Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 CHUMP STREET now!

21 CHUMP STREET by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights, Hamilton) is a 14-minute musical based on a true story as reported in the series ‘This American Life’. The show is a cautionary tale of a high school honours student who falls for a cute transfer girl. He goes to great lengths to oblige her request for marijuana in the hopes of winning her affection — only to find out his crush is actually an undercover cop planted in the school to find drug dealers.

The original cast included Anthony Ramos (Hamilton) as Justin, Lindsay Mendez (Carousel, Dogfight) as Naomi, and Lin-Manuel himself as the Narrator.

Check out the bite-sized musical below!

Gabi Bergman

Gabi Bergman (she/her) is a Melbourne-based performer and educator, and the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of AussieTheatre.com. She holds a double degree in Theatre Studies and Film/Screen Studies, along with a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). A passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity in the arts, Gabi brings her deep love of storytelling to the stage, the page, and the classroom. A lifelong lover of theatre, she spends more on tickets than she’d like to admit. Her most prized possession is her ever-growing collection of theatre programs.