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PHLEGM AND THE HOLOGRAMS

"Phlegm and the Holograms" is the fourteenth episode of Season 7.

## Synopsis

When a dispute between Isobel and the "rogue team" from her playwriting project threatens the production on opening night, young Marley offers to help stall for time by performing slam poetry. Reasoning with herself that the girl is in fifth grade and thus isn't likely to offend, Isobel allows her to proceed and the child's wit ends up being more memorable than the night of theater. Vera and Cliff brace themselves for another PR nightmare when three of the Sommers Seven (now sophomores despite being 22, 24 and 26 respectively) reveal they have gotten married and pregnant over Christmas break. Meanwhile, when the coughing from a case of walking pneumonia causes a cracked rib that forces Colin to temporarily borrow Roger's pain medication, a bad reaction to the pills causes the head of the theater department to hallucinate a positively delightful and thoroughly genius idea for the spring musical. Delighted to have an actual project, Mira and JJ encourage their boss to stay on the meds to feed them inspiration, while a terrified (and livid at the suggestion) Violet insists her husband find an alternate treatment plan as Roger's prescription is also causing Colin to mistake their children for elves.
A Very Duggar Wedding

"A Very Duggar Wedding," done in the style of "Tony and Tina's Wedding," is a dinner theater piece directed by Jillian Jordan and Mira Sydney and catered by the Culinary Arts Department. It celebrates the wedding of fictional Duggar child Jehosaphat to his bride Selah-Bessie Virginitie St. Nevertouchaweewee and is staged in episode 5.14.
ROGER THAT

"Roger That" is the sixth episode of Season 9.

## Synopsis

Halloween hits The Academy, and so does devastating news: Roger has been found and the report is not good. With Roger's closest confidante Jillian floating somewhere down the East Coast covered in sequins and doing eight shows a week, planning of his memorial service falls on Violet. Sensitive to the emotional needs of the student body, Violet sets out to hold the service as soon as possible to allow the community to move forward without massive disruption to the artistic process. Unfortunately, her idea of "as soon as possible" falls at the beginning of tech week for Colin's ambitious production of "A View From The Bridge," and the actors are furious when Colin demands they be at the rehearsal instead of the wake. Meanwhile, Ophelia arrives on campus and refuses to leave Roger's classroom. Desperate to find another math teacher, Vera offers her employment to honor her brother's legacy, but Ophelia's severe dyscalculia prevents her from accepting.
Shaquarius Bentley

Shaquarius Bentley is a piano student in the class of 2023.

An academic prodigy as well as a musical one, his dream is to skip straight from the fifth grade to Juilliard, bypassing middle school and high school entirely. His parents eventually get him to compromise and he only skips three grades, enrolling at Winter Lake Academy for the Arts shortly after his eleventh birthday.

Although he is treated well by his classmates, who are amused at the novelty of having "a little guy" in their class, he prefers to hang out with people of his own age group and is particularly close to Marley Clyde, the adopted daughter of Bonita Alcott and Jerry Clyde.
WAFFLEY FOND OF YOU

"Waffley Fond Of You" is the nineteenth episode of Season 9.

## Synopsis

Feeling awkward about just sitting around the house while the Culinary Arts students use his kitchen, Harry approaches Vera about joining the department for the upcoming year. With Jenna exclusively teaching her academic classes in order to be home in the afternoon for her kids, there is an empty position and the growing number of chefs-to-be could use another set of eyes in their work space. While Vera feels strange about funneling more income from The Academy into her household, she admits that Harry is a fantastic cook and offers him a challenge: design a menu for either of The Academy's upcoming weddings (Hannah and Rocky's or Cliff and Heath's) and create whatever the couple(s) ask to sample. If it's approved, so is he. Colin approaches Shaquarius about playing the piano in the pit band for "Urinetown." Meanwhile, on the opening night of "Die Geisterjäger," Mira offers to hold a séance to clear Bonnie's mind about Roger's spirit, with hilarious results.
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE

"This Little Light Of Mine" is the fifteenth episode of Season 4.

## Synopsis

Michelle learns that Dana's been sitting on a secret for weeks: she got into Smith! Michelle urges the talented senior to notify the office of admissions and placement to publicize the announcement, but Dana, well aware of the holes Winter Lake digs itself into with each media blitz, would rather have her accomplishment celebrated on a smaller scale. Fresh off a second-place finish at Westminster, Harry returns to Winter Lake determined to turn his pugs into the next internet phenomenon and attempts to bribe JJ into designing them outfits for a calendar. Meanwhile, a friend of Jillian's arrives at Winter Lake with a proposition for Charles, while Victoria and her friends plan a trip to sneak out and see "Surprise Package."
HOLD ME CLOSER, TINY DANCER

"Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer" is the sixth episode of Season 2.

## Synopsis

When they're banished from their own apartments for the night, she as a result of binging on Halloween candy meant for her students and he as a result of sexile, Cliff and Maya decide to have a night on the town. Julie, the eldest Andrews child, breaks her leg at an indoor trampoline park and requires several operations, which puts both her father's annual Shakespeare production and her role as Clara in "CRACKED" in jeopardy.  Julie’s understudy, Emily Chang, is eager and willing to take her place, but her enrollment in the Community Dance Academy is threatened when her father’s severance pay from his job runs out. Meanwhile, when married alums from the class of ’94 with cameo roles as Clara’s parents decide to hash out the proceedings of their acrimonious divorce in the middle of rehearsal, Talia is forced to get creative finding replacements.
Liam Hanson

Liam Hanson is Jenna Hanson's twin brother.

