On Wednesday afternoon, the long-present tensions in the air at B-CC were lifted when Jake Verga, the head of the B-CC Theater Department unveiled the spring 2025 musical- Dictionary: The Musical.
The description posted on the B-CC Theater Instagram reads, “This show follows the English language over the course of 5,654 pages. Join beloved words such as “the”, “am”, “in”, and “why”, and learn some new fascinating words along the way.” B-CC hired a professional author to create this musical, meaning that its world premiere will be on the B-CC stage. While the author’s name is not disclosed, Verga revealed she was very famous and well-regarded. An anonymous Instagram user has disclosed, however, that the author’s name is Hacob Verga.
The announcement was met with uproarious applause from the attendees of the interest meeting. Splendid!” When asked about his dream role, Vacob Jerga replied: “Well … I have always dreamed of “The”. It is a role I think I find fascinating and I think I can breathe a lot of life into.” Jerga says that she wants to include massive changes to how her character was written, including being onstage at the same time as the coordinating conjunction ensemble. While this may be too racy for a school theater, Jerga’s goal is to open Baron’s eyes to the opportunities and boundaries that can be pushed.
Jerga, however, will likely experience competition. We interviewed another possible actor, named Hacob Lerga, who is also auditioning for the role of “The.” “I’m nervous about my audition, but also relatively excited. I stayed up ‘til 2 a.m. last night chanting ‘The The The’ over and over, and now I think I’ll be sufficiently prepared”, he said, after being asked about his dream role.
Many B-CC students are curious, however, as to what the musical will entail. To answer this, our uproarious and unprecedentedly courageous lord and savior (A.K.A. our head editor) asked Verga for his thoughts. Verga says that he is most excited about the staging of the show. The simplicity of the lighting, the beige background, and the lack of props will all contribute to the theme, and be reminiscent of the good ole’ school days.
When presented with concerns over the run time of the musical, Verga seemed to attempt answering, yet was quickly stopped by something in the hallway. “Oh. Look at that. I gotta run,” he nervously chuckled, before springing outside.
Currently, the theater department is attempting to figure out how to adapt the musical after the release of the #144th edition of the Oxford Dictionary. The newest edition will result in character changes to the word “us” which, as Verga states, “will be detrimental.”
