A pretty-in-pink princess, a quintessential high school jock, an eccentric freak, a shy nerd and a flannel-loving bully are five cliché adolescent characters trapped in Saturday detention in No Refund Theatre's(NRT) production, The Breakfast Club.

NRT will re-create John Hughes' '80s film tomorrow and Saturday evening in 111 Forum.

Kim Cicconi (junior-journalism), the director of the show, is enthusiastic to reopen another semester of NRT shows.

"You have less time to do it but everyone is so excited to do it," Cicconi said. "Everyone is pretty pumped."

Assistant director, Tom Pogue (junior-theatre arts) is excited to be bringing such a popular piece of popular culture to live theatre. Cicconi said Pogue has always felt the movie would translate well on stage.

Cicconi offered a description of the play for Penn State students unfamiliar with John Hughes' depiction of high school drama.

"You've got five kids who are forced to attend Saturday morning detention," Cicconi said. "These kids all come from different areas of high school life and they end up becoming friends."

Pogue said they will be sticking to the John Hughes' story line as close as their surroundings will permit. Pogue said it wasn't too difficult to find actors who can embody the memorable characters in from the movie.

"We found ourselves with a lot of people who know this movie very well," Pogue said. "They are first presented with the many layers within those characters and it's almost like everyone has a piece of these characters in them."

Cicconi said she is pleased with the final cast.

"The actors that we picked, we looked long and hard for someone who will capture the character and still bring their own personality to it," Cicconi said. "So archetypal of high school, the jock, nerd, freak, princess. We looked for a long time, and found people who were really dedicated to the show."

One of those people is Jaime Castillo (senior-psychology) who wasn't even trying out for The Breakfast Club but ended up being cast for it anyway.

"I was trying out for another show," Castillo said. "I've never done an NRT show. I was told why don't you just read Bender so I did and I picked up the desk that was on the stage and I got cast as Bender. It was a good surprise."

To prepare for the role of the teen icon Castillo said he used what he has learned from his psychology studies to pick apart the character.

"Just watch the movie of course," Castillo said. "[Bender] is the stereotypical boy role, and since I am a psychology major, I've been working in schools. It's interesting that he's not a bully on the inside when he's actually more show and not really a bully. He's got lots of problems at home. Basically trying to be an ass."

Castillo said he enjoys portraying Bender because they both have a sarcastic edge that is essential to the role.

"He gets to talk back to the principal," Castillo said. "It's just hilarious, he's really trying to get at people. He wants to see how far can you push people before they snap and he is this really sarcastic guy and I can kind of connect with that."

Pogue said living up to the audience's expectations is what makes this endeavor so difficult.

"You don't want to disappoint those who come wanting to see their favorite moment relived," Pogue said.

"My favorite part is when at the end where they're all confessing," Castillo said. "And Brian, the nerd, has asked if they'll be friends on Monday, and Claire, says, 'I don't think so' and then he asks her, you know, 'why are you so conceded Claire? Why are you like that?' and Claire says 'It's because of my friends' because you know it's so true. Any popular high school kid. It like brings the whole movie together."

Cicconi said she thinks everyone should see NRT's first show.

"Everyone whose seen it loves it," Cicconi said. "It's just a fun experiment working movies into plays. And there's a lot of great 80's music."