Independently wealthy from developing an iPhone app, he spends his days couchsurfing and acting like he's an extra from the cast of "Hair," despite having been born in the 1980s. Acting the role of a freeloader while staying with Jenna, he is apparently saving his fortune for "something big," but he refuses to tell anyone what it is.

He eventually replaces Carey Liles in the role of "Heath" in "Duck Me In The Park" after Carey is kicked out of the film.
Non sono stato io a mettermelo nel culo, deve essere stato un fantasma!

"Non sono stato io a mettermelo nel culo, deve essere stato un fantasma!" is a thrilling operatic medical drama, described by composer/director Bonita Alcott as "ER set to music," or "like that one musical episode of Scrubs but in Italian." Comprised of more than a decade's worth of material based on Bonnie's observations as the "responsible" dorm parent accompanying an ill or injured advisee or colleague to the ER, the opera is touching, heart-wrenching, and (in the case of the title number) often hilarious.
IT'S TURKEY (BASTER) LURKEY TIME

"It's Turkey (Baster) Lurkey Time" is the ninth episode of Season 6.

## Synopsis

Jonathan flies back to Massachusetts with Calliope to celebrate Thanksgiving with Carolyn and Fifi. Bonnie learns the circumstances of Jerry's "death," a soap-opera story involving adoption, an identical twin, a kidney transplant and a suddenly-orphaned grade-schooler. Upon learning of the child, Bonnie immediately seeks her out, a decision that surprises Jerry and would have made everything a whole lot easier had he known she would react this way in the first place. Maya, Leo and Ellen get called in for a parent-teacher conference at Annie's pre-school when the toddler calls out teacher Miss Colleen for her simplified and inaccurate story of the First Thanksgiving and the teacher is horrified that a three-year-old knows what "smallpox" and "genocide" are. Meanwhile, with the majority of stores closed on Thanksgiving, Cliff goes on a wild goose chase with Talia and Jenna in search of an extra turkey baster for the Torres-Vergara-Hanson family Thanksgiving so that the physics teacher doesn't accidentally "artificially inseminate" herself with Campbell's Turkey Gravy and the turkey dinner isn't ruined by you-know-what.
Harble Academy

Harble Academy is the West Coast "rival" of Winter Lake Academy for the Arts, located just outside San Francisco. In the absence of an athletic program, the idea of rivalry is slightly ridiculous but has been played up in recent years as the headmistress Kathleen Dearborn has an unresolved "hate boner" for Winter Lake's headmistress Vera Sharma following an unfortunate headshot incident back in college.

Harble Academy, unlike Winter Lake Academy, only has three "majors": Dance, Theater and Music.
Suzanne Klein

Suzanne Klein is the head of the Music Department at Winter Lake Academy for the Arts.

She was an international opera sensation until a botched surgery for vocal nodes shortly into her tenure at The Academy killed her performance career.

She is still able to teach, however, and takes many precautions to prevent her students from her fate.

She is a college friend of Ophelia Butts, and eventually leaves The Academy to start a business with her, relinquishing control of the department to Bonita Alcott.
THE UNGER GAMES

"The Unger Games" is the seventh episode of Season 4.

## Synopsis

After Shakespeare scholar Sir Clive Unger visits the set of "The Tampest" days before opening and deems the costumes "too tidy" to be believably worn by individuals stranded on an island, Colin decides to let his actresses take the costumes home with them and rough them up, which horrifies JJ, as he has spent weeks working on them and had hoped to retain them for an eventual retrospective of his work at the Met's Costume Institute when he reaches that level of acclaim. While most of the young women merely wrinkle their outfits, get a bit of mud and water damage on them, or douse them with soy sauce, the production's Caliban returns her costume on opening night with a fairly impressive infestation of pubic lice. By closing night, the whole cast is affected, and Colin begins to wonder if Sir Clive's suggestion was perhaps a prank. Meanwhile, with the Nutcracker returning to its traditional roots and thus its old costumes, JJ has no work other than teaching a short unit for the design and production students until the spring. He finds himself being pulled every which way as Carole wants him for the visual art department, Athena wants him to create a comfortable-yet-fashionable work uniform for the culinary arts students, and unofficial "Surprise Package" promoters Tracy and Michelle want him to design new thongs for their dancers.
Jenna Hanson

Jenna Hanson is a physics teacher at Winter Lake Academy for the Arts. Prior to teaching at The Academy, she taught at the GED Program at the Minnesota State Women's Penitentiary.

She has a twin brother named Liam, who acts like every day of his life is a scene from the musical "Hair." While she loves her brother, she wishes that he would at least wear underwear when he sits on the couch.

Initially more of a solitary type, Jenna finds her community when fellow faculty come to her aid after a hurricane seriously damages her house. Michelle is the first person to whom she comes out, Cliff becomes a trusted ally after they work together to help students with behavioral issues, and she finds the love of her life in Cliff's cousin Talia Vergara.

