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Director’s Note When SpongeBob the Musical arrived on Broadway in 2017, having been a fan of the original cartoon, I, along with thousands of others, fl ocked to the box offi ce to get tickets. In 2018, my family and I fi nally had the chance to see this spectacle for ourselves. What we found was an undersea menagerie fi lled with uplifting characters who cared deeply about their community. What excited me most about the show was how topical it is. The show is chock full of critical themes like positivity, the power of friendship, cooperation, and inclusion. Looking at this show through the eyes of a middle school director, I knew I had to bring it to CMS. I quickly reached out to our set designer, Jordan Janota, who himself had seen the show twice. Jordan was almost more excited than I was to bring the show to Westport. He and I brainstormed ideas around how we could create a theatrical background that would support the theme of the show, and allow our tech students the opportunity to both design and construct the set. Spinning off the idea of all the pollution in the sea, we decided to have the students create a subaquatic seascape constructed with collected recyclables and pool noodles. The false proscenium you Based on the series by: Stephen Hillenburg Book by: Kyle Jarrow Original Songs by: Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I. And Songsby:DavidBowieTomKenny&AndyPaley Coleytown Company
yppy view our show through, came from the minds and hands of those tech students. As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Coleytown Company, I couldn’t be more proud to bring our community together again with a show all about community. It’s my sincere hope that this show brings you one night of joy and creates lasting memories for the students who came together to create this underwater spectacular!. Enjoy the show, Ben Frimmer Director Songs by: David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley Additional Lyrics by: Jonathan Coulton Additional Music by: Tom Kitt Musical Production Conceived by: Tina Landau Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, and all related titles, logos & characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Director Ben Frimmer Musical Director Clay Zambo Lighting Design Adam Lobelson / Chroma Designs Assistant Choreographer Kristine Bingham Nielsen Sound Engineer Matt Glasser, MJG Audio Stage Manager Jan Ursone Set Designer Jordan Janota Pit Director Chris Coogan Costume Design Robin Mazzola Costume Lighting Courtney Gaston Choreographer / Assistant Director Amiee Turner
Producer’s Note Hello Coleytown! Thank you for coming to share in our production of The SpongeBob Musical! This year marks the 25th anniversary of Coleytown Company, and this is the fi rst full-scale production appearing on our home stage in four years. We weathered mold and Covid and we are BACK at Coleytown Middle School! Many of the cast and crew in this show are experiencing their fi rst middle school production. Think about that when you watch their exuberant performances and see the set built with their eager hands. We hope this experience has given them a love of theater and skills they can use well beyond the stage. We would like to thank the families of our cast and crew for giving their time and talents to make this show a success. And thank you for being in that pick-up line on time! Finally, we extend our enormous thanks and immense gratitude to the peoplewhoeducateourkidsduringthedayandthenputonadirector Contents Director’s Note 2 Producer’s Note 4 Note on Videotaping 5 Cast 6 Crew 7 Act I 8 Act II 9 Production Staff & Musicians 10 Parent Committee Chairs 11 Special Thanks 11
4 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 5 people who educate our kids during the day and then put on a director or producer hat and bring out their inner superstars: Ben Frimmer, Rob Rogers, Linda Kangro, Sarah Webster and Colleen Quinn. On with the show! Pamela Bernstein & Jill Dillon Parent Co-Producers Kudos 12 Curtain Call 12 Advertiser Index 34 Coleytown Company 36 Coleytown Middle School 36 Note on Videotaping THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND IS ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. VIOLATORS WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE THEATRE
