Simon & Jeremy Part 1

From the American drama television series "Rise" (2018).
A passionate working class high school drama teacher decides to put on a high school version of the musical "Spring Awakening”. Two of the drama club students, Simon Saunders and Jeremy Travers, are cast in roles ("Hänschen" and "Ernst") which involve them sharing a kiss. But as they rehearse the show, Jeremy begins to have feelings for Simon for real.
In Part 1 (S1 E01+E02) …
When Lou Mazzucelli (Mr Mazzu) petitions the school Principal to take over as director of the Drama Department in an attempt to revitalise his passion for teaching, he quickly realises he has his work cut out. His controversial decision to change the musical from “Grease” to the more provocative "Spring Awakening", and his atypical casting choices, create a ripple effect for the students in the show.
Simon contends with conflicting feelings about his role and, at the first rehearsal, he does not kiss Jeremy as per the script. But Jeremy tells Simon he thinks he’s a great actor and is delighted to be playing alongside him. Another student, Annabelle, tells Simon he is good in the role. Jeremy arranges to study with Simon on Saturday night, but Simon deliberately goes on a date with Annabelle instead. Simon's parents are disapproving of the play, although the family’s priest supports Simon, who ignores his parents’ request to pull out of the show. In retaliation, they enrol him at another school to prevent him from taking part.
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Background…
“Rise” is inspired by the young adult novel “Drama High” by Michael Sokolove, which focused on the real life of drama teacher, Lou Volpe, of Harry S Truman High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania. Volpe's story follows his accomplishments of bringing a diminished high school drama programme in a blue collar, middle class town to international prominence. The real-life Lou Volpe was gay but was portrayed as straight in the TV show to make him "more relatable" and to enable additional family characters to be introduced.
On 11th May 2018, NBC cancelled the show after just one season.
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