After her project with Cliff sparks the creation of a new field of study at The Academy, Jenna briefly pulls double duty as both physics teacher and co-chair of the Culinary Arts Department, but ends her work with the Culinary Arts Department after the birth of her first child Quinn.
I HAD A LITTLE DRAMA, I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY

"I Had A Little Drama, I Made It Out Of Clay" is the fifteenth episode of Season 3.

## Synopsis

With Charles Chester Chatsworth VII over the moon about his grandson's performance in the winter musical, his sizeable donation to The Academy's theater department moves Jonathan much closer to his dream of staging "Death Becomes Her: The Musical" for the spring mainstage production. Unfortunately for him, he quickly learns that Winter Lake's new push towards interdisciplinary collaboration has inspired fellow Broadway geek and Visual Art department head Carole Stone to lead her sculpture students in a yearlong study of human movement and miniaturization in order to create "Clay Miserables," a claymation version of the Boublil and Schönberg hit. Initially buoyed by the fact that theater students are not allowed to audition for projects outside of their department, he is dismayed to discover that the students, enamored by Leo and Maya's newfound love of leading department meetings dressed as the Thenardiers and run ragged by Jillian's dance classes, seem far more interested in Carole's show than his and he must convince them and the rest of the Winter Lake community of the importance and influence of live theater. Meanwhile, after a particularly dismal Winter Dance, Victoria begs her former party animal father to be the faculty liaison for the prom committee in hopes that the school can do better than warm punch, pointy confetti and a DJ that plays nothing but "That's Not My Name" repeatedly.
FETUS H. CHRIST

"Fetus H. Christ" is the tenth episode of Season 2.

## Synopsis

Maya wakes on the first of December to a cult-like following. Initially assuming either Talia spilled the beans about her performance, her students discovered bootlegs of her "Spelling Bee" tour (and now worship her as some kind of theater goddess), or someone spread an anonymous rumor that she's hoarding ten boxes of Oreo "O"s under her bed, she discovers that the November SAT results are in and that nobody in the entire upperclassman cast of "I Love The '90s: The Musical" has scored below a 2300. With "CRACKED" opening in three days and the December SATS in five, "The Cult of Maya" is convinced that Maya's unborn child is a good luck talisman and rubbing her belly Treasure-Troll-style will imbue them with the same fortune that befell their predecessors. While Leo and Maya soak up the attention and bask in the spotlight as quasi-religious figures and even their colleagues are swept up in the superstition, Jonathan is furious that the news he's about to announce won't even be met with a quarter of the fanfare. The first three performances of "CRACKED" go off without a hitch, but when Maya (with five weeks to go until her due date) fails to show up at the noontime call for the Sunday matinee, Talia fears the worst. Meanwhile, Michelle rushes to break ground on the new addition to the music building that will house the equipment for her radio station before the blizzards hit, and names Dana as her first student DJ.
Kayla Kinney

Kayla Kinney is the former star of Disney's "Kinney Cats," where she played Casey Kinney, the put-upon daughter of America's top cat show handlers who is sick of the fur and claws and hissing and wants to (you guessed it) be a pop star.

She is married to C-List actor Carey Liles, best known for being quite possibly the worst part of Fox's hit show "We Sing About Things." She regularly receives threats from Carey's obsessive (and quite possibly tone-deaf) fans.
M.C.P

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M.C.P (Most Common Person) was born in January 1, 1997 during new years day. M.C.P always live in Philadelphia because it is less violent. He like to live in North Philadelphia on N. Colorado Street where his friend were 2-5 block away east from him. He like to rap since he was 5.

## Personal Life

M.C.P means Most Common Person as his stage name. Marcus Antonio was born on New Years Day because that day is special to his family. His wife is Natasha Malkova from East Aldan. His mother is Sammy Antonio with his father Amerigo Antonio and they from Mexico. He met Nastasha Malkova in a strip club and Malkova was pornstar and put her sextape by Nubile Films. His son Marcus Antonio, Davon Antonio and his daughter Lakesha Antonio.

## Career

He rapping career is with his hand since he like to rap when he was five years old. He married a pornstar Nastasha Malkova in May 18, 2013 at Our Lady of Hope in North Philadelphia at Broad Street. He first album was "Poppin da hood" in 2012 before his first Mixtape "#Party" in 2013. He reached 3 mixtape and 4 albums before he died.

### Albums:

Poppin da Hood (2012)

Mealie (2013)

Drill (2015)

Remember (2015)

### Mixtape

#Party (2013)

Amadeo (2015)

Cavender (2015)

## Death

On September 9, 2015. M.C.P died on a car accident in Pennypack Park in Northeast Philadelphia. The white driver tried to turn left from Solly Avenue when M.C.P was driving at US 13 (Frankfort Avenue) from Bensalem tried to get home. The white turn left to M.C.P when the train is moving. Two cars hit the train and the train collapse to the Pennypack creek. They closed out the road and the train killed five black people. They found M.C.P and rushed to Temple Hospital but he died when they on their way.

## Filmography

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CAMP IDONWANNA

"Camp Idonwanna" is the second episode of Season 1.

