Lehighton Area High School Drama Club will be performing "Zombeo and Juliet" at 7:30 p.m. on April 11 and 12 in the Lehighton Area High School Auditorium. Doors will open at 7 each night. Tickets can be purchased at the door.

The play follows the book by Kathy Martin and Phil Nohl, with music by Bill Francoeur and lyrics by Scott Deturk. The event is being produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service Inc. of Englewood, Colo. Directors will be Robert Barowski and Kim Laird.The story is about a star-crossed love, feuding families, rockin' tunes and zombies. This hilarious musical sendup of Shakespeare's most romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is loaded with fun and dark humor for teens and adults. And you can't go wrong with dancing zombies. It's certain to be a thriller.Juliet Decapitate, played by Schyler Cordova, and her family are fierce zombie hunters. She meets Romeo, Kyle Higgins, and the stars align. The pair fall in love. The only problem? He's a Montgomery, the Decapitates' sworn enemies, and like the rest of his family, Romeo's a zombie. But poor Juliet doesn't know her love is one of her undead adversaries. It isn't until Romeo kills Juliet's cousin Ty, Jake Williams, and gets banned from the mall tragically cutting off his Rita's supply that she learns the truth about her love.She is faced with a difficult decision: Does she abandon her family for her true love or does she perform her family duties and send Romeo to his grave for good?You'll be surprised by the crazy outcome in the final scene, complete with an incredibly fun zombie prom.Cast members are, Juliet, Schyler Cordova; Romeo, Kyle Higgins; Mickey, Romeo's best friend; human, Matt Shanton; Ben, Romeo's zombie cousin, Spence David; Adam, old and always hungry zombie, Dan Edmunds; Mrs. Montgomery, Romeo's zombie mother, Rebecca Nagy; Mr. Montgomery, Romeo's zombie father, Thomas Phelan; Ty, short-tempered cousin of Juliet, Jake Williams; Sam, zombie hunter, friend of Ty, Kelsey Binder; Dean, another zombie hunter friend of Ty, Nathan Kroboth; Mrs. Decapitate, Juliet's mother, Aleigh Smith; Mr. Decapitate, Juliet's father, Todd Schaeffer; Rosalind, Juliet's best friend, not a hunter, Alyssa Huntington; Viola, Juliet's other friend, not a hunter, Allison Butrie; storyteller 1, Megan Pomposello; storyteller 2, Alana Anderson; Storyteller 3, Cassidy Clark; Storyteller 4, Marissa Michalik; Actor 1, Amy Smith; Actor 2, Ashley Collins; Security Guard 1, Brandon Solt; Security Guard 2, Skylar Eidem; and Chorus, Cera Gaston, Evan Solt, Courtney Arce, Kaity Kistler, Kira Williams, Miguel Gonzalez, Peyton Smith, Haley Haggerty, Emily Corza, Cheyenne Casady, Allison DeKorte, Samantha Amell, Austin Folio, Emily Snyder, Sydney Gandy, Theresa Morales and Rebecca Strohl.