Middle School Madness

"Middle School Madness"

APCA is pleased to announce the production of a brand new youth musical, by writer and composer - James Pentaudi. A cabaret of the musical previewing dialogue and selected songs will be performed in an encrore presentation on February 24th, 25th and 26th .

Mandatory Rehearsal Schedule:

February 19th - 23rd: 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Tickets for Cabaret Event:

Tickets will go on sale Monday, January 9th.

Please order your tickets soon since seating is limited.

Contact APCA via phone or in person to purchase. (315) 853-7309

$10 = Adults

$5 = Students with valid I.D.

$5 = Seniors 60 + up

No more than 120 Tickets will go on sale for each night - general seating!

Advance purchase recommended!

PRE SHOW:

Peter Kielar will perform a preshow involving classical and contemporary music selections on Marimba.

SHOW TIMES:

Friday, February 24th @ 6:00 pm

Cast Call @ 2:00 PM

Saturday, February 25th @ 6:00 pm

Cast Call @ 2:00 PM

Sunday, February 26th @ 1:00 pm (no snow day available)

Cast Call @ 11:00 AM

(In the event of inclimate weather on Friday or Saturday, a snow day performance will be scheduled for Sunday at 4:00PM. Notice of a show's cancellation will be posted here and on Facebook.)

All Updates on "Middle School Madness" also available on Facebook:

CNY Middle School Madness

Song Selection:

Below are some short clips of songs that are featured in the musical.

~ "Middle School Madness"

~ "On The Bus"

~ "Lunch Menu"

~ "Ma'am, Yes Ma'am"

~ "Latina"

~ "This Is Not Where I Belong"

~ "Tall"

~ "Mama, I'm Sorry"

~ "She Chose Me"

~ "One Wonderful World"

SYNOPSIS with Song Details:
MIDDLE SCHOOL MADNESS is an irreverent musical about the middle school experience. Through twelve seventh-grade students, we share their highs and lows, joys and fears related to moving up in life and the world of higher learning. Hosts Maggie and Darnell, act as guides through the middle-school experience from start to finish. First Act Scenes include:
      ~ The Opening cast number of “MIDDLE SCHOOL MADNESS”,
      ~ The traditional fatherly lecture on the way to the first day of seventh-grade and the typical teenage reaction of Kim’s “OH DADDY, I’M BORED!”,
      ~ The circus-like cast number of “ON THE BUS”,
      ~ Morning announcements, featuring “MENU RAP” of Foo Daddy and Bad Meat,
      ~ Meeting the teachers, highlighted by former Marine, Mistress Meachum’s Math class and “MA'AM, YES MA'AM ” as well as the fantasy “boy’s imagination run amok” scene of sexy Miss Ruiz’s Spanish class, featuring Eddy and “LATINA”,
      ~ Meeting the students and identifying recognizable types (athletes, beauty queens, nerds), including the outcasts, with the gothic Leah’s song “THIS ISN’T WHERE I BELONG”, the wishful song of wanting what you’re not, short Charlie’s “TALL”, and finishing the first act with a cast song of growing awareness and social, political and environmental activism, the positive, rousing, gospel-like number of “ONE WONDERFUL WORLD”.

Act Two shifts the focus to middle school relationships: friendships, courting, discovering “love” and breaking up. Scenes include:
      ~ “PRETTY BABY”, the song and dance of school boy flirting in the hallways,
      ~ Britney receiving the bad news in a note delivered by a not-so-innocent third party in French class, culminating in the pop solo, “WHAT A HORRIBLE WAY TO SAY ADIEU”,
      ~ The obsessive, overpowering nature of attraction in Darnell ’s dance song “I WANT YOU IN A BAD, BAD WAY”, causing Maggie to leave the stage crying for being teased about being attracted to Darnell,
      ~ “BUT THEN I LOST MY MIND”, in which Victoria, along with the other girls, questions her sanity for falling for lady’s man Eddy,
      ~ The frustration of loving a girl in love with someone else, with Sean’s beautiful and haunting ballad “LADY-IN-WAITING”,
      ~ Inter-personal do’s and don’ts, with Keisha and the girls telling the boys to treat them well or just “TAKE IT AWAY”, a swing celebration of “drawing the line”,
      ~ “SHE CHOSE ME”, where Charlie is stunned to find that beauty queen Britney sees through his insecurities to the beautiful soul inside,
      ~ And the grand finale reprise of “MIDDLE SCHOOL MADNESS” with the students telling the audience, “We’re with you!”

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