IN 18 PHOTOS; Williams Bay Middle School presents "The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition" - April 27-28, 2023
The fanciful undersea fantasy world of tropical Bikini Bottom came to colorful life in Williams Bay on April 27-28 as Williams Bay Middle School presented "The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition" in the Lecture Center at Williams Bay Middle School-High School.
Performances of the musical comedy were presented through licensure with Concord Theatricals.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet snail, Gary!
The perennially hopeful and upbeat SpongeBob SquarePants (Williams Bay eighth-grader Josh LeBaron), lives in a pineapple in undersea Bikini Bottom with his pet snail, Gary. In Williams Bay Middle School’s April 27-28, 2023 production of “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition,” the stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world by a rumbling volcano, as chaos erupts in the community and lives hang in the balance. Just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage, saving Bikini Bottom with his bravery. Trying to prove to himself and the world that he is not “just a simple sponge,” SpongeBob resolves to save the day when everybody else has given up all hope.
BFF's Patrick Star and SpongeBob SquarePants
“Let’s have some fun together. We’ll be best friends forever. B.F.F. — that stands for us!” Bikini Bottom friends and neighbors Patrick Star (left, Williams Bay eighth-grader Keller Cook) and SpongeBob SquarePants (right, Williams Bay eighth-grader Josh LeBaron) celebrate their longtime Best Friends Forever relationship with the song “B.F.F.” in the April 27-, 2023 Williams Bay Middle School production of “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition.”
Bikini Bottom neighbors Patrick Staff, Squidward Q. Tentacles and SpongeBob SquarePants
The most famous streetscape in the undersea world of Bikini Bottom is this residential neighborhood, home to (from left) Patrick Star (Williams Bay eighth-grader Keller Cook), Squidward Q. Tentacles (Williams Bay seventh-grader Sophia Howarth-Yonkee), and SpongeBob SquarePants (Williams Bay eighth-grader Josh LeBaron).
"The Sponge Bob Musical: Youth Edition" cast and crew - Williams Bay Middle School, April 27-28, 2023
Williams Bay Middle School presented “The Sponge Bob Musical: Youth Edition” on April 27-28, 2023 in the Williams Bay Middle School-High School Lecture Center. Show cast and crew pictured front row, kneeling, from left, are Brooke Peyer, Izzy Chamberlain, Angie Tejeda, Sasha Koledova and Amelia Coulmann. Seen middle row, from left, are Sophia Howarth-Yonkee, Kaydence Warrenburg, Ciara Benitez, Gracie Pils, Skye Virgin, Dex Straubel, Keller Cook, Nick Gonza and Will Sorensen. Pictured back row, from left, are Nicholas Kwiatkowski, Cameron Keith, Liam Beth, Elena Walker, Josh LeBaron, Zach Scott, Elliana Borgen, Lauryn Sikes and Nanao Tsuruta.
Hatching an evil scheme down at The Chum Bucket
Hatching an evil scheme down at his struggling fast food restaurant, The Chum Bucket, restaurateur and would-be evil genius Sheldon J. Plankton (left, Williams Bay eighth-grader Liam Beth) schemes with his wife and evil sidekick Karen Plankton (Williams Bay eighth-grader Izzy Chamberlain) for global domination — or at least Bikini Bottom’s corner of the world.
SpongeBob comforts Pearl Krabs
Distraught that her money-loving, self-absorbed dad — leading Bikini Bottom restaurateur Eugene Krabs — isn't hearing her hopes and dreams for the future, a teary Pearl Krabs (Williams Bay eighth-grader Gracie Pils) is comforted by The Krusty Krab's kind-hearted fry cook, SpongeBob SquarePants (Williams Bay eighth-grader Josh LeBaron) in this tender scene from the April 27-28 Williams Bay Middle School production of "The Sponge Bob Musical: Youth Edition."
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Famed Bikini Bottom rock band The Electric Skates (from left, Williams Bay seventh-graders Angie Tejeda, Elena Walker and Skye Virgin) rehearse the song “Bikini Bottom Boogie,” written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, in preparation for a benefit concert to raise funds to move everyone in Bikini Bottom away from a volcano that’s menacing the undersea community.
Dollar signs in Mr. Krabs' eyes: "Daddy Knows Best"
“Life is short and the end is near. It’s important to identify what you hold dear ... Let me tell you what counts more than all the rest — Money, money matters most! Money, money I can boast! Money, money — Make a toast to Money! Money! Money!” Hoisting his bulging bags of gold, money obsessed, self-absorbed Bikini Bottom restaurateur Eugene Krabs exults in his riches during the “Daddy Knows Best” song in the April 27-28 Williams Bay Middle School production of “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition.”
