{"id":19564,"date":"2022-04-07T09:21:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/?p=19564"},"modified":"2022-04-09T20:43:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T00:43:14","slug":"schoolhouse-rock-live-jr-featuring-those-iconic-songs-coming-to-tusculum-university-for-six-energetic-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2022\/schoolhouse-rock-live-jr-featuring-those-iconic-songs-coming-to-tusculum-university-for-six-energetic-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"“Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.,” featuring those iconic songs, coming to Tusculum University for six energetic shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

GREENEVILLE<\/strong> \u2013 An important and treasured part of childhood for many people was the \u201cSchoolhouse Rock!\u201d segments they watched during the Saturday morning cartoons.<\/h3>\n
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Cast members of \u201cSchoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.\u201d rehearse in the Behan Arena Theatre.<\/p><\/div>\n

Featuring iconic songs such as \u201cI\u2019m Just a Bill,\u201d \u201cInterjections!,\u201d \u201cConjunction Junction\u201d and \u201cThe Preamble,\u201d these energetic short segments have entertained and educated generations of children. Now, Theatre-at-Tusculum is bringing these and several other songs from this beloved series to the Behan Arena Theatre at Tusculum University<\/a> for six shows in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.,\u201d directed by Beth Schnura, will feature a cast of 27 from ages 8-18, along with the talents of the Theatre-at-Tusculum staff and community volunteers. Schnura grew up watching these segments, so this production is a labor of love.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese songs are a part of many people\u2019s lives, and it helped them get through school,\u201d said Schnura, who also serves as director of Tusculum Arts Outreach<\/a>. \u201cIt was education in a fun format. Children might not have even realized how much they were learning by watching these beautifully crafted segments. We are thrilled to help people relive that special time in their lives and introduce these songs to anyone who might not have experienced them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The musical is about a school teacher named Tom who is preparing to teach his first day of school. He is nervous and second-guessing why he entered the profession because he fears he will not be well received.<\/p>\n

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Isabella Paysinger, Gracie Moore, Evan Litchfield, Aden Moore, Jackson Shipley and Sadie Parman rehearse a scene.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cast members of \u201cSchoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.\u201d pose in Behan Arena Theatre. They are front, left to right, Isabella Paysinger (Dina), Jackson Shipley (Joe) and Sadie Parman (Shulie), and back, left to right, Evan Litchfield (George), Aden Moore (Tom) and Gracie Moore (Dori).<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHe decides he has a few minutes to sit back and watch television, and \u2018School House Rock\u2019 starts to play,\u201d Schnura said. \u201cHe begins to watch it, and the characters come out of the television. They give him a pep talk, letting him know he has all of the knowledge to teach \u2013 in part because of what he learned as a child from \u2018Schoolhouse Rock.\u2019 They let him know he can use that information to teach his students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schnura said anyone who has watched the segments will be ready for what transpires in \u201cSchoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.\u201d She said the performances will bring the cartoons to life in a fun way using a lot of bright colors. The cast will have some interaction with the audience, and those in the seats will have some opportunities to sing along at certain moments in the show.<\/p>\n

The lead actors and their characters are:<\/p>\n