I know exactly how you feel, believe it or not. However, I've never been too terribly shy, but in my first two years of high school I have participated in the drama club and speech team. While I've seen everyone else bond together, I've shut myself away from them.
What I would suggest is to calmly walk up to one of the people you think you'd get along with best and who seems like a friendly and open person. From there, start a conversation with them and perhaps invite them and a couple of their friends out to lunch or dinner. A group setting will make it easier to feel less shy and open up more. While you're there just be yourself, be comfortable, and relax. Just let yourself go. Don't worry about them liking you and saying the right thing. Act how you'd normally act around your friends. Chances are you'll have a great time and it'll be easier to talk to them later on.
Another suggestion if you're just wanting to ask for help in particular, again, walk up to someone you find friendly and inviting. Then pull them aside and simply tell them that you'd really like to be friends and you'd like to make friends with some others too, but you're too shy to do it and you were hoping they could help.

Those suggestions may sound difficult, seeing as you're shy. However, the only way for you to overcome being shy is to just go for it. If you sit back and don't take the risk of asking, then it'll never happen and you'll regret it later on.

I hope I helped.

They say many people in theater were/are shy, so you're being a theater person also really helps. I would really like to Thank you for your advice. Your suggestions sound like advice I would like to try. I am going to call one of the cast members, and ask them for dinner to just chat. The people in the theater group are very kind, I just have to "be a friend" to get some friends.

THANK YOU.

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