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Drama Club is an American comedy mockumentary created by Monica Sherer and Madeline Whitby that aired on Nickelodeon from March 20 to May 22, 2021.

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22-495: The Tookus Middle School Drama Club has Mack as the new student director, who is excited to take on the school's original new musical, "Minnesota", but after their choreographer suffers an injury, Mack and the kids realized that they need help from a football player. Drama Club consists of ten half-hour episodes. Episodes of the series premiered on the Nick app and Nick.com a week before they were broadcast on Nickelodeon, starting with

44-532: A Film Studies and Production major and was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. Milhiser made his debut on Saturday Night Live on the September 28, 2013, season premiere hosted by Tina Fey with musical guest Arcade Fire . His celebrity impressions included Jon Cryer , Matthew McConaughey , Verne Troyer (as Mini-Me from the Austin Powers movies), and Billie Joe Armstrong . On July 15, 2014, it

66-784: A cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for the 2013–2014 season . He has been a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater since 2005, where he was a member of the sketch comedy group Serious Lunch, who have been featured on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Attack of the Show . Milhiser is a native of Belle Mead, New Jersey and he graduated in 2000 from Montgomery High School in Skillman, New Jersey . He later attended Hofstra University , where he graduated in 2004 as

88-480: A certain attending DJ. Special guest star : John Milhiser Mack signs up the Drama Club with the school's annual capture the flag edition "Slumber Games". The club is not amused, because their last participation made them the school's laughingstock, yet Mack thinks with Bench, a football player, on their team, they can vindicate their reputation. He however joins the games on behalf of his Football Team. During

110-417: A match, the club manages to make him break character . Special guest star : John Milhiser The progress of rehearsals is impeded by actors constantly focusing on their cellphones. Darcy has never owned a cellphone and is thus incapable of relating to the issue. She thinks the situation will improve if the phones were gone. Covertly she collects all members' cellphones and only intends to give them back after

132-465: A musical flash mob together yields actual, though minor results. Special guest star : John Milhiser The Drama Club hosts its annual School Dance. Darcy asks Mack to accompany her to the event. Mack is not too thrilled about the idea, because when they went together a year ago, Darcy's unrestrained dancing made them an object of ridicule. In the face of her friend's excitement though, Mack is not capable of turning her offer down. She resorts to sabotaging

154-514: A non-speaking toad. Special guest star : John Milhiser The day before opening night it is dress rehearsal and all kinds of troubles arise, so much so that Darcy is concerned that Mack might experience a "Mackattack", a desperate fit of rage preceded by a series of distinct stages of deterioration. Meanwhile, Bianca and Oliver seem to get along, but neither of them wants to admit their newly found goodwill. The eighth attempt of having an uninterrupted rehearsal succeeds. Bench, still not understanding

176-471: A successful rehearsal. As reliant on and addicted to cellphones as they are, the rehearsal faces various kinds of challenges. After convincingly performing a scene without distraction, Darcy discloses where the phones are. Special guest star : John Milhiser The drama club is having its annual cast party. Haunted by a streak of bad luck, Mack decides to put on her lucky poncho, incurring displeasure with Oliver. In an attempt to make her take it off he sabotages

198-417: The drama club, student director Mack, scrambles to put up a show in time anyway. They reluctantly end up recruiting a football player, Bench, who forgot to choose an elective, but needs one to stay on the football team. Short of resigning, they discover Bench knows ballet and with him as the main performer, they manage to have a mediocre display. Special guest star : John Milhiser Bench does not understand

220-405: The dress rehearsal is the final rehearsal before the performance; initial rehearsals will often involve working on challenging sections of the piece or pieces, but during the dress rehearsal, the piece or pieces are typically played in their entirety. For a dance performance, the dress rehearsal is the final rehearsal of a live show shortly before the show. It is a rehearsal conducted as if it were

242-412: The event, but only achieves to get it moved from the gymnasium to the theater. Bianca, not gotten asked to the dance by a certain boy, shares her spiteful dismissal of the dance with Mack. Together they form a protest, S.A.D. – Students Against Dances, and they picket on the dance night. Darcy arrives and has a frank conversation with Mack. They resolve their conflict and Bianca gives in to her desire to see

