“We wanted it to be about teenagers,” commented K-K, and with this idea the creative team proceeded to generate a story about teenagers and the impact of technology in their lives. The creative team worked to complete their story in three stages. K-K and two others were bookwriters whose script was passed on to the lyricists and then to a group of composers. In the end, the nine students had written not only a play, but a musical comedy, complete with original lines, amusing song lyrics and catchy tunes. In the context of modern times, the play incorporated popular phenomena such as text messages, myspaces, ipods and lots of lol’s. “Edit:Undo,” they called it, a student written musical for the digital age.

Every year, the Cappies audition student actors and actresses from across the nation, then fly in winners to perform a play at the Kennedy Center. This year, however, was the first time a student-written work was performed and it was none other than “Edit:Undo.” Sitting in on rehearsals, K-K noted these performers were the cream of the crop, the most talented teenage actors around. In August the 39-student company put on “Edit:Undo”.

“The best part was hearing my words being spoken and people laughing at them,” said K-K who watched the professionally performed play with enthusiasm. In fact, the play’s success was even featured in papers such as the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Despite the story’s humor, witnessed in lines including  “save the children from the hell of gates (as in Bill Gates),” K-K and her co-writers were able to address prevailing issues in high schools across the United States—issues such as connecting with friends and managing immense pressures in the context of this digitally-energized era.

Actors perform the number “Smileys of Wi-HI” from the musical “Edit Undo,” which junior K-K Bracken helped to write.

More recently, K-K wrote yet another play called “Zombies!: The Musical.” The storyline surrounds a group of high school students who are the last survivors of a town infested with zombies, thus offering a taste of the kind of humor K-K exudes. Another musical, this piece is to be performed in a district theatre competition by the IBH Theatre Class on October 30 at James Madison High School. K-K will be performing in her work as well along with fellow Masonites, who also contributed to the final script. Junior Peter Davis composed music for this production.

So where does such a young and recognized talent go from here? Well, K-K, if you have not already seen her performances in George Mason plays, is interested in becoming a sitcom writer some day. And after myspaces and zombies, who’s to say what she’ll think up next?

To learn more about the musical comedy “Edit:Undo” and K-K’s role in the production, visit its homepage at www.editundo.org.