SpongeBob the hero emerges in Albion Middle School musical

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Julia Graham is SpongeBob SquarePants, center, while Annabella Dusharm is Patrick, left, and Sophia Kozody is Sandy Cheeks.

The trio sings, “Hero Is My Middle Name.” They are determined to save their town of Bikini Bottom, which faces annihilation.

The Albion Middle School drama program performed the show on Friday evening and will be back with shows at noon and 7 p.m. today in the middle school auditorium. Tickets are available at the door.

YoHanel Harris is Eugene H. Krabs who runs a very successful Krusty Krab restaurant that SpongeBob hopes to manage some day. Eugene H. Krabs is very focused on amassing a fortune.

Thailer Seibert is Perch Perkins, a reporter who provides updates about the impending doom of the town. He says a tremor caused by the nearby Mount Humongous will cause the volcano to soon erupt. The news throws the town into a panic.

Rianne Hand plays the role of evil villain Sheldon J. Plankton while Kendall Puruzzini is Sheldon’s sidekick, Karen Plankton. They have a scheme to hypnotize the town’s residents into liking the food they serve at their restaurant, the Chum Bucket. They are singing, “When The Going Gets Tough.”

Nate Wehling, left, and Arian Fazliu are rockers in the band, Electric Skates.

Sophia Kozody is Sandy who develops an ingenious bubble device, the Eruptor Interrupter. They plan to throw it inside the volcano and save the town. Sandy, a squirrel, has her ideas rejected by the town because she is a “land mammal.”

The characters celebrate the town’s survival from doom and destruction.