thing...
it's not a joke.

BOLTON COACH
I can't believe it Troy, that girl has caused me not to
if you don't come to training, you are missing the opportunity
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 of your life for a girl Troy, I thought you were smarter, it's
my opinion and that of the team.

TROY
She is not a problem, she is just a girl. And maybe the
the opportunity of my life may not be the one you want... perhaps the
the opportunity of my life is elsewhere...

BOLTON COACH
But you are not just a boy. You are a leader! And what you do
it does not only affect the team, but the whole institution. If not
Focus your head on basketball, we will not win the game.
Being able to play in a final doesn’t happen all the time. It is very
important

TROY
Dad, there are many more important things.

BOLTON COACH
But you are a player, not a singer.

TROY
Can't I be both?

The COACH leaves.

SCENE 18

INT. SCHOOL, GYM: RIGHT AFTER

TROY is practicing free throws.

GABRIELLA enters from the right side of the stage.

GABRIELLA
Wow, so this is your stage.

TROY
It could be called a stinky gym.

GABRIELLA grabs the ball and shoots for the basket.

TROY
Wow, are you good at this too?

GABRIELLA
I managed to score 40 points in a state championship.

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 TROY
Really?

GABRIELLA
Yes, and I have also invented the space shuttle and the
microwave popcorn.

COACH BOLTON enters, followed by MRS. DARBUS.

BOLTON COACH
Sorry, miss, but you can't be here.

TROY
Dad, we are done.

GABRIELLA
No pasa nada, ya no les molesto más.

GABRIELLA moves away to the left.

Ms. Darbus
Well, I hope to see you very soon in the study room to
prepare the musical, young one.

BOLTON COACH
Wait. Here the base is basketball, not the numbers of
dance. To do theater, go to New York, Mrs. Darbus.

TROY and HIS FATHER leave.

SCENE CHANGE:

ESCENA 19

INT. DISTRICT OFFICE: MRS. DARBUS'S OFFICE

MUSICAL NUMBER <<ASKING MYSELF>>: MRS. DARBUS

With dim light, the scenery changes. We find ourselves in the

office of Mrs. Darbus. It has shelves full of
awards, a desk with books and a globe, and a
red curtain simulating a curtain.

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 Mrs. Darbus
It seems that I always have to lose.
Why do I always have to choose?
I felt like it was okay but not anymore
I can't lie to the heart

I no longer know the answers.

The questions do not let me understand
What do I have to do?
To see it bloom?

I can't stop thinking about how much I will miss you

I have to stop
To keep asking myself

If we could go back
I would change what I did wrong.
And I could be happy
But you are not here

If my dreams come true

Nothing would matter to me anymore.
If you are not here
I can't be happy

Should I regret what happened?

Should I continue living with this pain?
Or keep asking me?

I feel that I destroyed what I loved.

I said things I never thought.
I will not find anyone better
And it hurts to have realized today

If we could go back
I would change what I did wrong.
And I could be happy
But you are not here
If my dreams come true
Nothing would matter to me anymore.
If you are not here
I can't be happy
Without you

TRANSITION TO:

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SCENE 20

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY: THE NEXT DAY

Chad and Troy are heading to the next class. They are chatting.
together.

CHAD
Let's see, what spell has that brainiac used to make it,
suddenly, do you want to act in a musical?

Troy
I introduced myself and that's it. Who cares?

CHAD
Who cares? It might be your best friend. Yours.
it's basketball, not singing in a musical. How do you want me to
the others focus if you are around in leotards
singing in a musical?

TROY
No one has said that I have to wear tights.

CHAD
Not yet, kid. But they will.
(Staring at Troy closely)
You are warned.

CHAD leaves, leaving TROY there, confused.

SCENE 21

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY: MOMENTS LATER

CHAD, ZEKE, and JASON meet in the hallway with Taylor and their
chemistry club.

CHAD
We need to talk.

While CHAD and TAYLOR whisper, RYAN and SHARPAY enter through
the right side of the stage.

SHARPAY
Something doesn't add up.

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 RYAN
They must be trying to find a way to ensure
that Troy and Gabriella don't beat us. Here, the ones in charge are the
athletes. If they manage to get Troy into the musical, they will have
the entire institute in his hands.

SHARPAY
And if the nerds manage to get Gabriella and Troy to go out
together, the brainy club will have gone from being the worst
to be the coolest.
(It is the war.)
Ryan, we have to save our show of people who
they do not understand the difference between a Tony Award and Tony
Curtis.