## Synopsis

A week before school goes into session, the leadership students arrive on campus and are sent off with a number of staff for team-building activities on a retreat in the Berkshires. Excluded from the trip are Colin and Violet (none of the cabins are equipped to deal with their large family), Robert (none of the cabins are wheelchair-accessible), and Roger (his doctor doesn't want him climbing anything). After repeatedly mistaking Leo and Maya for current students, despite having taught them nine years prior, Bonnie convinces them to pose as students and get some gossip because she and Michelle are "bored as hell."
GIRLS GONE MILD

:"Girls Gone Mild" is the eighteenth episode of Season 3.

## Synopsis

When Maya's doctor suggests that perhaps traveling eight hours in a bus in her condition isn't such a good idea, Violet suggests a girls' day out to take Maya's mind off of missing The Academy's spring gala in New York. While Colin and Leo take the kids to the New England Aquarium (and get approached by a TLC film crew who think they're a gay couple and want to create a show around them), Maya bumbles her way through high tea at the Ritz, embarrassing herself in front of her painfully British colleague. In New York, Talia is forced to make some rapid changes to the dance portion of the gala program when the freshly-waxed stage floor sends her students crashing into each other and Athena has a run-in with her absentee father Nigel. Meanwhile, Hannah asks Esther to help her clean up her act and get hired by The Academy when she realizes that she really enjoys working with kids.
THE FALL OF THE TWERKISH EMPIRE

"The Fall Of The Twerkish Empire" is the fifteenth episode of Season 8.

## Synopsis

"Surprise Package" is down another member when Paul quits after learning he is more recognizable in the New England education community for his trademark "butt shimmy" than he is for his award-winning math lessons or his sensitive yet serious approach to teaching the French language. With Paul and Colin out, Hassan off at college, Treble completely out of the Winter Lake social circle, and Daniel still completely unwilling to join, the only remaining members are Leo and Cliff and it appears to be curtains for the troupe. While Cliff is at peace with the disbanding, Leo seeks another outlet for performance and begs Daniel to help him round up their old a cappella group for a Spring Break tour. Meanwhile, a small feud brews between Hannah and Talia after Liam drops a bombshell about his sister-in-law at Hannah's engagement party and the bride-to-be is convinced Talia wanted to steal her thunder.
The Rockwell Family

## Alice Rockwell

Alice Rockwell is a famous baker, known for the award-winning Wonderwall Bakery which, in its heyday, had outposts in Boston, Alice's native London, and (for some reason) Winter Lake. She and her daughter Athena attend the yearly Gala during one of the Boston years and attempt to convince Jenna to come and work for them. After Athena leaves the business, Alice branches out to other ventures but ultimately comes back to baking.

## Athena Rockwell

Athena is Alice's daughter. Initially Alice's business partner, she leaves Wonderwall Bakery to become the chair of The Academy's newest department, Culinary Arts. She becomes good friends with a number of the other faculty members and develops a crush on Treble Watkins.

## Nigel Rockwell

Nigel is Alice's estranged husband and Athena's estranged father. A Gordon-Ramsay-esque chef, he believes baking is for ninnies.
UNDER PRESSURE

"Under Pressure" is the eighth episode of Season 6.

## Synopsis

Talia consults Robert and the disability awareness club when dance department head Mary Kontrarian envisions a large fantasy dance solo for Tiny Tim in the upcoming production. Freshman Emily Chang is given the task of designing new promotional material for The Academy, but comes under fire from the Admissions and Placement office after the pamphlets go to print; while the text is accurate and demonstrates the school's mission in a clear and concise way, the photography is not of the school's magnificent campus facilities or student life but rather dozens of photos of Harry's adorable pugs. Leo and Maya approach Colin with an idea for the winter show, but after he approves it, they find themselves scrambling to locate a space for the production. Meanwhile, after volunteering himself as Jenna's sperm donor, Cliff finds himself unable to "perform" due to stress.
Mostri tascabili, acchiappali tutti!

"Mostri tascabili, acchiappali tutti!" is Bonita Alcott's first foray into operatic composition. Inspired by her "nerdy-ass" friends and students, the opera follows a traveling band of Pokémon trainers in their quest to save the world one polluted village at a time, while never losing sight of their dream to "catch 'em all."

The production features a beautiful aria by the character Jigglypuff.
Lena DeSisto

Lena DeSisto is the mother of Winter Lake Academy for the Arts theater student Capri DeSisto-Stornello.

A huge fan of the theater, she tries to catch every Winter Lake production whether or not Capri has a role. In addition to her love for the theater, she is a huge Carey Liles fangirl and has been ever since he started his role on "We Sing About Things." One of Carey's oldest fans (which is not to say she's old, she's only in her forties, but the rest of the fandom is in their teens), she is considered one of the Den Mothers of the Carey fandom and has a huge internet following.

Like many of Carey's fans, she has followed his career from his television show to his role in "Arts of Seduction" and his role in "Duck Me In The Park." As part of the preparation for the role of Heath in the film, he spent quite a bit of time with Heath learning the tricks of the journalism trade and Heath's own mannerisms. Photos of the two at work quickly spread through Carey Liles fan blogs and a number of fans, Lena included, misinterpreted Carey and Heath's interactions as romantic. As a result, Heath's real-life partner Cliff and Carey's wife Kayla become recipients of detailed and violent threats from Carey fans who believe Cliff and Kayla are "PR plants" getting in the way of "true love," although both couples were together far before Heath and Carey ever met. When word gets out that Heath has invited Carey and Kayla to a production of "Death of a Salesman" at The Academy, one of these "fans" attempts to take Kayla and Cliff out with a paintball gun. Unfortunately for the horrified stage manager Capri, it's Lena.

