"A 33-year veteran at Eagle Rock High School who technically teaches geometry but treats it as theater."
The panel of high school theater teachers begins with an intense, rhythmic breathing exercise and a spontaneous recitation of Romeo and Juliet to 'unleash' their artistic spirits.
"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene."
"Oh, something was unleashed!"
"Hold for five and think of gratitude."
The teachers introduce themselves, revealing their specific niches, from all-boys Catholic school Shakespeare to a 'New York actor' who ended up in Duncanville, Texas.
"I am Nancy Russo, and I am a theater teacher."
"My kids call me Miss Cheetah because there is not a day where my outfit doesn't have a little bit of cheetah print."
"Cody, in your eyes, I see the eyes of a real New York actor."
Holly McDougal reveals she is technically a geometry teacher who treats her math students like thespians, while Nancy Russo recounts a three-year coma that led to her teaching boys.
"They gave me geometry slash intro to theater."
"I got into a car crash and lost three years to a coma."
"Nothing makes somebody a stronger thespian than being thrown into the middle of confusion."
The panel introduces themselves, featuring a teacher at an all-boys Catholic school, a 33-year veteran of Eagle Rock High, a failed New York actor, and a teacher who wears exclusively cheetah print.
"I am Nancy Russo, and I am a theater teacher."
"My kids call me Miss Cheetah because there is not a day where my outfit doesn't have a little bit of cheetah print."
"Cody, in your eyes, I see the eyes of a real New York actor."
The theater teachers lead a collective breathing exercise that quickly devolves into rhythmic chanting and dramatic Shakespearean recitation to 'unleash' their artistic energy.
"Hold for five and think of gratitude."
"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene."
"Something was unleashed!"
The panelists introduce themselves, revealing their specific niches: an all-boys Catholic school teacher, a 33-year veteran, a failed New York actor, and a cheetah-print enthusiast.
"I am Nancy Russo, and I am a theater teacher."
"My kids call me Miss Cheetah because there is not a day where my outfit doesn't have a little bit of cheetah print."
"Cody, in your eyes, I see the eyes of a real New York actor."
Cody describes his Duncanville High School production of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' where the characters use vape pens instead of alcohol, leading to a massive district arts fund offer.
"Instead of drinking alcohol, they use vape pens."
"I have this pull over people that's a little too much sometimes."
The teachers confront the 'Scottish Play' superstition with varying degrees of intensity, leading to a high-stakes emotional breakdown where they scream the name Macbeth to face their fears.
"Don't rely on humor. Face the fear. Fight the fear. Use it."
"I'll curse the name Macbeth!"
Holly reveals that due to district staffing issues, she primarily teaches advanced senior level geometry, which she treats as a confusing form of avant-garde theater for her students.
"They gave me geometry slash intro to theater."
"Nothing makes somebody a stronger thespian than being thrown into the middle of confusion."
Holly reveals she was hired to teach geometry but treats it as 'Intro to Theater,' claiming her confused math students are the greatest thespians because they have no idea what is happening to them.
"They gave me geometry slash intro to theater."
Nancy explains that after losing three years to a coma, the only thing she could remember was Hamlet's soliloquy, which she interpreted as a divine mandate to teach at an all-boys Catholic school.
"I got into a car crash and lost three years to a coma."