When SHARPAY and RYAN leave, the basketball team and the
chemistry club stop whispering. It's evident that Chad has
presented an idea to the members of the Chemistry Club.
Receives many DOUBTFUL GLANCES from his peers.

TAYLOR
Do you really think it will work?

CHAD
It is the only way to save Troy and Gabriella from ruin.

Taylor looks at her team.

After a brief pause, they nod in unison.

CHAD (CONTINUATION)
We will start tomorrow.

TRANSITION TO:

SCENE 22

INT. INSTITUTE, LOCKER ROOM AND LAB: DAY

The basketball team and the Chemistry Club have gathered to

TROY and GABRIELLA.

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MUSICAL NUMBER <<DEPENDS ON YOU>>: BASKETBALL TEAM AND CLUB
ABOUT CHEMISTRY

TROY/GABRIELLA
Sorry for the delay!

CHAD
Troy, man. Get your act together.

TAYLOR
Get your act together, Gabriella.

ALL
Think about how to play

CHAD
It is time to decide

TAYLOR
We are not going to argue

CHAD
Are you going to play or not?

TAYLOR
Are you going to win or not?

ALL
Or are you going to turn your back on a prize like that?

TAYLOR
When you can make history

CHAD
And show them the best of you

ALL
Promise us
What are you going to follow?

We depend, depends,
It depends on you

GABRIELLA
What story?

TROY
What legend?
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 CHAD
Magic Johnson.

TAYLOR
Madame Curie.

CHAD
Michael Jordan.

TAYLOR
Lady D.

CHAD
Pau Gasol.

nerd
Oh Indira Gandhi.

CHAD
Do you think these basketball stars won?
championships thinking about a girl or auditioning for a
musical?

TAYLOR
Do you think that some of these examples of humanity and
dedication was concerned about an athlete, or auditioned for
a musical?

ALL
Well, it's going to be a no.

Think of the people who have already achieved it.

Or in the hero you are going to be
Dreaming of singing
Where will you arrive?

If you don't plant, there will be nothing to harvest.

Remember what's at stake
You already know who is not going to come.

Promise us
What are you going to continue?

We depend, depends
It's up to you

TROY
That is my father!
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 GABRIELLA
That's Troy!

CHAD
Heartbreaker Bolton. He missed the last free kick in the
end of 1981. Troy, uncle. Give your dad the championship that
He deserves it. Do it for him, dude.

TAYLOR
Heartbreaker Bolton. Another lost cause. An athlete.
failed and without a future. But you, you are the hope of the
civilization.

ALL
Your turn has arrived
You will be the best
We can achieve it
With you

CHAD
You are the next one

TAYLOR
And they trust in you

nerds
Indira Gandhi

ATHLETES
Michael Jordan

nerds
Frida Kahlo

ATHLETES
Magic Johnson

ALL
To Gabriella Montez! To Bolton!
Gabriella Montez! Bolton! Bolton! Bolton!
Gabriella Montez! Bolton! Bolton! Bolton!

All the weight falls on you

What route are you going to choose?
Do you prefer the song?
Or you will take out the value

To accept which will be the best option

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 Face your destiny
And bring out the best in you

Promise us
What are you going to continue?

We depend on you

TROY
Alright, guys. If you think I'm not going to give it my all, and more
for this game, it means that you don't know me.

ALL
We depend on you

GABRIELLA
I thought you were my friends. We win together and lose.
together.

ALL
It depends on you

TROY
I am with the team and I always have been.

ALL
Are you going to leave us?

GABRIELLA
And what about what matters to me?

ALL
Are you going to continue?

TROY
What do you want from me?

ALL
It depends, it depends,
It depends, it depends on
You

SCENE 23

INT. INSTITUTE, LOCKER ROOM AND LABORATORY: DURING THE DAY

Troy
I can't believe I'm going to say this.

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CHAD gives the signal to ZEKE. Without TROY seeing it, ZEKE marks.
Taylor's phone. In the lab, the ringtone.
it sounds.
Suena el teléfono de TAYLOR
(TAYLOR presses the speaker button on the phone)

TROY
Singing means nothing to me! Gabriella means
Nothing for me! You are my friends and this is our team.
I will forget the auditions, I will forget Gabriella. We will go there and
We will win the championship. Are you all happy now?