Discord in the Krabs Family
Money-loving, self-absorbed Bikini Bottom restaurateur Eugene Krabs (Williams Bay eighth-grader Cameron Keith) and his boy band-crazed teenage daughter Pearl Krabs (Williams Bay eighth-grader Gracie Pils) are not seeing eye to eye in the “Daddy Knows Best” song scene in the April 27-28, 2023 Williams Bay Middle School production of “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition.” When Pearl tells her dad that meeting the Electric Skates boy band is the best thing that’s ever happened to her, Mr. Krabs tells her that her priorities are all wrong, explaining how money is the most important thing in life. An emotional and distraught Pearl then tries to share how her father doesn’t listen to her and doesn’t understand her, outlining their extreme differences.
Ms. Mayor tries to maintain the status quo in Bikini Bottom despite the impending threat of a rumbling undersea volcano
Ms. Mayor (right, Williams Bay eighth-grader Dex Straubel) spends a majority of “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition” trying to reassure the residents of Bikini Bottom — from left, Mr. Krab (Williams Bay eighth-grader Cameron Keith), SpongeBob SquarePants (Williams Bay eight-grader Josh LeBaron) and Sardine (Williams Bay eighth-grader Kaydence Warrenburg) — that the ineffective local government has everything under control as an undersea volcano threatens the community with total annihilation. Lives hang in the balance and chaos erupts in Bikini Bottom as the citizens await a solution to their dire predicament.
The Krusty Krab proprietor Mr. Krabs
Undersea restaurateur Eugene Harold Krabs (Williams Bay eighth-grader Cameron Keith," is the eccentric, money-obsessed owner of Bikini Bottom's leading fast food joint, The Krusty Krab, home of the signature Krabby Patty.
TV newscaster Perch Perkins reports on breaking news in Bikini Bottom
As an active undersea volcano threatens the idyllic community of Bikini Bottom, TV newscaster Perch Perkins (Williams Bay seventh-grader Elena Walker), helping narrate the storyline in the April 27-28 Williams Bay Middle School performances of "The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition."
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Patrick Star (second from left, Williams Bay eighth-grader Keller Cook), SpongeBob SquarePants' simple-minded pink starfish friend and neighbor, is thrilled to attract a star-struck school of adoring sardine groupies including, from left, Williams Bay eighth-graders Kaydence Warrenburg and Sasha Koledova, and Williams Bay seventh-grader Amelia Coulmann.
Race to the rescue
Banding together as friends to save the day, scientist Sandy Cheeks (left, Williams Bay eighth-grader Ciara Benitez), Patrick Star (Williams Bay eighth-grader Keller Cook) and SpongeBob SquarePants (right, Williams Bay eighth-grader Josh LeBaron), race against the clock and long odds to save their beloved undersea community of Bikini Bottom from volcanic destruction — and an evil plot hatched by would-be villain Sheldon J. Plankton.
Scientist squirrel Sandy Cheeks explains her plan for defusing volcano Mt. Humongous
SpongeBob SquarePants (left, Williams Bay eighth-grader Josh LeBaron) and Patrick Star (second from left, Williams Bay eighth-grader Keller Cook) look on as citizen scientist squirrel friend Sandy Cheeks (right, Williams Bay eighth-grader Ciara Benitez) outlines her plans for defusing Mt. Humongous, an undersea volcano threating to erupt and destroy their quiet, idyllic community of Bikini Bottom.
"I'm Not a Loser" - Squidward Q. Tentacles dreams of breaking into show business
Grumpy, cynical, dry, short-tempered and generally negative but nevertheless lovable and good-hearted beneath his gruff exterior, Squidward Q. Tentacles (Williams Bay seventh-grader Sophia Howarth-Yonkee) dreams of getting his big show business break during the "I'm Not a Loser" song-and-dance scene in "The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition" at Williams Bay Middle School on April 27-28.
Sandy and SpongeBob prepare to defuse threatening volcano Mt. Humungous
Scientist squirrel Sandy Cheeks (left, Williams Bay eighth-grader ) and yellow sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants (Williams Bay eighth-grader Josh LeBaron) make their way to the base of rumbling, threating volcano Mt. Humongous to save the undersea world of Bikini Bottom in the "Chop to the Top" song scene in Williams Bay Middle School's April 27-28 production of "The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition."
Down at The Krusty Krab in "The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition" at Williams Bay Middle School
Restauranteur Eugene Krabs (left, Williams Bay eighth-grader Cameron Keith) talks shop with fry cook and aspiring manager SpongeBob SquarePants (right, Williams Bay eight-grader Josh LeBaron) in an April 24 dress rehearsal scene from Williams Bay Middle School’s upcoming April 27-28 production of “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition.” Shows are at 7 p.m. both nights, with tickets $5 at the door.
Eric Johnson
Reporter
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