Cast SPONGEBOB Ari Sklar PATRICK Joey Vazquez SANDY Haley Forman SQUIDWARD So fi a Donroe MR. KRABS Denver Razza PEARL Lyla McEntee PLANKTON Teddy Brooks KAREN Ellie Arber PERCH PERKINS Eli Abrams MAYOR Aubrey Benmosche CDill C Cast, cont’d BIKINIANS (CONT’D) Ava Lewis Olivia Murphy Kaila Patel Luke Brooks Sydney Cordella Chanze Freemon Seher Adalja Josephine Dumery Emma Farkas Giuliana Giglio Ram Gupta Piper Salik Rocco Valencia
6 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 7 MRS. PUFF, SEA ANEMONE Cece Dillon LARRY THE LOBSTER Christian Dolgetta OLD MAN JENKINS Dylan Johnson BIKINIANS (ENSEMBLE) Camille Blundell Aelyn Nash Adrian Binder Skye Fok Coats CC Herbert Liana Bernstein Olivia Flinn Riley McArthur Charlotte Brookbanks Sutton Bulkeley Crew The magic-makers behind the scenes: Lucas Blanco Sophie Conn Finn Cutler Soleil Dennebaum Olivia DiPippa Leah Dombrow Alex Emmert Emae Forman Daniel Gallo Perez Uzi Greenman Brynn Livingston Mason Oliver Avery Perlstein Tess Rowen Mel Schnirring Sophia Sheng Grace Sinclair Nick Trinchi
Act I Scene 1: Bikini Bottom “BIKINI BOTTOM DAY” SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Krabs, Plankton, Karen, & Company Scene 2: The Krusty Krab “BIKINI BOTTOM DAY REPRISE” SpongeBob Scene 3: Bikini Bottom “NO CONTROL/THE END IS COMING” The Company Scene 4: Patrick’s Rock “BFF” SpongeBob & Patrick Scene 5: Bikini Bottom Town Square “WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH” Plankton, Karen, SpongeBob & Company “SIMPLE SPONGE” SpongeBob & Ensemble Intermission Please visit our concession table in the lobby during intermission. All proceeds go to support Coleytown Company. Act II Scene 1: Patchy’s Interruption “POOR PIRATES” Patchy & Pirates Scene 2: The Pineapple “BIKINI BOTTOM DAY REPRISE” SpongeBob Scene 3: Bikini Bottom Scene 4: The Chum Bucket Scene 5: Bikini Bottom Bandshell “BIKINI BOTTOM BOOGIE” The Electric Skates, Pearl & Ensemble
8 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 9 Scene 6: Bikini Bottom Scene 7: The Krusty Krab “DADDY KNOWS BEST” Spongebob, Krabs, Pearl & The Electric Skates Scene 8: The Chum Bucket / The Krusty Krab Scene 9: Patrick’s Rock Scene 10: Bikini Bottom Scene 11: Jellyfi sh Fields “HERO IS MY MIDDLE NAME” SpongeBob, Patrick & Sandy Scene 12: Bikini Bottom “SUPER SEA-STAR SAVIOR” Patrick & Sardines “TOMORROW IS” Sandy, SpongeBob, Squidward, Krabs, Plankton, Karen & Company Scene 6: Mount Humongous “CHOP TO THE TOP” Sandy & SpongeBob Scene 7: Bikini Bottom / Mount Humongous “(I GUESS I) MISS YOU” Patrick & SpongeBob Scene 8: Bikini Bottom Bandshell “I’M NOT A LOSER” Squidward & Sea Anemones Scene 9: The Chum Bucket Scene 10: Bikini Bottom Bandshell Scene 11: Mount Humongous / The Chum Bucket “SIMPLE SPONGE REPRISE” SpongeBob Scene 12: Bikini Bottom “BEST DAY EVER” SpongeBob & Company “FINALE: BIKINI BOTTOM DAY ” SpongeBob & Company
Parent Committee Chairs CHAIRS PRODUCERS Pamela Bernstein Jill Dillon AD SALES Marcus Forman BOUTIQUE Nicole Altbaum-Nash Manuela Corrado BULLETIN BOARD Amy Arber Jess Brookbanks Jordan Oliver CONCESSIONS Stephanie Bulkley COSTUMES Tricia Lau-Lewis Lori Freemon FLOWERS Jennifer Conn FRONT OF HOUSE Shruti Gupta HAIR & MAKE-UP Tara DiPippa PHOTOGRAPHYJulieTaubner Production Staff & Musicians PRODUCTION STAFF STAGE MANAGER Jan Ursone TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Alicia D’Anna TECH CREW DIRECTOR Linda Kangro-Lawrence PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Rob Rogers Colleen Quinn CLERICAL HEAD Sarah Webster GRAPHIC DESIGN Linda Kangro-Lawrence FOLEY ARTIST Eli Newsom PARENT PRODUCERS Pamela Bernstein Jill Dillon COSTUME COORDINATOR Tricia Lau-Lewis PROP COORDINATOR Ari Benmosche SET PAINTERS Allison Beggs Emily Beggs
10 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 11 PHOTOGRAPHY Julie Taubner POSTERS & SIGNS Ewa Abrams Alana Flinn Nancy Giglio PROPS Ben Arber Ari Benmosche PUBLICITY Jordan Razza TICKET SALES Mia Goldman Special Thanks Ted Hunyadi, Tom Scarice, Kris Szabo, Micah Lawrence, Lauren Pitocco, Stacey Curran, Marnie Eschert, Diana Christiano, Kerry Foley, Shea Frimmer, Tami Benanav, Kate Petrella, Michael Schlechter, Ed Marini & CMS Custodial Sta ff , CMS PTA & the Coleytown Company Parent Volunteers. We appreciate all of you!! ygg Maddie Beggs PROGRAM Mark Alex Maidique, AIA MUSICIANS PIANO/PIT DIRECTOR Chris Coogan KEYBOARD 2 / VOCAL DIR. Clay Zambo DRUMS Spencer Inch REEDS Nick Devito GUITAR Max Caserta BASS Jim Andrews