Although security is bumped up and Lena agrees to undergo therapy, the obsession continues when Capri comes out to her mother and Lena insists on framing discussions of her daughter's sexuality around the imagined Heath/Carey relationship. The situation only becomes more dire when former Carey fan Emily Chang blogs about a New Year's Party she attended with the actor and his wife and reveals that he made an incredibly insensitive slur towards Michelle Hall. Furious that "yet another PR plant" has "tarnished Carey's reputation," a large portion of Carey's fandom turns on Emily and directs their threats to her, with some of the most violent remarks coming from Lena's IP address. She is unaware that the Emily who runs the Carey Liles News blog is the same Emily who is dating Capri, but she's far enough along in her obsession that it is doubtful that would change anything.
WE'RE HERE MID-YEAR, GET USED TO IT!

"We're Here Mid-Year, Get Used To It!" is the eleventh episode of Season 4.

## Synopsis

Although in the past The Academy has allowed new students to matriculate mid-year, changes in both the academic and artistic curricula have made mid-year enrollment unadvisable. When Harry discovers that his pug Howard has serious food allergies, he turns to YouTube cooking tutorials to learn how to cook healthily for him in preparation for show season. He discovers Hailey and Bailey Caldwell, twin sisters from San Francisco who have learned to manage their seizures through diet. Vera is taken with their charm and wit and contacts them personally offering them spaces in the Culinary Arts program, which would make them the first midyear students since Helen's departure. While the twins are intrigued, their family worries about their health away from parental supervision and many of the dorm parents are concerned that they are not properly trained to assist with the limitations of the girls' cerebral palsy (Bailey's is more severe and she gets around on crutches). Meanwhile, Michelle discovers that one of the poems she wrote in college is being used on the website of a politician whom she does not support and she has trouble getting the site's webmaster to take it down.
Tommy Bauman

Tommy Bauman is a theater student in the class of 2019.

Supremely talented and desperately awaiting his growth spurt, he is often passed over for roles because he looks like he is a young thirteen. He is delighted to learn that the Theater Department will be putting on a show with a particularly young cast of characters, but soon finds his dreams dashed again when Colin decides to put a former child star in the lead role, thinking it will fill more seats.

His story is not all sad, however. Shortly after graduation, he gets a role in the Broadway revival of Newsies and will play the role of Spot Conlon until 2048.
Holly Barrett

Holly Barrett is an English and Creative Writing Teacher hired by Vera Sharma to replace Robert Fry when he goes on tour with Jillian Jordan.

She was the childhood pen pal of Violet Andrews and is thrilled to have reconnected with a dear friend after so many years.

She is an avid fan of all things sci-fi, a regular attendee and cosplayer at New England DorkCon, and she once translated the Canterbury Tales into Klingon.

She once was kicked out of a Little People of America Conference for leading a tequila-soaked twerk-off before it was trendy.
Leo Hartz

Leo Hartz is (for all but the final episode of the series) a member of the Theater Department faculty at Winter Lake Academy for the Arts. He and his wife Maya are both members of the Winter Lake Academy class of 2004 and received further theater training as undergraduates at NYU. After graduation, but before returning to The Academy as faculty, he and Maya traveled the U.S. and Canada in a revival tour of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," in which he played the role of Leaf Coneybear.

He is fairly young-looking and on the slight side, so he is often mistaken for a student. For the most part, this stops when he becomes a father. All of his children are named after orphans from the musical "Annie," because it would be weird to name your children after characters from the musical "Cats."

His parents are named Judy and Elliott, and he has an older sister named Rachel.
Valerie French-Fry

Valerie French-Fry (later Valerie French-Fry-Berger) is the ex-wife of Robert Fry and the mother of Victoria Fry.

She came out of the closet as a lesbian when her daughter was five and filed for divorce from Robert shortly after. With the public school system in Winter Lake superior to the options in the Western Massachusetts town to which Valerie decided to relocate, she allowed Robert to take primary custody of Victoria.

Valerie's relationship with both her ex and their daughter are amicable and they often celebrate major holidays with each other when it is convenient for Robert and Victoria to travel.

She began a relationship with the slightly daffy Jayna Berger when Victoria was ten. They make their union official in Victoria's junior year of high school.
TWENTY-FOUR

"Twenty-Four" is the eighteenth episode of Season 5.