The basketball team and the Chemistry Club leave Troy and
Gabriella is alone, with a broken heart.

SCENE 24

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY: MOMENTS LATER

NÚMERO MUSICAL <<PENSANDO EN TI Y EN MÍ>>: TROY Y GABRIELLA

(EMPTY HALLWAYS)

Gabriella starts singing, walking down the hallways

empty.

GABRIELLA
How strange it is to see him again
Everything from the outside

I am here and in reality

I want to be with him

I don't know why I started to believe.

That this was a miracle
If today I will have to pretend
That I will no longer love him

I dreamed of you once

The prince in my story

A dream to fulfill upon waking

And everyone could see
That I confused my dream and the truth
Thinking of you and me

TROY
I already knew the song
When you sang it
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And in the end, I also sang

GABRIELLA
And you have stopped singing
There is nothing left

TROY
Just what was once a day
Just like a song

TROY/GABRIELLA
And now I know that the dream is not real
Dreams do not come true
There is no story to live upon waking up

And everyone could see

That I confused my dream and the truth
And I deceived myself again

GABRIELLA
Thinking of you and me

TROY
And now I know that it was all a mistake

GABRIELLA
And while you were floating,
I was slipping, and I didn't care
OHH

TROY/GABRIELLA
I don't know why I started to believe
That this was a miracle
If today I will have to pretend
That I will no longer love him.

I dreamed about this once

My prince to the rescue
A dream to fulfill upon waking

And everyone could see

That I confused my dream
And the truth

TROY
And I wanted to imagine

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That you were going to stay.

TROY/GABRIELLA
Thinking of you and me

THE SONG ENDS

SCENE 25

INT. INSTITUTE, HALLWAY: MOMENTS LATER

TROY approaches GABRIELLA.

TROY
Hello. How are you?

She doesn't even look at him.

TROY (CONTINUATION)
Hey, I would like to talk to you about something. Do you mind?

GABRIELLA
I already know. You have a commitment to your friends. I understand that.
They are your friends, Troy. It's okay.

TROY
What's wrong? I came to talk about the musical audition.

GABRIELLA
I'm not going to introduce myself either. Let's be honest. You have your
team and, now, I also have mine. I will participate in the
Decathlon and you will win the championship. As it should be. A lot
Good luck.

The bell rings. Next class.

TRANSITION TO:

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SCENE 26

INT. INSTITUTE, CAFETERIA: DAY

A spotlight illuminates Troy's table. Troy is alone and appears

CHAD, followed by ZEKE and JASON.

CHAD
Troy, I have met with the team.

TROY
Wonderful...

CHAD
We have done it because we have not acted as a team.
Us, not you. As for singing...

TROY
I don't want to talk about that.

CHAD
We want you to know that we will be there, cheering you on.

TROY
How?

CHAD
We are all companions, even if you are the worst singer of
world.

TROY
You are not going to hear me sing, guys. Because Gabriella has stopped
talk to me and I don't know why.

SCENE 27

INT. INSTITUTE, CAFETERIA: DAY

The spotlight shifts to another table, where Gabriella is also alone.

Taylor and the members of the Chemistry Club approach
Gabriella.

TAYLOR
We are idiots. No, worse. We are bad for what we have done to you.
done. We thought that Troy and singing would prevent that
we won the Academic Decathlon.

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There’s no need to talk about it. I heard Troy, it doesn’t matter anymore.

TAYLOR
It does matter. I agreed with Chad to make Troy say that.
so that you would forget about the musical. We planned everything. And now
we feel terrible.
GABRIELLA
No one forced Troy to do that. It doesn't matter anymore, let's forget it.

TAYLOR
No, it doesn't matter. The Decathlon doesn't matter. What you feel for
us and, above all, Troy is the most important.

SCENE 28

INT. SCHOOL INSTITUTE, CAFETERIA: DAY

The lights start to illuminate the two tables and Troy marks a
number.
Gabriella's phone is ringing.
Gabriella picks up the phone and Troy starts to speak.

TROY
Hey, I just want you to know that what you heard the other day is not
It was true. I was tired of my friends pressuring me.
so that he wouldn’t sing with you and I said it so that they would shut up
Once. I wasn't speaking seriously.

GABRIELLA
You looked very convinced.

TROY
The boy you met on vacation is how I really am.

GABRIELLA
Troy, all this musical stuff is driving everyone crazy.
institute.

