New teen drama currently filming at Washington College’s campus

By Kia Klutz

Curator of Clunky Tales

With campus finally in bloom and the weather getting warmer, be ready to see a few new faces around campus as the upcoming TV show “Kissing in the Poe-ling Rain” will begin filming on April 1.

From the producers of “Gossip Girl” and “Riverdale,” the show is about the trials and tribulations, the epic high and lows of high school football, as four friends attempt to decipher Edgar Allen Poe’s dying message.

This series is full of heartfelt moments and dramatic character growth as the group faces challenges, along with avoiding those willing to do anything to find clues and decipher the message.

The series features Chase Russel, played by Cole Sprouse; Ian Whitefish, played by Cole Sprouse; Andy Loomer, played by the illustrious Cole Sprouse; and Cole Sprouse, played by Dylan Sprouse.

The group discovers the message in a bottle while fishing in the Chester River. The phrase “Qeb Pnrfoobip Hklt” was written in old handwriting and is signed “EAP” with a doodle of a raven in the corner.

The friends conclude this is Poe’s handwriting — obviously — and from there, the boys go on an adventure all over Chestertown gathering clues.

The search eventually leads them to Washington College, from keys in the Caroline-Queen Anne tunnel to mysterious figures on the roof of Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts.

While solving the mystery, Chase is in a bitter dispute with his parents who do not believe in his yodeling career and are instead forcing him to pursue the sport he played since he was a young lad: curling.

“This role challenged my acting muscles more than I anticipated,” Cole Sprouse said in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel. “Honestly, the hardest part was figuring out what curling even is.”

The series also depicts the struggles of love, in which Ian gets very unlucky and develops a pick-me attitude, proceeding to drive every person he ever falls for to suspiciously move to a different state.

Andy hides the biggest secret within the series: the fact that he has an outie instead of an innie belly button.

Will the friend group last through these life-altering curveballs? Or will they fall apart, leaving friendship and Poe’s message behind?

“This entire process has been a complete genre deviance for me, and I have no idea how I ended up doing this,” director Alfred Hitchcock said in an interview with The Washington Post.

The series is expected to take over social media and become the next big thing, and with such a talented cast and a legendary director, the show has a lot of promise.

Students are looking forward to the show, with one Instagram user @Sprouseanator saying, “People give teen dramas too much hate just because they have ‘terrible writing’ and ‘easy plot points,’ but they are some of the best media the industry has to offer, being the same elite level as Shakespeare.”

Another Instagram user @Movie_Mystic said, “This campus needs something to bring in more students, and I think this TV series is just the thing.”

Students are not the only ones buzzing about the new show and its success. According to Teen Magazine, “This show will destroy the audience. No one is ready for it.”

In the meantime, stay tuned and watch out for celebrities on campus as the show continues filming throughout the semester. The production is predicted to go smoothly — unless the rabid squirrels have anything to say about it.

Photo by London Tipton.

Photo Caption: Cole and Dylan Sprouse reunite for the first time since “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” to film “Kissing in the Poe-ling Rain” at WC.

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