Heathers the musical

Heathers The Musical
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe
Based on the Film written by Daniel Waters

Heathers the Musical is an adaptation of the 1989 movie of the same name, starring Winona Ryder (Veronica) and Christian Slater (JD). Veronica Sawyer, a senior at the Westerberg High longs to be cool like the clique of popular girls that runs the school: the unattainable Heathers. The Heathers are ruthless, choosing to mock and bully their school into submission. Their leader, Heather Chandler is impressed with Veronica’s forgery skills helping her avoid detention and brings her into their clique. Veronica soon finds out that being a part of the Heathers comes with heavy consequences as her childhood friend becomes their favorite new target to bully.

At the same time, a newcomer in school arrives, JD. He is mysterious, mischievous, and as Veronica soon learns, dangerous. Orchestrated by JD, and assisted by an unknowing Veronica, a series of student deaths occur starting with the one and only Heather Chandler. The results are so successful, that exhilarated with his newfound power, JD resolves to rid Westerberg of the cruelly popular elite forever leaving Veronica in the middle of a conflict that is literally life or death.