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The Sharpies · A two-minute story workshop

One choice changes the room.

Explore an authored scene, then try your own line. This exercise is separate from the film screenplay.

Before you step into the room

At MASA, a Manhattan arts school, Mr. Shapiro brings his late mother Rebecca’s Jewish songbook to a restless class. They walk out. Two students return with a proposal: let us make the songs our own.

Through rehearsals, arguments and pizza, twelve students become the Sharpies. Their musical heads toward a Times Square championship. Along the way, they learn to hear the history in a song and the person beside them.

This is a musical about Jewish memory, teenage humor, and the everyday work of caring for one another.

Read the film’s story · Meet the characters

Interested in writing or performing? Introduce yourself.