NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Family Community Theatre will present The SpongeBob Musical at Memorial Hall, February 16-19, 2023.
"All of those people that make up Bikini Bottom are there," said Craig Williams with FCT. "SpongeBob is still that effervescent, optimistic character and he carries through and the other characters carry their same personalities throughout the show as they would see on Nickelodeon."
This weekend's show is the yearly performance by FCT at Memorial Hall and it is a distinct experience from the half-hour TV show.
"It's a little bit deeper into the characters," said Josh Duran who plays SpongeBob. "It's a little bit more of a serious story and that through line of the main storyline really helps tie it together there and kind of grounds it into a real world that you can be a part of."
The plot revolves around a nearby volcano, Mount Humongous and trying to save Bikini Bottom by stopping it from erupting.
"The people within Bikini Bottom, with their fear and misunderstanding of things, how are they going to keep the people from destroying Bikini Bottom?," Williams said. "Also, all the way along, it's about loyalty and friendship and the idea of doing more than what was expected of you or than you expected of yourself."
Tickets are available at Absolutely Home, Bookends Book Store, online at https://www.familycommunitytheatre.org/tickets and at Memorial Hall 1 hour prior to the show. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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