“It’s one of my favorite numbers in the show because it’s so high energy and I love tap dancing,” Dooley said. KICKIN’ IT: As part of the sea anemone chorus, junior Kathryn Dooley dances in the kick line during Squidward’s tap number, “I’m Not a Loser.” Dooley enjoyed the number because it added a different style of dance to the show and highlighted the different dancers’ talents.
“Join us in Bikini Bottom!” Photo by Caroline Owen. “You’re supposed to laugh, get up and dance, interact with us,” he said. Rans loves this about The Spongebob Musical and hopes the next people to see it will embrace its weirdness and join in on the fun.
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With the first week of shows over, Rans is satisfied with how he and his castmates have done, claiming that “the only thing that needs improvement is our audience engagement.” Throughout the show, he and the cast interact with the audience, dancing and singing in the aisles and sometimes even breaking the fourth wall mid-monologue to crack a joke or catch a rogue pirate. “He’s super strict but funny at the same time,” he said. He is the bringer of bad news, inciter of riots, spreader of misinformation, and Rans has enjoyed every minute of his time in character. RANS READS REPORT: During the Wednesday dress rehearsal for MacTheatre’s production of The Spongebob Musical, senior Griffin Rans gives the fish of Bikini Bottom a news report as Perch Perkins. “I was thinking about how scared I was and worried about my home.” Reporting by Ingrid Smith. “In the moment I was really channeling just pure terror and high stakes and wanted to convey to the audience how the silly Bikini Bottomites responded to their world ending,” she said. Sydney Safarik, who plays Buster Blue Tang and the French Narrator, mentioned that the cast practiced timing their screams in order to make the scene as entertaining as possible.
The eruption, sure to have disastrous effects, caused chaos amongst the fish and led to SpongeBob’s high-stakes mission to save the place he calls home. GROUNDBREAKING STAGE PRESENCE: At Wednesday’s dress rehearsal before opening night, the cast of The Spongebob Musical and the citizens of Bikini Bottom panic as the ocean floor rumbles due to an impending volcano eruption. The SpongeBob Musical will continue its run this Thursday through Sunday and next week with a closing show on Sunday the 26th. “Special effects and crazy costumes made it a lot of show,” Denning said. Rehearsals began during the summer and have continued to create rigorous work for the cast and the crew. “It was a very big accomplishment, and I am proud of how we were able to pull it off with all the setbacks and challenges we faced.”ĭenning was most proud of the execution of the show, especially during the pandemic. “It’s quite a difficult show with some really hard moments,” he said. His main focus was the message he wanted to convey within the performers and audience, and how these objectives would add to the turnout of the production. ĭirector Josh Denning saw the overall vision of the musical from casting the actors, to opening night last Thursday. MacTheatre took a dive into the pineapple under the sea in their opening production of The SpongeBob Musical.
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