He made his first public appearance in a high school play.
What all this had to do with a school play was beyond me.
He had never so much as acted in a school play.
It could have been anything from a school play to a war.
"Talk about when you didn't win the lead in the school play."
When that job comes and there's also the school play.
Next he tried out for a couple of school plays.
She then tried out for the school play which was her start in acting.
After that, I had the main part in every school play.
Look what happened when you were in that school play!