Ballston Spa Middle School’s Launching Pad Productions Students to Perform Something Rotten! JR.

Launching Pad Productions is thrilled to celebrate its 25th anniversary with the hilarious musical comedy, Something Rotten! JR.

This year’s production promises to be a spectacular celebration of the drama club’s rich history and incredible talent. 

Launching Pad Productions presents Something Rotten! JR., the story of two brothers who set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Performances of Something Rotten! JR. begin February 5th at the Ballston Spa High School Auditorium. 

Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing, and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz. 

Something Rotten! JR. features large song and dance numbers and a wacky cast of over-the-top characters, each given their own special moment in the show to shine. 130 students are participating in the cast and crew of this production featuring many standout performances including: Carter Kovarovic as Nick Bottom, Evan England as Nigel Bottom, Sonya Jendrasiak as Portia, Hartley Lucia as Bea, Claire DeRosa as Nostradamus, Mason Womer as Brother Jeremiah and Cooper Sausville as William Shakespeare. 

Something Rotten! JR. is presented through special arrangement with, and all authorized materials are supplied by, Music Theatre International 423 West 55th Street, New York, NY, 10019, 212-541-4684, mtishows.com.