TROY
Is it because they can't stand that I don't want to be just 'the-one-of-the-'
basketball.” I am not the problem. They are. They have me
I failed. I am going to sing, and you?

GABRIELLA
I don't know, Troy.

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You have to say yes, because I brought you something.

GABRIELLA
What?

As the conversation progresses, they get up and leave.

finding.

They lower their mobile phones.

SCENE 29

INT. INSTITUTE, CAFETERIA: DAY

MUSICAL NUMBER <<EVERYTHING STARTS HERE(REPEAT)>>: TROY

TROY
I feel good
Just with you
Oh
And when I look at you I know
In my heart
That everything starts here

I locked myself in my world

Unintentionally wanting to know

Some dreams come true.

One just has to believe

Things do not happen

By chance
I never opened my heart.
And I never let myself be carried away

Oh...

And I know that everything changed

For the first time
It could happen
It may be that at last
Start like this
I feel good
Just alone with you
Oh
And when I look at you I know
In my heart
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TROY (CONTINUATION)
The casting is in pairs, will you come?

The lights go out.

TRANSITION TO:

SCENE 30

(Light off)

TROY (VOICE OVER)

The boys had messed up badly and all because of not
to accept that their captain was not exactly as they believed. No
they had acted like a real team, but it was not them
those who had deceived Gabriella, it was I who had to
find a solution and make her trust me again
like the first day we sang together. It was not going to be a
easy task, but who said that being 18 was?

SCENE 31

INT. INSTITUTE, THEATER: DAY

Ryan and Sharpay are with Mrs. Darbus.

SHARPAY
(Machinating.)
We have to do something. The test is on Thursday and the match and
The Academic Decathlon is on Friday. What a pity it coincides.
everything on the same day and at the same time.

RYAN
Well, that can't be, because then
Troy and Gabriella would not be able to attend the auditions.
(He notices Sharpay's determined gaze... Eureka!)
I am proud to be able to call you my sister.

SHARPAY
Mrs. Darbus. We have an idea that we would like to propose to you. What if
we moved the tests to Friday so that the candidates can be present
better prepared?

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Well, as co-chairs of the Club of
Dramatic Art assures me that it will change.
the date of the audition is better for
our program... so you have
my approval.

Ms. Darbus stares at them and leaves.

Ryan scratches his head.

RYAN
(A Sharpay)
Was that a yes?

SHARPAY winks at her brother to indicate "mission

fulfilled.

TRANSITION TO:

SCENE 32

INT. INSTITUTE, MAIN HALLWAY: THE NEXT DAY

TROY and GABRIELLA arrive soon to meet with Kelsi, but

they find her in the middle of the hallway with a gloomy expression.

KELSI
The tests have been moved to Friday at three.

TROY
At the same time as the match.

GABRIELLA
And the Academic Decathlon.

CHAD and TAYLOR and their respective "teams" meet behind

Troy and Gabriella.

TAYLOR
Well, then I don't understand why
they have done it.

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I smell a rat... and his name is Darbus.

KELSI
More like two rats. And neither of them is named Darbus.

Everyone turns around, looking at Kelsi.

CHAD
Do you know something, little one?

KELSI
Mrs. Darbus believes she is protecting the show, but
Ryan and Sharpay just want to protect themselves.

CHAD
Do you know what I'm going to do with those two snobs?

TROY
Take the reins
Nothing. We are not going to do anything to them. Except sing, I hope.

Everyone looks at Troy.

TROY (CONTINUATION)
(Speaking to both the basketball team and the Club of
Chemistry
We will only achieve it if we work on it.
team. Who's in?

The teams look at each other. CHAD raises his HAND and TAYLOR high-fives him.
the five.

NÚMERO MUSICAL <<FORMAMOS UN EQUIPO>>: TODA LA COMPAÑÍA

TROY
We are short on time.

KELSI
Jack Scott can help us, he narrates the match.

CHAD
It is impossible.

TAYLOR
Leave it to me, I can do whatever I want with my laptop.

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Oh! Uh!

CHAD
Each one took their own way.
And I couldn't see

TAYLOR
That the best
It is to stay united
In order to overcome

ALL
Oh! Uh!

MARTHA
Starting today
Taking a new direction

JASON
We will see the truth

ALL
We will see the truth

KELSI
The heart

ZEKE
Tying a new knot.

