Above: Skyrise is bringing back an old crowd pleaser to the theater program at Neary. (Image cropped from Skyrise’s February 2014 Facebook post)
After over ten years, SkyRise Theater is bringing back “Jungle Book Kids” to Southborough. A new crop of fourth and fifth graders will dance while singing about “The Bare Necessities” on the Trottier stage.
The cast will perform two shows a week from Saturday, on March 8th at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. SkyRises’ website shows each performance is expected to run for 35 minutes.
Tickets can be purchased in advance here. The general admission cost (including the online processing fee) is $13.73/adult and $9.73/child.
The program is run as an after school program through Southborough Recreation. Neary students have been working on the play weekly since December. To recruit students for the program, Rec had promoted:
The jungle is jumpin’ with a jazzy beat in Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS. Specially adapted from the classic Disney animated film, Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS features a host of colorful characters and your favorite songs from the movie.
Banished by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, a human boy named Mowgli and his panther friend, Bagheera, are on the run in the deepest parts of the jungle. On their journey, the two meet a sinister snake named Kaa, a herd of elephants and a giant bear named Baloo, who teaches them the swingin’ musical rhythms of the jungle. After surviving a dangerous encounter with a band of monkeys led by King Louie, Mowgli and Bagheera are forced to run for their lives. When Shere Khan returns, our heroes must rally their fellow animals into battle and restore peace throughout the jungle.
Back in 2014 play was the second program the theater put on in partnership with Neary School. Below is a video the theater company posted on Facebook from rehearsals that winter:
