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<\/p>\nUPCOMING 2023 Musical is……… Sponge Bob Square Pants<\/p>\n
\u201cSpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical\u201d will be performed in the Nikiski Middle\/High School auditorium on April 28 and 29, as well as May 5 and 6.<\/p>\n
Director Carla Jenness said Tuesday that the musical appealed because it has some color, fun and silliness \u2014 but it also brings \u201cchops.\u201d<\/p>\n
The songs in the musical were written by recognizable names including David Bowie, Sara Bareilles, Steven Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, the Plain White T\u2019s and Panic! at the Disco.<\/p>\n
Though SpongeBob is of course pretty goofy, Jenness said \u201cit\u2019s a real musical.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nikiski\u2019s drama program also boasts strong numbers. Jenness said the cast features around 50 students, with another 10 working stagecraft.<\/p>\n
Jenness took the reins of Nikiski\u2019s program two years ago. She said her goal is to make participation accessible to any student, to break down divisions between \u201ca jock\u201d or \u201ca theater kid.\u201d To that end, the first musical she put on was \u201cHigh School Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich was super obvious \u2014 this is the theme of what we\u2019re doing. But that brought a bunch of kids that maybe didn\u2019t think that theater was for them,\u201d she said. \u201cWe rolled a basketball hoop onto the stage and were shooting hoops down in the auditorium all semester. It made a different group of kids feel comfortable down there.\u201d<\/p>\n
2022 Drama Debate Team<\/p>\n
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