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Overview

RUGRATS, Nickelodeon’s classic hit animated series about life from a baby’s point of view. The Rugrats are Tommy, our one-year-old hero, and his friends, Chuckie, Phil & Lil and his cousin Angelica. Whenever adults are around, the Rugrats act like real babies, but when they’re alone they drop the façade and talk to each other with the vocabulary of five-year olds. As Tommy and his pals wobble through life, supported by legs not yet used to walking, they show us the world as a baby views and understands it. The Rugrats’ world is one that exists below our knees; here mundane things and events turn into grand, comic adventures.

Synopsis

Welcome to the world of the RUGRATS, Nickelodeon's classic hit animated series about life from a baby's point of view. The RUGRATS are TOMMY, our one-year-old hero, and his friends, CHUCKIE, PHIL & LIL and his cousin ANGELICA. Whenever adults are around, the RUGRATS act like real babies, but when they're alone they drop their witless pose and talk to each other with the vocabulary of five-year-olds. As TOMMY and his pals wobble through life, supported by legs not yet used to walking, they show us the world as a baby views and understands it. The RUGRATS' world is one that exists below our knees; here mundane things and events turn into grand, comic adventures.

In Nickelodeon's live theatrical production, the RUGRATS, in their usual offbeat fashion, turn a typical rainy afternoon into an adventure of the imagination. When CHUCKIE laments that the world is becoming too scary, TOMMY decides to do something about it and creates the People-ator, a tool which makes inanimate objects come alive. TOMMY'S plan quickly backfires when ANGELICA takes his invention. As the RUGRATS travel over oceans and battle REPTAR to keep ANGELICA from using the People-ator for her own purposes, CHUCKIE realizes that the world no longer seems as scary – not because TOMMY changed the world, but because CHUCKIE has found that he can survive scary things through his own courage and the help of his 'bestest' friends.

Author Info

Arlene Klasky(Creator)

Arlene Klasky is one of the television industry's leading advocates for quality animated programming that entertains children. In 1999, she was named one of the "Top 25 Women in Animation" by the industry's leading publication, Animation Magazine.Klasky and her partner, Gabor Csupo, formed Klasky Csupo, Inc. in 1981. Combining their respective talents in graphic design and character animation proved to be a long-lasting successful formula. Today, she continues to work on new project development for television and features. She oversees the studio's projects in broadstrokes on a daily basis along with Csupo. Klasky was the creative force behind the box-office hits "The Rugrats Movie" and "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie."Klasky played a major role as co-creator and executive producer on the two-time Emmy Award-winning "Rugrats" and designed several of the series' major characters. Her vision has inspired other distinctive productions including, "Rugrats," "AAHHH!!! Real Monsters," "Santo Bugito," "Rocket Power" and "The Wild Thornberrys."

Gabor Csupo(Creator)

World-renowned animation artist Gabor Csupo is the chairman and co-founder of Klasky Csupo, Inc., the entertainment industry's leading independent animation company. A fiercely independent artist, Csupo is a Renaissance man, who, in addition to his film, TV and commercial animation career, is an acclaimed musician, the founder of two record labels, a noted restaurateur, a devoted father and an engaged member of the arts community in Los Angeles.Continuing to break new ground, Csupo co-developed, produced and animated the phenomenally successful "Rugrats" series, the most popular children's show in the United States. Enlarging Klasky Csupo's roster of programming, Csupo produced and animated such distinguished series as "Duckman," "Aaahhh!!! Real Monsters," "Santo Bugito," "Rocket Power," "The Wild Thornberrys" and the latest Nickelodeon hit "As Told By Ginger."Tireless and inventive, Csupo has expanded Klasky Csupo's product offerings to all areas of entertainment media. He launched Klasky Csupo Publishing and KACHEW! COMMERCIALS. In 1998, Csupo co-produced the company's first venture into feature filmmaking, the enormously successful "The Rugrats Movie," (the first non-Disney animated film to gross over $100million) as well as it's hit sequel, "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie."

Paul Germain(Creator)

Germain attended graduate film school at the University of California at Los Angeles from 1980-1983, but left the program to work for James L. Brooks at Gracie Films. There, he rose from the rank of production assistant on Terms of Endearment (1983) to become associate producer of the film Say Anything... (1989)In 1986 Brooks asked Germain to help a young artist named Matt Groening develop animated bumpers for Brooks' new series, "The Tracey Ullman Show" (1987). Germain helped Groening, along with Ullman-show associate producer Jeffrey Townsend, develop and cast these one-minute animated interstitials, which marked the debut of "The Simpsons" (1989).For the "Simpsons" shorts, Germain directed the voice actors, brought in Klasky-Csupo Studio to create the animation, and produced the original two-minute cartoons. He became an associate producer on the Ullman show in 1988, and when "The Simpsons" went to series in 1989, Germain co-produced the first three episodes, before moving to Klasky-Csupo to head up development.At Klasky Csupo, Germain created the animated series, "Rugrats" (1991) with Gabor Csupo and Arlene Klasky in 1989-1990, when his first child, Tommy, was a one-year-old. Not only did Germain create the characters and write and produce the pilot, he also cast and directed the voice actors, oversaw all scripts and storyboards, and served as head creative producer and show runner during the series' first 65 half-hour episodes. "Rugrats" still airs on Nickelodeon and remains one of the most popular kids' shows of all time.

Billing Credits

Created by ARLENE KLASKY, GABOR CSUPO, and PAUL GERMAIN

© 2008 Viacom International, Inc. All rights reserved.Nickelodeon, Nick, Jr., Rugrats and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International, Inc.

Casting Information

RUGRATS, A LIVE ADVENTURE is a "Kids for Kids" musical. The only roles that could conceivably be played by adults are GRANDPA LOU, DIDI PICKLES and STU PICKLES. The remaining roles must be played by kids. One workshop production used a cast of fifteen 2nd – 5th graders; another used fifteen 6th – 8th graders.Another used 6th - 8th graders, with high school students playing the adult roles.

This show requires a minimum of twelve actors with doubling, to cover eighteen+ speaking parts. With regards to doubling, SUSIE can also play DIVA. While GRANDPA LOU must always be a male character, MR. FLASHLIGHT can be played by either male or female.

ANGELICA
LARRY
ASTORIA
STEVE
GRANDPA LOU
TOMMY
CHUCKIE
LIL
PHIL
DIDI PICKLES
STU PICKLES

SPIKE
MR. FLASHLIGHT
TORCH SINGER
RADIO ANNOUNCER
OPERA DIVA
SUSIE CARMICHAEL

ENSEMBLE/CHORUS TO PLAY:
STEVE'S MOVERS
FLASHCARDS
GOSPEL CHOIR

Orchestral Info

Accompaniment CD (including all sound effects)
Piano/Vocal Book also included

Acts

2 (Intermission optional)

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Upcoming Shows

June 1, 2013
J and S Performing Arts Center
Fairfield, CA 94534

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