As Cady (Elena Smith) gets ready to take down the group's apex predator Regina George (Olivia Walum), she’s faced with wild challenges from friends and foes. With the help of heroutcast friends Janis (Lucy Warren) and Damian (Mason Nguyen), she must learn how to staytrue to herself while navigating The Plastics (Ava Gem Anderson, Fiona Armstrong) and themost cutthroat jungle of all: high school.

We invite you to join us for a wacky, irreverent (and at times inappropriate for young audiencemembers) safari journey into the modern American high school social landscape. Like themovie, this musical is rated pg-13 for language, sexual references and general teenageromantic themes.

The Westside Drama program was created in 2003 with their first production, “Grease.” Sincethen the program has grown to include three shows per year: a fall drama play, a winterstudent-directed production, and a spring musical. “Recent productions include “The LaramieProject,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” and “Almost Maine.” To date, the WSHS Drama program hasstaged more than 50 shows and counting.

The program strives to produce high-quality, technically complex, artistically relevant shows,never forgetting the goals of educational theater: to give students opportunities to buildself-confidence, develop their teamwork skills, learn responsibility and accountability, and,ultimately, explore the human condition - all while working towards a common goal with theirclassmates. On stage or backstage, important skills are learned every time a show is produced.

This particular production is full of notable talent on stage and off. It features a live band directedby Ethan Thomas, WSHS music director. “Mean Girls” is directed by Joe Lambright, a dramaand social studies teacher at West Seattle High School.

For more information, visit https://www.wsmusicanddrama.org/