TAYLOR
Can you do us

ALL
Able

We form a team
And with him, there will be no more
Nothing that limits us
We formed a team
You will see it, you will know it

Upon fulfilling your dream, Ah!

BOYS
From here, joining our voices,
We are going to let go.

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 GIRLS
Uh! Sign up
The party is about to start soon,
And the world is going to tremble

BOYS
Hey! Hey! Hey!

CHAD/TAYLOR
This time, marking a new step
We are going to help each other

GUYS
The variety

GIRLS
What sets us apart

ALL
It can also bring us together.

We formed a team
And we can fly
Whenever we want
We formed a team
And having the value
They are not going to stop us anymore.

United, united, united you and I,

United, united, united goes better,
United, now, we can move forward,
United, united,
Let's do it
Let's do it
Let's do it
Reality

SCENE 33

THIS. OF THE INSTITUTE, LOCKER ROOMS: DURING THE DAY

The Wildcats team is gathered. They all wear their

Freshly ironed uniforms.
Coach Bolton paces back and forth, studying the
folder
Troy is sitting on a bench, stretching.

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How are you?

TROY
Nervous..

BOLTON COACH
Me too. I wish I could play with you.

TROY
It's your turn now.

BOLTON COACH
Do you know what I want from you today?

TROY
The title...

BOLTON COACH
That is secondary. What I want is for you to have fun. Do
I've had a lot of pressure, and above all, it has been my fault. The
What I desire most is to see my son have fun while practicing.
the sport that we are both passionate about. Give me that and I will feel the
luckiest father, regardless of the outcome.

Troy looks at his father.

TROY
Thank you, coach... uh... dad.

SCENE 33

INT. INSTITUTE, THEATER: AT THE SAME TIME

With the curtain closed.

Mrs. Darbus
Assigning the lead roles is a challenge and a
responsibility, a joy and a burden. I recommend you to
you and all the young artists who are inspired by
the Moon and in the stars. Let's rise together now. Ryan and
Sharpay!

They make a grand entrance.

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The recorded music starts to play. This is not a test, it is
a full-fledged performance, in the style of Elvis and
Ann-Margret, with lights, stage elements, and choreography.

RYAN and SHARPEY are a Broadway spectacle embodied in

two people. Whether the audience is empty or not, they surrender to
maximum.

NÚMERO MUSICAL <<HAY QUE LLEGAR>>(AUDICIONES FINALES): RYAN Y

SHARPAY

JACK SCOTT (VOICE OVER)

There are just seconds left until the final of
championship. Here we have the Wildcats of the East Institute
led by Troy Bolton!

SHARPAY
Brr!

RYAN
Oh! Oh!

CHEERLEADERS (VOICE OVER)

2, 4, 6, 8 Nobody can stop us!

SHARPAY
When I have a dream
I make it a reality

RYAN
Don't lower the bar anymore
If you want to stand out

JUDGE (VOICEOVER)
Question no. 17. Equivalences and chemical affinity

TAYLOR
You can do this with your eyes closed, Gabriella.

JUDGE
No advice from the outside, Miss McKessie.

JACK SCOTT (VOICE OVER)

And Bolton takes the rebound!

SHARPAY/RYAN
Practice without resting

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Throw, Troy, throw!

SHARPAY/RYAN
Because they are not going to take us away

The opportunity

GUYS
Yeah

GIRLS
Yeah

{"SHARPAY":"Sharpay","RYAN":"Ryan"}
We always give

ALL
More, more, more
To arrive
I don't move and keep the rhythm

To jump
Start dancing
What needs to be sweated

JUDGE (VOICEOVER)
Question no. 62, isotopes. Only 2 minutes left.

TAYLOR
You can do it, Gabriella!

JUDGE (VOICEOVER)
You are lost, Miss McKessie.

ALL
Go a little further
That upon arrival
We must not stop
A little more

GIRLS
Yeah

BOYS
Yeah

SHARPAY/RYAN
The gaze should not be averted.
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Turn and turn and turn

SHARPAY
Show them a smile
Let them see you

RYAN
The hips

BOLTON COACH (VOICE OVER)

Very well, guys. Danforth, out. Baylor, in. Come on.

JUDGE (VOICEOVER)
30 seconds to finish the equation

ALL
More, more, more
To arrive
Put aside the shame

To jump
You will achieve hypnotizing

More, more, more

And you will arrive

To touch glory

And when your body can no longer take it.

JUDGE
And this round is for Gabriella Montez

ALL
If you can't take it anymore.

