Heathers has always struck me as one of the most honest portrayals of high school: hellish, hilarious, and high-stakes all at once. It's a story of extremes—of violence and vulnerability, satire and sincerity—and what happens when the desire to belong pushes someone to the edge.

Our production framed the world through Veronica’s eyes, tracing her journey from complicity to conscience in a high school that feels more like an oppressive cathedral built to worship status and control. The show asks us to consider how we elevate people and ideas—whether through power, death, or moral compromise—and the cost of that blind devotion. We leaned into the story's contradictions—tragedy turned to spectacle, violence masked as justice—embracing a surreal neon aesthetic to reflect the absurd paradoxes of Veronica’s world.

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Working with a team of student designers over a quick two months in Baltimore, we staged a technicolor nightmare that captured the chaos and intensity of teenage emotions.

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Set Design by Bryan Ocampo

Lighting Design by Miles Durham

Costume Design by Morgan Vandever

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Photos by Will Kirk, Elsa Marley, and Steven Simpson