Mean Girls

Co-presented by UAB Theatre and Red Mountain Theatre. Book by Tina Fey, lyrics by Neil Benjamin and music by Jeff Richmond. Directed by Associate Professor of Musical Theatre Roy Lightner.

Cady Heron, the new girl at school, tries to adapt and belong, befriending outsiders and infiltrating the “Plastics” clique run by queen bee Regina George. Inspired by Rosalind Wiseman’s 2002 book “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” “Mean Girls” is a high-energy rock musical that addresses the power plays of high school life, including the pressure to fit in, the consequences of blind judgment and the struggle to be true to oneself amid social pressures.