By Jahnna Beecham & Malcolm Hillgartner Based on the book The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Expanded for a cast of 23+!
Beth and Charlie Bradley fear starting another school year with their notorious classmates Imogene, Leroy and Gladys Herdman. When Miss Kemp assigns the students at Woodrow Wilson Elementary to think of compliments for their classmates and Beth picks Imogene’s name, an unforgettably hilarious school year commences – complete with a tattooed baby, a mysterious teachers’ lounge and a compassionate discovery that might prove there’s something good about this crazy clan after all.
The Best School Year Ever is the second in a series of stories following the beloved characters from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, adapted from Barbara Robinson’s bestselling Young Adult novels.
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Jahnna Beecham (playwright/lyricist) and composer Malcolm Hillgartner (composer/lyricist) have been commissioned to write musicals for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Cleveland Playhouse, Hope Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Or ...
Malcolm Hillgartner has written songs and lyrics for eleven musicals, including Chaps! and Dog Park: The Musical for Concord Theatricals, They Came From Way Out There, The Doll People and Holmes and Watson Save the Empire, which won an Ovation Award for Best Small-Cast Musica ...