Are you READY kids?!

SpongeBob musical opens for the public tonight at SHS

(Seguin) — Families are invited to take a deep dive into the world of SpongeBob SquarePants Musical: Youth Edition. Curtains open tonight for the Seguin High School Theatre production at the SHS Performing Arts Center.

Theater Teacher Lydia Robles says the lively and “color explosion” underwater set will come to life with yet another talented Matador cast and crew.

“We have a good amount of people and this show, it’s a very large show. Creating Bikini Bottom is no easy feat and all the characters that go in it but we have a lot of students who also just are SpongeBob like,” laughs Robles. “We look at our actors and we think ‘oh, I wonder what characters they would fully embody and become and SpongeBob is right up there and it’s kind of a recent release so as we were on Facebook and looking at other theater departments and what they were doing, SpongeBob was on top of the list and lots of fun. We kept reading that it was such a fun show and so on. We looked at it. Our kids read it and loved it and that was it. 

We were set. That was the one that we wanted to do and we knew that our elementary students would absolutely enjoy watching SpongeBob. Who wouldn’t?”

As part of the performance, the audience will follow the citizens of Bikini Bottom as they discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home. Robles says the audience is set to surely resonate with the plot during those very critical moments.

“I think what we’ve pulled out of it is it’s about really discovering your worth and that even though your talents may not be — you know, you are going to go on and change the world, still you are valuable based on every talent that is given to you. Sometimes, it’s just you discovering what your talent is and using it to the best of your ability and for SpongeBob, it turns out to be management skills. So, it’s fun to enjoy the fact that it celebrates everyone’s talents not just the best and the brightest. Sometimes, it’s just being a good person can be your best quality,” said Robles.

Prior to tonight’s opening, Robles says the cast will perform multiple shows during the day for local elementary school children. She says even children in local daycares and middle school theater students have been invited to be a part of the audience. She says three more children’s shows will continue all day Thursday with a second public performance returning on Saturday.

Despite its origin from the animated Nickelodeon TV show, Robles is certain that even the adults will find the live show just entertaining.

“We highly encourage our community to come out and watch these shows. For our adult audiences, SpongeBob has a lot of little things that you can enjoy. When you have a little more knowledge about the world and things like that, they seep little things in the show that an adult can get a great chuckle out of and we also have lots of song and dance that’s very representative of different genres of music. The show itself was written by multiple artists — not just one person wrote all the music for this show. So, it’s like a journey through all kinds of different sounding music and you can enjoy all the little nuances that they plug in throughout the show that the adult audience always gets to enjoy,” said Robles.

Showtimes are today at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $8 general admission. Tickets can be purchased online at onthestage.tickets.com. The link is also available on the Seguin High School Drama Club & Drama Mamas Facebook page.