## Synopsis

When a member of the admissions department reveals that there was only one violinist applicant for the incoming freshman class (and he wasn't admitted because he has been kicked out of three schools already for biting people), Vera begins a recruitment campaign throughout the Eastern U.S. accompanied by Harry, who is hand-delivering his pugs' latest litter to a socialite living in Atlanta. Dismayed by her lack of success, she returns to Massachusetts to refocus at a more local level, only to discover six young women and one young man with violins in the parking lot of The Academy. The delighted head of school immediately welcomes the strangers in for admission interviews, only to learn that they have little to show in the way of prior education when Robert, passing through the admissions and placement office to drop off a recommendation for one of his advisees seeking to attend a prestigious summer program, recognizes the violinists as one third of the Sommers family offspring on Victoria's favorite guilty-pleasure reality series "21 Kids, Two Uterine Prolapses and No Sign From God Telling Us To Stop." While Vera is desperate to fill spaces in the incoming freshman class, she faces an uphill battle as none of the violinists have above a fifth-grade education, four of the seven are post-high-school age (one of them, at twenty-four, is ten years older than the average incoming freshman) and all of them need serious cult deprogramming. Meanwhile, Jerry returns to Massachusetts, this time seeking out Michelle in an attempt to get through to Bonnie.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR

"You're Gonna Hear Me Roar" is the tenth episode of Season 9.

## Synopsis

Mary Kontrarian is not the type to go back on her promises, but for a beloved friend or a colleague, she will make an exception. Her students know this, her coworkers know this, even her boss knows this and approves. It still doesn't make it any easier to explain to the trustees on opening night of "The Nutcracker" why Herr Drosselmeyer, played by Esther's dad Henry, is a dead ringer for Ian Malcolm from "Jurassic Park" and why Fritz Stahlbaum is a seven-year-old boy from the Community Dance Academy dressed up like a velociraptor. Most of the trustees seem satisfied with the answer that "it's what Roger would have wanted" after other faculty members provide proof, but others are not so sure. Meanwhile, after discovering Roger's "bucket list" in his bedside drawer, Ophelia makes copies and distributes them to the faculty and student body so that they might go out and accomplish what he didn't get to do. With pretty much everyone's college applications done and the semester nearly over, the students are thrilled to be given a task of the non-academic variety but Jillian is bothered that her friend's personal thoughts are being distributed without his consent.
Hassan Sharuk

Hassan Sharuk is an artist who was written up for his gorgeous mural work multiple times during his years at The Academy. He is a Visual Arts student in the class of 2017.

He decides to audition for "Surprise Package" after work commitments force Treble Watkins to quit. Although he is a perfect fit for the group and every bit the "sensitive artist" type the group is sorely missing, he is (at the time) still in high school and underage.

He plans to go to senior prom with Victoria Fry, but the two decide to go to a protest about dolphins instead.
BLACK (OUT) BOX

"Black (Out) Box" is the fourth episode of Season 1.

## Synopsis

The Academy puts on its first production of the year, the world premiere of "Harmony Defined," a musical revue written by a wickedly talented alum and directed by Jillian. The first act goes off without a hitch, but a power outage threatens the second act. Michelle travels to her old high school to speak at the opening of their library, her first speaking engagement since becoming poet laureate and her first visit to the school since her transition. Meanwhile, his latest litter all sold, Harry finds himself bored and decides to train his pugs as therapy dogs.
Charles Chester Chatsworth IX

Charles Chester Chatsworth IX is the grandson of The Academy's first male student, Charles Chester Chatsworth VII. He is an actor and one of the most gifted ones the Theater Department has had in recent years, but he suffers from a nervous bowel that causes him to "shart" at auditions (once he is cast, he is fine). He is a member of the class of 2017.

He asks Victoria Fry to the junior prom but ends up flaking on their date when he realizes that she might expect more and that he is gay.

While he blows many of his college auditions (perhaps "colon blows" would be a better description?), he finds that his "audition stomach" doesn't affect him as badly across the pond and he enjoys some success on The West End after graduation.
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE HO-HO-HO BUSINESS

"There's No Business Like Ho Ho Ho Business" is the eleventh episode of Season 6.

## Synopsis

Leo and Maya take their kids and travel with Maggie and Lucy up north to celebrate Winter Break with Paul and Tracy's family, which includes Tracy's newly-vegan and unapologetically flatulent little sister Heather. Bonnie and Jerry travel to New York to meet Jerry's niece Marley, currently living with Jerry's brother's adoptive parents. Jillian decides to take a temporary job as a Macy's Elf to help save up for her wedding and decides to rope Ellen, who is off-duty while Leo and Maya are away, and Cora into doing it with her.
ON THE REBOUND

"On The Rebound" is the twelfth episode of Season 2.

## Synopsis

As a consolation for not being able to appear in "CRACKED," Jillian offers Julie a role in the annual Winter Lake Academy children's musical, opening and closing the show as a young Shirley Temple when the freshman who was originally cast gets mono. Julie accepts the role but her decision upsets her parents, who are worried that Jillian's avant-garde choreography will lead to re-injury. When the results of the December SATs come in and "Maya's Miracle" turns out a repeat performance, the resulting media blitz causes all sorts of havoc on the Winter Lake campus and forces reporter Heath to choose between getting a good story and reconnecting with the one that got away. Meanwhile, when he overhears Violet talking to a colleague about Jillian's brain surgery, Robert second-guesses his decision to let her go.
THREE BUCKS, TWO BAGS, ONE SLOTH

"Three Bucks, Two Bags, One Sloth" is the seventeenth episode of Season 1.