JACK SCOTT (VOICE OVER)

Bolton shoots, scores and... scores! The Wildcats are still two points behind.
points below.

ALL
If you can't take it anymore

TAYLOR
Bueno, Wildcats. ¡Comienza la fiesta!

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 ALL
Keep going a little longer
And you will arrive

THE NUMBER IS OVER. The greetings from Sharpay and Ryan are worthy.
of an opening night on Broadway. A sound is heard from
blackout, the lights are going out.

SCENE 34

DIRECTOR MATSUI (VOICE OVER)

Well, it seems we have problems with ungremlin
IT specialist. I am sure we will solve it soon.
Meanwhile, and following the safety regulations,
We need to evacuate the gym in an orderly manner.

SCENE 35

INT. INSTITUTE, THEATER: MOMENTS LATER

The lights are back on.

Ms. Darbus
Do you understand now why we adore the theater? Magnificent!
Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez?
(Looks around.)
Troy? Gabriella? No sign of them.

KELSI
They're coming!

Mrs. Darbus
The theater, as I have said on many occasions, does not wait for
nobody. I'm sorry.

Kelsi looks towards the door. No sign of Troy or

Gabriella.
She is devastated.

MS. DARBUS (CONTINUATION)

Well, we've finished. Congratulations
to everyone. I will post the cast list.

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SCENE 36

INT. INSTITUTE, THEATER: AT THE SAME TIME

Suddenly, from opposite ends of the stage, they burst in

TROY and GABRIELLA. TROY is DRESSED IN THE TRACKSUIT. GABRIELLA
wears the LAB COAT. But the stage is empty.
Mrs. Darbus is heading toward the exit.

TROY
Mrs. Darbus! Wait, we're ready!

Mrs. Darbus
I've called you, Troy. Twice,

Gabriella
Please.

MRS. DARBUS
Rules are rules! It has gotten very late.

RYAN
(Addressing Troy.)
Well, that's the world of entertainment.

Troy
Give us one last chance, Mrs. Darbus. I promise you that we will not.
he/she will regret it.

Ms. Darbus
In the end... This is the show!

TROY and GABRIELLA pick up the microphones.

They look at the audience.

SCENE 37

INT. INSTITUTE, THEATER: STAGE

NÚMERO MUSICAL <<NUESTRA LIBERTAD>>: TROY Y GABRIELLA

Sharpay, Ryan and Mrs. Darbus exit and Troy and Gabriella...
they are left alone.
Gabriella has been petrified upon seeing the audience.
TROY starts to sing.

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(Covering the microphone.)
I can't sing, Troy. Everyone is looking at me.

TROY
(In a low voice)
You look at me, Gabby, look at me. It's like when we sing together.
Like in the nursery, remember?

Gabriella looks at Troy and Troy looks into her eyes.

the way he did it in the karaoke contest. A spark
magic ignites between them, but this time it is even more
luminous.

The music starts again.

They look at each other and both feel increasingly secure. They trust the
one into the other and they sing, without any inhibition, as if not
there was no one else in the room.
TROY
Take off, fly
Anything is possible
You just have to trust
It is a jump
To freedom

The world is watching us

Without knowing who we really are

GABRIELLA
And I feel that it drives you away.

More every day

TROY/GABRIELLA
If your voice gives me courage
I am going to achieve

TROY
Freedom

GABRIELLA
Take off

TROY
Fly

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Everything is possible
You just have to trust
It's a leap
To freedom (x2)
Freedom

TROY
It is taking shape
It is like a lightning bolt in the storm

GABRIELLA
I feel that it controls
Uh
Our will (x2)

TROY/GABRIELLA
We rise
Non-stop
And we are going to play

TROY
Freedom

TROY/GABRIELLA
Dream, fly
Everything is possible
You just have to trust
It's a jump
To freedom (x2)

Go up
Run
We can arrive
Again
Anywhere
And to have
Our freedom

TROY
The illusion
Our faith

GABRIELLA
It's real
I already know

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And it will be possible with you

Something in me
Something in you
Woke up
I felt it
We are free at last

And it's magical. Natural, authentic, and with a lot of chemistry. The
the auditorium is immersed in silence.

COACH BOLTON walks behind the auditorium. He does not give

credit to the performance of his son. He goes on stage.

TROY
Sorry, dad.

BOLTON COACH
No, no, forgive me, my son. You have been incredible!