Kudos SHOUT-OUTS TO THESE RISING STARS... ADRIAN BINDER Congrats Adrian! We are so proud to see you grow with the Coleytown Company! Mom, Dad, Mathis OLIVIA MURPHY Olivia, we couldn’t be more proud of you! All of the time and e ff ort you have put in. “Break a leg” Love, Mom,Dad,Lana and Tristan ALEXANDRA EMMERT Congratulations Alex! Keep designing and creating! We are so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad & Tori RILEY MCARTHUR Congratulations Riley! We are so proud of you for all of your hard work and dedication. Have fun and keep shooting for the stars! Lots of love from your biggest fans, Mom & Dad! AELYN NASH We are so proud of you, our beautiful moon. Go out there and shine! LoveDadMomandGavin
12 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 13 Curtain Call FINAL CURTAIN CALL FOR OUR 8TH GRADE THESPIANS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Aubrey Benmosche So fi a Donroe Alex Emmert Haley Forman Uzi Greenman Avery Perlstein Grace Sinclair AUBREY BENMOSCHE Congrats on all of your hard work Sponge Bob cast and crew! Aubrey, keep fi nding your silver linings and keep sharing your talents with all of us. “With imagination, you can be anything you want.” -Spongebob. Much Love from your biggest fans, Mom, Dad, Julian, Mali & Zin Love Dad, Mom, and Gavin TEDDY & LUKE BROOKS Teddy and Luke, we are very excited to see you on the stage, sharing with us all a few of your many talents. We are so proud of you and love you very much. Grammy and Papa
AVA LEWIS Congratulations to the SpongeBob cast! Ava - We are always thrilled to see you perform and are so proud of you! We love you! XOXO, Mom, Dad, Ethan & Milo AVERY PERLSTEIN Avery, you’re ready! You’re ready! You’re ready! We love you, the rest of the crew, SpongeBob, Patrick and especially Gary! Mom & Dad CECE DILLON Cece, you were already practicing to be Mrs. Puff at age 2! We are so proud of you, your hard work and your dedication. Carpe diem! But lay off the kelp juice. We love you 60-80. CHARLOTTE BROOKBANKS Congrats to all the Cast & Crew. Break a leg Charlotte. We LOVE you. Mum, Dad & Isa
14 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 15 CAMILLE BLUNDELL We are so proud of you Camille! Your dedication, hard work, and talent shines through. Keep reaching for the stars! We love you! Mom, Nell, Grey CC HERBERT Congratulations CC! We are so proud of you! Good luck to the whole cast and crew! Love Mom, Dad, Maisey, and Declan CHRISTIAN DOLGETTA Nothing is more exciting than seeing you on the stage for SpongeBob. Congratulation Christian, we are really proud of you. Love you!!! D. RAZZA Mr. Krabs, you SHELL be FINtastic! We love you! Mom, Dad, Ainsley, Ripley and Shadow. DYLAN JOHNSON We’re ready!! Congratulations to Dylan and all the whole Spongebob crew on this fabulous show. We’re so excited that Coleytown Company is back!! Ana, Brandon, Wyatt, and the pups
EMMA FARKAS Dear Emma, Our pride in you grows with your every achievement. You are our star. Keep shining brightly! With love, Mom, dad & William ELLIE ARBER The going got tough but you didn’t get lost! Well done Ellie, cast and crew! We are so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad, Hugo and Zola
16 SPRING 2022 ELI ABRAMS Congratulations on your new “Perch” as a musical comedy actor! We’re so proud of you. Thanks to all the cast and crew for a memorable production! All our love, Grandma and Grandpa ELI ABRAMS This just in: Eli, we are so excited to see you on stage! You poured your heart and soul into this production and made us all so proud! Mom, Dad, Zoe, Theo, Dexter, and Ariel Babcia and Poppy SEHER ADALJA Fly high Seher ! We love you to the moon and back and then some more . You make us all so proud XOXO, Veer, Mumma and Daddy
HALEY AND EMAE FORMAN We are so proud of you both!!! Thank you to the cast, crew, directors, designers, and volunteers! HALEY AND EMAE FORMAN Grammy and Papa are so proud of you both!! JOEY VAZQUEZ Congratulations to Joey Vazquez and the entire Coleytown Company! Break a fi n!