## Synopsis

The students board buses to New York City for the annual Winter Lake Academy For The Arts Gala, where the cream of the crop students from the dance, music and theater departments will strut their stuff at Lincoln Center. While the performers are in rehearsal, the writers, visual artists and the actors/dancers/musicians who just couldn't cut the mustard are unleashed on the big city until the show. Harry makes an attempt to bond more with his wife's coworkers, so he accompanies Leo, Maya and a group of ten students on a food tour of the Lower East Side and Chelsea. It's all well and good until a candy vendor at Chelsea Market recognizes Harry from the now-viral video of Julianne's bowel incident and he is swarmed with autograph requests. Meanwhile, Bonnie deals with a student's diva fit and Colin and Violet are forced to return to the site of the sloth attack that cost them their free housing five years prior.
I AM THE KING OF PRANCE

"I Am The King Of Prance" is the thirteenth episode of Season 8.

## Synopsis

After the success of his first few projects at The Academy, Daniel successfully petitions Colin to be allowed to create the entire spring musical himself. A few days of frantic and brilliant writing ensues, and then the young composer is stricken with agonizing writers' block. Trying everything from seeing other musicals (for inspiration) to yoga (for relaxation) to streaking (a poor decision brought on by a contact high from sitting near Hannah at a staff meeting), he finally decides to take a few mental health days. Eventually he is brought back to "the real world" by Bridget, who leads a campus-wide Prancercise elective when she's not on "nanny duty," and the two become fast friends prancing around The Academy's grounds to the delight of the student body and the utter bewilderment of the school's visitors. Athena gets an offer for her students to work as volunteer chefs in a charity burrito-eating competition, but Vera nixes the idea, paranoid that her rival at Harble Academy will smear her for supporting gluttony. Meanwhile, Isobel begs Axl and Carl to return to The Academy after her lead actress drops out of the show after contracting mono and is replaced by understudy (and daughter of The Academy's "Public Enemy #1") Capri.
GREECE IS THE WORD

"Greece Is The Word" is the eleventh episode of Season 8.

## Synopsis

Despite "cruise life" being a near-constant vacation, Robert and Jillian long for a little time off the boat for a proper honeymoon. In the process of researching a destination, Jillian discovers an e-mail from Ariadne, whose brief stint at The Academy dialect-coaching for "Jewperheroes" provided her with the connections to land a gig in her late father's native Greece coaching Daniel Radcliffe as he prepares to take over the role of an undercover James Bond in the new film "Dangerous Rhodes." With the studio putting Ariadne up in a ritzy hotel closer to the filming location, the coach offers her family's cottage up for use by Jillian and Robert. Rocky goes behind Hannah's back to try to convince Aviva to reconnect with her parents. Meanwhile, while Lauren is excited about Isobel's project, her parents begin to worry that dramatizing the events of their book might pose a security issue.
Clifford Torres

Clifford Torres is the school counselor and health teacher. He has a B.A. in psychology from NYU (where he was Leo's freshman roommate) and a M.S.W. from Hunter College. Cliff's idea of health education is making his students create papier-mâché STD puppets.

At the beginning of the series, he lives in Boston with Cora Alcott, who he met on Craigslist.

His main relationship is with roving reporter Heath Barr, but before they settle down, he enjoys a brief relationship with sexy OB-GYN resident Treble Watkins and a fling with a Buckingham Palace Guard (an honor he shares with his freshman year beard Ellen Larkin).

Despite his unorthodox approach to health education, he is seriously committed to working with both students and faculty alike to keep the Winter Lake community "AAAAAH!" (Awake, Alive, Alert, Aware And Healthy).

His cousin Talia Vergara works in the dance department.
A CONTROVERSIAL ENTERPRISE

"A Controversial Enterprise" is the eighth episode of Season 3.

## Synopsis

Talia, feeling pressure to top "CRACKED," reveals at a board meeting that the theme for this year's performance is "Nutcracker: The Next Generation," and that the show will feature screen projections created by students in the visual art department. The board of trustees applauds the idea, believing the production to be a sequel in which the now-adult Clara passes the Nutcracker and its magic along to a young niece or nephew, when in actuality, the project is basically The Nutcracker in space and Fritz Stahlbaum is an agent of the Borg. Hardcore Trekkies Michelle, Violet and Paul are giddy over the idea of Tribble polichinelles, while Cliff worries that Talia's stunt might threaten her employment. Meanwhile, when Esther takes a week-long mental-health break on the anniversary of her traumatic event, her sister Hannah covers her classroom for her, a gesture that Vera finds heartwarming and noble until she discovers that Hannah runs a very popular Tumblr for kosher pot recipes.
JONNY ONE NUT

"Jonny One Nut" is the sixteenth episode of Season 3.

## Synopsis

In an attempt to be proactive and promote health consciousness after The Academy's toxic mold scare and pregnancy test drama, Tracy and Cliff have their freshman students create friendly reminder posters and plaster them all around campus. Although the young students primarily use the assignment as an excuse to mention genitals in a homework assignment and a few "creative" visual arts students try to pass off glitterbombing several classrooms as an allegory for herpes,  the messages get across and students become more open about their personal concerns. Concerned about her own health, Bonnie suggests she and Jonathan get long-delayed physical exams. While Bonnie is the picture of health, test results suggest that Jonathan may have testicular cancer, news that puts a cloud on his victory over Carole regarding the spring musical. Meanwhile, Paul struggles with creating a secure online alias to discuss his problem.
MY UNFORTUNATE ELECTION

"My Unfortunate Election" is the twenty-second episode of Season 3.

