At school, Callie joins the meeting of the stage crew, led by Mr. Much to Callie's delight, she shares a kiss with Greg. Greg responds by blushing and saying that Callie "is cool, but." And Callie says that the girl, Bonnie Lake, that Greg recently broke up with was stuck up and a drama queen. In the first scene, she is walking home with her friends Greg and Matt Solano – who are also brothers – where she confesses her feelings for Greg, an upperclassmen baseball superstar and one of her best friends. The main character of Drama is Callie Marin, a grade seven student, major theatre enthusiast and member of the Theatre Tech Department's stage crew at Eucalyptus Middle School. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier! But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage and offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Telgemeier has since continued to write graphic novels with a similar growing up theme for her four other novels of Sisters, Smile, Guts, and Ghosts.Ĭallie loves theater. The graphic novel itself combines both manga and comic forms, which the author frequently read while growing up. Although Telgemeier originally intended the characters to be high schoolers, Scholastic believed the setting was more appropriate for middle school. The twin brothers, Jesse and Justin, resemble two of Telgemeier's actual friends, and their in-book personalities mirror their real-life personalities.
Several characters in the graphic novel are based on real people in Telgemeier's own personal life.
In high school, Telgemeier was in the choir and sang in the ensemble for many school plays, which ultimately drew her inspiration for writing Drama.
Although Drama is a work of fiction, she draws from her personal experiences to create content. In an interview with School Library Journal, author Raina Telgemeier responds to a question about her inspiration for the graphic novel by saying she wrote from her life experiences, such as what she felt, saw and knew.
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