TROY
Really?

BOLTON COACH
I have been so busy thinking about what I wanted for you,
I forgot that, anyway, you wanted something different.
You can be whatever you want to be, son, don't let anyone stop you.
Stop. Alright, Troy?

TROY
Okay, dad. I love you.

BOLTON COACH
And I to you, son.

Troy and his father hug each other. All the actors go up to the
stage and sing. Everything flows in harmony.

ALL
Dream, fly
Everything is possible
You just have to trust
It is a jump
To freedom

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Run
We can arrive
Again
Anywhere
And to have
Our freedom

If you want the stars

To fly
Fight for freedom

The world is watching us

Without knowing who we are
In reality

The song ends with a beautiful harmony, while Troy and

Gabriella looks into their eyes.
TROY and GABRIELLA hug and run off the stage
in opposite directions.

SCENE 38

INT. INSTITUTE: GYM

It is the final match.

JACK SCOTT (VOICE OVER)

The Knights regain possession of the ball, looking for a teammate.
free, it is snatched away by number 14, which begins the
counterattack. The Wildcats have the ball, it has started the
countdown. Zeke tries to get the ball into the zone, Troy
He takes the shot, launches it, and... scores! He marks at the end of the match.
And the victory! The Wildcats have won the championship. The
Wildcats are the new champions. Congratulations, guys.
Congratulations!

SCENE 39

INT. SCHOOL INSTITUTE, GYM: MOMENTS LATER

BOLTON COACH
What are we?

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Wildcats!

BOLTON COACH
What are we?

ALL
Wildcats!

BOLTON COACH
What are we?

ALL
Wildcats!

BOLTON COACH
(addressing Troy)
I am proud of you.

SRA DARBUS: Bravo! Brava! Gabriella. Congratulations on the

contest. I knew you could do it. I think you should go to
to see Troy and congratulate him, right?

GABRIELLA
Congratulations, Wildcats.

TROY
And your team?

GABRIELLA
We have won!
(he makes the intention to kiss her)

CHAD
(Giving the ball)
The team gives it to you as a gift.

TROY
Yes, thank you. Thank you very much. Come on, go ahead.

CHAD
(A Taylor)
Hey! Are you coming with me to the party later?

TAYLOR
Wait, what day is today?

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Your lucky day, sweetheart.

TAYLOR
(A Gabriella)
Chad has invited me out!

GABRIELLA
But if you still have to study for the exam of...
When? Next year?
(they laugh)

SHARPAY
(A Gabriella)
I congratulate you, I suppose I will be your substitute if you are not.
you can act. Break a leg, in the theater means
good luck. (smiles)

ZEKE
I feel that you didn't get the leading role,
Sharpay. But I think you are
Great, and I admire it a lot.

SHARPAY
No me esperaba menos. Venga, adiós.

ZEKE
I made you some cookies.

He gives her a small bag with COOKIES and walks away.

SHARPAY
(Makes a disgusted face and leaves)
How hard it is to be a high school diva.

ZEKE
Oh! How I love women with character.

RYAN
Good match.

TROY
We are waiting for you at the party tonight, right, Ryan?

RYAN
Oh, of course, Troy. I'll go, deep down I'm a Wildcat.

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 TROY
(A Kelsi)
Composer, take the ball, once again you are the
base.

END OF THE SECOND ACT

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SCENE 40

INT. OF THE INSTITUTE: GYM

MAIN NUMBER <<WE FORM A TEAM(REPEAT)>>(FINAL):

THE WHOLE COMPANY

All the characters appear with the song.

EVERYONE
United, united, united you and I
United, united, united goes better
United, we can move forward now
United, united, we make it happen
Together, together, together you and I
United, united, united is better

We formed a team
And with him there will no longer be
Nothing that limits us
We formed a team
You will see it, you will know it
Upon achieving another dream

We formed a team
And with him there will be no more
Nothing that limits us
We formed a team
You will see it, you will know it
Upon fulfilling another dream

We formed a team
And we can fly whenever we want
We formed a team
And having the value
They are not going to stop us anymore

Wildcats, sing it
You know your team is the best.
Wildcats, feel it
Just a rhythm, one voice

We formed a team
And we can fly whenever we want
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And having the value
They are not going to stop us anymore

Wildcats to win
Raise your hands
Let everyone find out
They are not going to stop us anymore

The spirit of the Wildcats floods the gym.

FIN

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