It's time for the student council elections, and rising senior Dana thinks she has a chance at student body president. The problem is that while attendance at the debates is mandatory, attendance at the elections is not. When the voting period coincides with the unofficial annual "Dorm Room Cleanup Swap," voter turnout is poor and although Dana does receive more votes than any other candidate, she does not receive the 50 required votes to secure the position. Jonathan stages "Death Becomes Her," winning raves for his innovative special effects work, but he faces criticism when some of the more gruesome scenes alarm patrons who are unfamiliar with the film. Meanwhile, Ophelia Butts, unaware that her brother has left The Academy, returns to Winter Lake with devastating news.
Clive Unger

Sir Clive Unger is a Shakespeare scholar and a former contemporary of Colin Andrews. Breezing through town on his way to New York to play King Lear, he stops by Winter Lake Academy for the Arts to give a pep talk to Colin's students shortly before they are to perform "The Tampest," an all female version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

He gives them advice on how to appear more authentically shipwrecked and weather-beaten, but Colin worries that Sir Clive may be pulling a prank.
Theater Department

The Winter Lake Academy for the Arts Theater Program introduces students to a large range of theatrical work, ranging from Shakespeare's plays to the modern musical.

## Theater Department Productions

### Season One (2013-2014)

* Harmony Defined
* A Midsummer Night's Dream
* Schoolhouse Wrong
* Kimye the Musical

### Season Two (2014-2015)

* I Love The '90s: The Musical
* That's What She Said: Women's Voices Throughout History
* Urban Dog

(note: fall "straight play" cancelled due to hurricane)

### Season Three (2015-2016)

* Karma's A Trip: The Untold Story of NLT
* Romeow and Julie's Pet
* This Might Be A Musical
* Death Becomes Her: The Musical

### Season Four (2016-2017)

* Damn Yankovic!
* The Tampest
* Free To Be You And Me
* A Bun In The Coven

### Season Five (2017-2018)

* Child of Destiny: The Beyoncé Knowles Story
* Macbeth
* A Very Duggar Wedding
* You're Not The Father, Charlie Brown

### Season Six (2018-2019)

* Rent
* The Seussible
* Fireworks Over Ithaca
* Jewperheroes

### Season Seven (2019-2020)

* Caught In A Rad Bromance
* Death Of A Salesman
* Student-Written Play Project
* Sea Sharp

### Season Eight (2020-2021)

* Take This Broken Wing
* Cymbeline
* Wicked Five Oh
* Julia!

### Season Nine (2021-2022, plus epilogue)

* Songs from Down There
* A View from the Bridge
* Musical Improv Project
* Urinetown
* Les Miserables (in epilogue)
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING

"We Have No Idea What We're Doing" is the twelfth episode of Season 9.

## Synopsis

Wanting to spare Daniel from having to come up with THREE musicals in a school year, Isobel announces an improvised musical for the winter production with a double cast: one cast directed by Isobel and Jillian doing three different "serious" performances and another cast directed by Daniel and Mira doing three different comedic performances. Although apprehensive about letting students have that much creative control over the subject matter (after the "rogue playwright" incident), Vera approves the project in hopes that the little-shown creative side of The Academy's performing artists will get a chance to shine. Marley learns that she has a Jewish aunt and demands to meet her, unwilling to let the idea of having her own bat mitzvah go. Meanwhile, the students who joined the Creative Writing Department in Robert's absence have trouble adjusting to a real, live Robert and not just the face that popped up on the screen interface of an oft-vandalized robot.
The Hartz Family

## Judy and Elliott Hartz

Judy and Elliott Hartz are the well-meaning but overbearing parents of Leo Hartz. While they adore Leo and his wife Maya, they have trouble with the fact that the two are adults and choose to believe that the stork brought their grandchildren.

## Rachel Hartz

Rachel Hartz is Leo's older sister. A bit of a party girl, she was briefly enrolled at The Academy as a visual arts student but was asked to leave by Helen MacLellan after she ran off with Ms. MacLellan's peppermint schnapps during an art showing her sophomore year and took a dump in her ex-boyfriend's tuba case. Nevertheless, she has fond memories of her time at The Academy.
Leta Little

Leta Little is a theater student in the class of 2014 and a former student of Leo and Maya who approaches them in their capacity as dorm parents seeking advice. She has a space waiting for her at the University of Middle America Drama School, but she has also been approached to originate the role of Janis Ian in a touring production of "Mean Girls: The Musical." Having done both the "college thing" and the "national tour" thing and having loved both, Maya believes she cannot decide for Leta and encourages her to search her heart for the push to go one way or the other.
IT'S A VON TRAPP!

"It's A Von Trapp!" is the eleventh episode of Season 1.

## Synopsis

After being exposed to potential biohazards at a science conference in Boston, Violet is forced into quarantine at Mass General. Colin, having refused to leave her side, is quarantined as well. Leo and Maya, who had been looking forward to a romantic week off after spending the entire first semester preparing for the winter children's musical, are now forced to remain local to babysit the Andrews children. While the experience exasperates Maya, Leo proves to be an expert at child care. Meanwhile, Jillian and Robert go public with their relationship.