For laughs, Scott Ebstein tries out for the lead roll in his high school's production of Romeo and Juliet. To his amazement, he receives the role of Romeo. Though he has never acted a day in his life, he's certain that the experience will be fun. After all, he gets to play opposite his childhood friends, Cassandra Frasier and Joe Thomas, and the role will give him the opportunity to think about something other than the new man in his mother's life and his growing affections for Joe's younger sister, Faith. No sooner are the scripts handed out when disaster strikes. A vandal has used the missing supplies from the drama department to deface the school and then plants the evidence in Scott's locker. Desperate to prove his innocence, Scott does whatever it takes to clear his name-namely being civil to his mother's boyfriend, Lt. Marc Martin, the lead investigator in the case. The situation becomes more complicated when a second and then a third attack are made on the high school. It's up to the group of friends to figure out who is responsible and stop the incidents before opening night. Easy, except for one thing. No one ever told Scott that loving Faith might get him killed.