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264-435: The first episode which premiered on the Nick app and Nick.com on March 13, 2021, and on Nickelodeon on March 20, 2021. Episodes were released on the Nick app and Nick.com a week before they were broadcast on Nickelodeon. In order to impress the school's new principal, the drama club holds a dance showcase the same day they first assemble in the new school year. The engaged choreographer, however, gets injured. De facto head of

286-431: The game he notices he does not want to compete against the Drama Club he is also a member of, neither does he want to let his team down. After eliminating other non-athletic teams, it comes to a face-off between the Drama Club and Football Team. By tricking the football players, the Drama Club steals the final flag. Special guest star : John Milhiser Certain objects disappear from the theater and its crew. Gertie suggests

308-498: The match flock the auditorium. Everyone having a blast, Gibbens can no longer justify dismantling the club. Special guest star : John Milhiser John Milhiser John Milhiser (born November 29, 1981) is an American actor and comedian. He first garnered attention for his work as a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch group Serious Lunch, before achieving further notice for his brief stint as

330-634: The party. All in vain, Oliver discloses him taking issue about the poncho was in fact a proxy conflict for not having Mack as a co-star anymore, since she assumed the position of Student Director this year. Special guest star : John Milhiser Three weeks ahead of the Minnesota opening night, advance ticket sales are falling short of expectations. To promote their musical, the club decides to piggyback on Mr. Sniffets' sudden fame. Ticket sales go up, yet they discover, desperate for attention as he was, all additional tickets were sold to Mr. Sniffet himself. Doing

352-488: The performance. Dress rehearsal is often the final rehearsal before the premiere . For a theatrical performance, cast members wear their costumes. The actors may use props and entities. Scripts are unusual for actors, while the stage manager and director usually continue using scripts even during dresss rehearsal and actual performances. For a musical performance, the dress rehearsal does not always require wearing formal concert outfits (such as, tuxedos and gowns). In music,

374-455: The playoffs and Coach Cobbler needs all his players, but Mack and her Drama Club need Bench to attend the show to ensure the club's survival. In the first act Darcy fills in for Bench, while off-stage the students try to get a hand of him. During halftime, Bench finds his costume's mask in his locker and decides to join the theater crew who has made it till intermission. His teammates tag along and spontaneously join him on stage, and spectators from

396-405: The premise of acting , pretending to be someone else in order to tell a story. After assigning athletic exercises to the troupe in his capacity as Dance Captain, they turn the tables and try hard making an actor out of Bench. Eventually he gets the pretense, yet this achievement backfires: Bench becomes "Benchamin", an arrogant actor of incontestable authority. By luring him on the football field for

418-517: The purpose of a show without audience, announces he will attend an important football match tomorrow night, ultimately causing a "Mackattack" in Mack. Special guest star : John Milhiser It is opening night of Minnesota – the musical . Principal Gibbins is attending the show with the intention of undermining the Club's existence after a presumptuous terrible performance. Bench's football team has made

440-437: The theater was haunted by a ghost. The club starts investigating and finds itself still at school at night, when principal Gregg Gibbins, disfavoring the Drama Club's existence, practices a singing performance in front of an empty auditorium wearing and using all missing items. Challenging him on his actions, Mr. Gibbins explains he once was a member of the school's drama club, but holds a grudge against it for casting him merely as

462-430: Was Saturday Night Live ' s second openly gay male cast member (after Terry Sweeney ), as well as one of the few LGBTQ cast members overall. This article about an American comedian is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dress rehearsal The dress rehearsal is a full-scale rehearsal shortly before the first performance where the actors and/or musicians perform every detail of

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484-552: Was announced that Milhiser's contract with SNL was not renewed and he would not be returning as a cast member. When asked about getting fired from SNL , Milhiser reflected 2014 was the year he felt "the least funny." In 2014, Milhiser appeared in a supporting role in the indie film Camp Takota starring comedians Grace Helbig , Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart . He has also made guest appearances on television programs such as Adam Ruins Everything , 2 Broke Girls , Netflix Original Series Love , and Other Space . Milhiser

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