Heathers the Musical

Act One

Our story begins in the fall of 1989, with a diary entry from our heroine, Veronica Sawyer. She laments the way that her fellow classmates treat each other, preferring to remember their kindergarten days when everyone was kind to each other. She impatiently waits for her acceptance letters from Harvard, Duke, or Brown, when she can escape to the ivory towers of collegiate life. In order to survive her senior year, Veronica dreams of being above it all: solid teflon, like the Heathers. The Heathers are the hottest, most popular girls in school, who never seem affected by the bullying or the drama of high school. They are made up of three girls who are curiously all named Heather: Heather McNamara, the head cheerleader from an extremely wealthy family; Heather Duke, who seems to have “no discernible personality” but a large set of fake breasts; and Heather Chandler, the “mythic bitch” queen of Westerberg. During a trip to the girls’ bathroom, Veronica’s quick thinking saves the