Show Synopsis:
Jason and Peter are roommates and secret lovers at St. Cecilia?s Boarding School, and Peter tries to get Jason to audition for the school production of ?Romeo and Juliet,? because he?s tired of hiding their relationship and doing different things all the time. Jason finally goes to auditions and gets cast as Romeo opposite Ivy. Jason?s overweight twin sister Nadia is upset that her stick-thin roommate got the lead over her, and as Jason tries to console her, they find out Jason got into his dad?s alma mater Notre Dame University. Many of the students go to a rave to celebrate Ivy?s birthday, and Peter tries to kiss Jason in front of everyone, which leads them to argue about whether they should be open about their relationship or not. Matt sees them and discovers their secret. The next night, Peter gets high and starts flirting with Jason, as does a drunk Ivy, and Jason kisses Ivy, causing Matt (who has a crush on Ivy) and Peter to get any and leave. Peter and Matt get drunk and Peter tells Matt about his feelings for Jason, then hallucinates that the Virgin Mary (looking a lot like their instructor Sister Chantelle) tells him to come out to his mother. Matt tries to beat up Jason at play rehearsal for kissing Ivy and Peter tries to convince him they need to come out. Peter breaks up with Jason and sleeps with Ivy, who begins to develop intense feelings for him. After spring break, Jason breaks up with her, and Peter?s mother evades his coming out to her, but then realizes she loves him too much to ignore him. Ivy starts missing play rehearsals, and Peter instinctively steps in to play Juliet to Jason?s Romeo. Sister Chantelle tells Peter that she knows what?s bothering him and encourages him to be true to himself. Nadia taunts Ivy for being heartsick for Jason, but Ivy tells her she?s pregnant, then tells Jason. Matt tells Ivy Jason is in love with Peter, and Jason is angry with Peter for telling Matt. The priest tells Jason that he needs to deny his feelings, so Jason asks Peter to run away with him, and Peter refuses. Jason takes a lethal dose of GHB and they reaffirm their love and behind the scenes of the play performance. Jason dies in Peter?s arms, and at graduation, the students mourn the death of their valedictorian and wonder how to approach the world outside St. Cecilia?s.	

Character:
Ivy, a self-obsessed teenager with a past; bullies people because she has little self-confidence and really just wants to make a real connection with someone for once.

Song Context:
Ivy is despondent and anxious sitting on the news that she's pregnant with Peter's baby, and finally breaks down and tells her roommate, who she's not even very close to.

Fun Facts:
1. The role of Ivy was created around the actress Jenna Leigh Green, who first performed the role in a reading in 1999, and later played it in the 2000 world premiere in Los Angeles and the 2004 Off-Broadway production. 2. In the 2012 Off-Broadway revival re-conception of the show, Elizabeth Judd, who played Ivy, described the show as being about "It's a coming-of-age story about kids just trying to figure out who they are and if who they are is right in society's eyes and struggling with that."