18 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 19 GRACE SINCLAIR Great job on Tech, Grace! Congrats to all the Cast and Crew! Love, Mom, Dad & Sophia...& Gilbert who lives under the sea JOSEPHINE DUMERY Congratulations to the entire cast and crew, with a special kudos to Josephine! Congrats on your CMS musical debut. Much love, Mams, Oma & Opa! TEDDY BROOKS Teddy, we could not be more proud of you and all of your accomplishments. The greatest joy we experience is seeing you having so much fun. We love you! Mom, Dad, Jack, Luke and Milo LUKE BROOKS Luke, We are so incredibly proud of you. Your enthusiasm and joy are infectious, and we are awed by your creativity, humor and spirit. You are always happy, and that makes us happy! Love, Mom, Dad, Jack, Teddy and Milo KAILA PATEL Hi Kaila, we are so proud of you! You have such a kind, intelligent, and beautiful soul. We hope you and the entire Company have the time of your lives. Love, Mom, Dad, & Sofi a LEAH DOMBROW Congratulations Leah and the SpongeBob crew and cast! We are so proud of your hard work and creativity. Love, Mom, Dad, and Alexa
LIANA BERNSTEIN We are so proud of you and all of your hard work. You are unstoppable, dedicated & fi erce! We love you! Mom, Dad, Jonah & Izzy LYLA MCENTEE We are so proud of you Lyla! You’ve worked hard. You’ve practiced for hours and put your all into this play. Can’t wait to see you on stage! Big cheers for the entire cast! Love, Mom, Kevin, Mimi, Opa & Gizmo RAM GUPTA Good Luck Ram! Congratulations to you and the entire cast and crew of Sponge Bob! So proud of you. Love, Mommy, papa and Shriya SOFIA DONROE Congratulations to the entire cast and crew! Sofi a, we love you and are excited to see you play Squidward! Break all four of your legs! Hugs and Kisses from your family,
20 SPRING 2022 zeebill.com 21 OLIVIA MURPHY & CECE DILLON Besties for more than half your lives! Your families are so proud of you. Love, Miss Melanie, Mr. Murphy, Lana, Miss Jill, Mr. Dillon & Lydia OLIVIA FLINN “With imagination, you can be anything you want.” Olivia - you continue to inspire us with your poise and perseverance. Congrats to you and the entire cast. Love, Mom, Dad and Avery SOPHIE CONN Congrats on your 1st play, Sophie Conn! Remember: If you believe in yourself and with a tiny pinch of magic, all your dreams really can come true. Love, Mom, Dad, Zach & Hannah SUTTON BULKELEY Sutton! We are so proud of you - what a shining star you are! Congrats to YOU and the whole cast and crew of SpongeBob!!! Love, Kate, Mom and Dad SYDNEY CORDELLA Sydney, you bring positivity and enthusiasm to everything you do. We hope you enjoy this experience and know how proud we are of you every single day. Congratulations to you and the entire cast and crew! PIPER SALIK Congrats to Piper and the entire cast & crew of SpongeBob! We are so proud of you and all of your hard work. Lots of love, Mom, Dad, Orly, Ryan, Quincy and Suki
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Coleytown Company MISSION Coleytown Company strives to promote excellence in theatre and theatre arts education, while developing the creative potential of students at our school. Coleytown Company respects and nurtures their growth and encourages the development of social relationships with all age groups through the theatre arts experience. sites.google.com/a/westport.k12.ct.us/coleytown-company/ Coleytown Middle School 255 North Ave, Westport, CT 06880 (203) 341-1600 | cms.westportps.org Part of the Westport School District | Sixth - Eighth grade Our Mission is to prepare all students to reach their full potential as life-long learners and socially responsible contributors to our global community