Don’t miss a trip to Bikini Bottom in the April 11 and 12 performances of The SpongeBob Musical: Theatre for Young Audiences Edition at the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center Theater on the Laredo College Fort Macintosh Campus.
Admission is free with a valid Laredo College ID, and general admission is $10. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Based on Nickelodeon’s popular cartoon series by Stephen Hillenburg, SpongeBob SquarePants, everybody’s favorite yellow sea sponge, will appear live on stage alongside his friends with two nights of laughter, Krabby Patties, and all manner of underwater hijinks.
According to LC Music Professor Dr. Joseph Crabtree, many of the show’s favorite characters will be there, including Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Sandy, and more. “The show is a delightful story of community reacting to events, and the story is really uplifting and delightfully entertaining,” Dr. Crabtree said. “SpongeBob is shown as a real human, helping others in Bikini Bottom face the challenges, or posing them, in Plankton’s case.”
With local talent in the roles of Bikini Bottom’s loveable cast, audiences can expect real a heart and soul endeavor to elicit the show’s creativity and appeal. The songs and dance pieces accompanying the visuals will add to the spectacle that embodied every episode of the long-running series.
Dr. Crabtree said that he watched the musical years ago, he immediately fell in love with it. This was the foundation for LC’s decision to produce the musical, as was the community’s interest in its relevance and accessibility.
“I relate really well to Sandy the Squirrel. Not being a Bikini Bottom native, she has adapted to life in the underwater community and always does her best to fit in and make things better for SpongeBob and the gang,” he said. “Watching this outsider work to save her community and make it better really speaks to what types of things we all can do here in the real world. So, this production will be a great time spent with friends we know, and Laredo’s community will really enjoy it.”
The Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Edition of The SpongeBob Musical was developed by The Coterie Theatre, Kansas City, MO, in association with Nickelodeon and Concord Theatricals. The TYA Edition held its world premiere production at The Coterie Theatre in November 2021.
For more information about LC’s Fine Arts and Communication Department, email david.mcginnis@laredo.edu or call (956) 794-4403.
