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1	Ah, the arts. Watching a play done by professionals is great. Watching a play done by a bunch of hormone-filled young people? Well, the results can vary.
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3	The club's members will almost always be a RagTagBunchOfMisfits who don't fit anywhere else. If there are any kids who do actually enjoy acting, the JerkJock and the AlphaBitch will always assume there's something wrong with them and tease them for it, because after all, it's not sports or elevating yourself on the social ladder.
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5	If the main activities at the school are sports, then the Drama Club will be the ButtMonkey of HighSchool society. If the main activities are more academic or artistic (especially if the club is at a creative arts/performing arts school), then the drama club will probably be on the higher end of the PopularityFoodChain.
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7	They will, of course, put on the SchoolPlay.
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9	The members of the drama club may include people from all over the HighSchool PopularityFoodChain, from the [[AlphaBitch meanest girl]] to the [[LonersAreFreaks loneliest guy]], but mostly from the bottom. One thing you ''can'' be sure of, there will almost always be a [[LargeHam large ham.]]
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11	For the 2021 series also titled ''Drama Club'', see ''Series/DramaClub2021''
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13	!!Examples
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15	[[AC: ComicBooks]]
16	* ''Comicbook/TheBackstagers'' -- The setting is the high school drama club at an all-boys high school, along with the EldritchLocation of the Arch-Theater.
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18	[[AC: {{Film}}]]
19	* ''Film/Hamlet2'': Made of PlayingWith this trope.
20	* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'': The drama club -- run by the [[AdultsAreUseless clueless]] and overly strict teacher -- is relatively neutral in terms of where it fits on the social structure: Its ruled by the AlphaBitch and looks down on most other groups but isn't popular with the school either. Then, [[{{LovableJock}} Troy]] and Gabriella, from two totally different social groups join the club, panicking the drama members and throwing the rest of the school into anarchy.
21	* ''Film/{{Jawbreaker}}'': The most popular boy in school is in the drama club. One of the Libbys suggests that 100% heterosexuality is not guaranteed.
22	* ''Film/TeenWolf'': This film portrays a Drama Club entirely negatively: it is very much the preserve of the AlphaBitch and the drama teacher is a preening jackass who casts the hero solely for his freakshow potential.
23	* ''Film/ConfessionsOfATeenageDramaQueen'' (and the book it was based on)
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25	[[AC: Literature]]
26	* The ''Drama!'' series is set at a school for the arts, so pretty much the entire ''school'' is the Drama Club.
27	%%* ''Literature/NoMoreDeadDogs''
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29	[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
30	* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' has had a drama club from the beginning, and it namely played a big role in the plot from seasons 10-12 and season 15.
31	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Well, not drama, but the same principles apply.
32	* ''Series/Rise2018'': Mr. Mazzu taking over Stanton's drama club, and all the kids in it.
33	* ''Series/MySoCalledLife'': But mostly emoteens there.
34	* ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'': The drama club makes a one-time appearance in the episode where Lizzie is running for School President. They're described as "second-tier popular", and Gordo has her try to schmooze them for votes. She's sucked into their clique, which seems to involve little more than wearing dark clothes and sunglasses.
35	* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'': Another arts magnet school, another case of drama club being popular and SeriousBusiness.
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37	[[AC: {{Manga}} and {{Anime}}]]
38	* The main story of ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' centers around Tomoya helping Nagisa reestablish the drama club.
39	* In the ''Manga/DearBrother'' anime, Rei Asaka is seen helping out the girls of the Drama Club.
40	* ''Manga/{{Hitohira}}'' is primarily about drama club.
41	* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' has two characters in the drama club: club president Hori, a talented actor who's not quite tall enough to be a leading man and now mostly works behind the scenes, and the [[{{Bifauxnen}} princely Kashima]], whose mind frequently jumps to strange conclusions. Nozaki also writes scripts for the club in exchange for Hori drawing backgrounds for his manga.
42	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
43	** Exploited in Episode 9 of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure''; Nagisa's disguises to get her Card Commune back came from the drama clubroom.
44	** An episode of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' revealed that Nozomi got kicked out of the Drama Club after only two days in a NoodleIncident.
45	** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' has a rivalry of sorts start up between the Drama Club and the Fashion Club one episode in preparation for the school festival. The leader ends up driving her entire club to quit because of her draconian directions. It isn't until she's turned into [[MonsterOfTheWeek a Desertian]] that she realizes how stupid she was and the club returns and gives her and it a second chance.
46	** In Chapter 8 of the ''Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure'' manga, Kotoha is scouted by the drama club captain to join them.
47	** In Episode 6 of ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'', one of the clubs Manatsu considers joining is the drama club.
48	* An episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' sees Natsumi get shanghaied into the drama club's production of ''Peter Pan'' by her friends when they realize that they're short on actors. Not only does Natsumi have some serious stage fright to overcome, but then Keroro tries to incorporate himself into the play.
49	* The Drama Club in ''Anime/StarDriver'' doubles as LaResistance.
50	* The two main characters of ''Manga/WJuliet'' are in their school's drama club, and much of the action centers around it.
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52	[[AC: Video Games]]
53	* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', this is the club of choice for brilliant but eccentric LargeHam Wataru, reserved but reliable Hokuto, and RidiculouslyAverageGuy Tomoya, the last of which specifically joined this club because he had heard about Wataru's exceptional talents, only to be disappointed when he met him in person and realised what a weirdo he was. The club is a pretty popular one for scouts and events, giving an excuse for offering up not just idol costumes but also {{Gorgeous Period Dress}}es - and since Yumenosaki is a OneGenderSchool, plenty of Shakespeare-style [[CrossCastRole crossdressing]].
54	* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', Richard considers joining the drama club choir, but is extremely nervous about it because he's afraid of his voice cracking in public. Bobbie, on the other hand, is excited to take it up in middle and high school because she wants to be a Broadway actress. Wendy doesn't like it because she thinks it's boring, but if you take her to a Shakespeare play, she'll realize it's not so bad and thinks of joining the club in high school as an aspiring makeup and VFX artist.
55	* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', you can choose the Drama Club as your cultural club, with the other choice being the band, each of which has a variant of the Sun Social Link. In the Drama Club variant, you befriend Yumi, a girl who is coming to terms with her feelings about her father, who abandoned her when she was young and is now dying.
56	* If you're playing a DatingSim set in a school, it's highly likely that a prospect love interest will be a member of the Drama Club. i.e., the original ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' has CuteBookworm Mio as one despite her anemia and tendence to pass out, while ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' gives us [[ShrinkingViolet Miho Shirayuki]] and Tokimeki Memorial 3 has [[LovableAlphaBitch Mari Oda]].
57	* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': One of the clubs the protagonist can join is the Drama Club. Among its advantages, Yandere-Chan has access to gloves which she can use to frame other students for murder without leaving her imprints on the weapons. Yandere-Chan can also conceal her identity with one of the masks, although this feature has only limited advantages, as the masks will be banned from school after somebody catches her in the act. The club's president, Kizana Sunobu, is the third rival.
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59	[[AC: Webcomics]]
60	* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'': Annie was in the drama club before joining the roleplaying group.
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62	[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
63	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': The "Growing Pains" episode is like this. Every member of the cast has a line to audition with; Flash (the JerkJock) and Sally Avril ([[AlphaBitch the cheerleader]]) don't get parts, but about everyone else does...except Peter, who was too busy fighting Venom and Col. Jupiter to audition.
64	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' The whole school was after Steve and his friends. They got away from the drama club by insulting their performance of ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie''.
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67	''To sleep, perchance to...Uhhh...Line!''

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