Rise is an American musical drama television series created by Jason Katims, starring Josh Radnor in the lead role as Lou Mazzuchelli. The series is inspired by the book Drama High by Michael Sokolove, which focused on real-life teacher Lou Volpe and the famed theater program at Harry S Truman High School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The pilot was ordered to series by NBC on May 4, 2017, along with The Brave, making both series the first regular series orders by the network for the 2017-18 United States network television schedule. The first season will consist of 10 episodes, and debuted on March 13, 2018.
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Cast and characters
Main
- Josh Radnor as Lou Mazzuchelli, aka "Mr. Mazzu", an English teacher at Stanton High who wants to reinvent the school's drama presentations. He takes over the Stanton drama club and pushes to perform Spring Awakening.
- Rosie Perez as Tracey Wolfe, the assistant director who was previously offered the director job before being replaced by Lou, though she stays on and supports Lou.
- Joe Tippett as Coach Sam Strickland, the headstrong and strict Stanton football coach who values sports over the arts.
- Marley Shelton as Gail Mazzuchelli, Lou's wife who supports his plan of taking over the drama department of his school.
- Auli?i Cravalho as Lillette Suarez, a high school student and member of the Stanton drama club cast in the lead role of Wendla, who has problems with her mother at home.
- Damon J. Gillespie as Robbie Thorne, the starting quarterback of the Stanton football team, who is cast in the lead role of Melchior; he also visits and takes care of his mother at a hospital.
- Shirley Rumierk as Vanessa Suarez, Lillette's mother who has an affair with the football coach and keeps secrets from her daughter.
- Ted Sutherland as Simon Saunders, a student born into a very religious conservative family, who is usually cast in the lead roles in the Stanton club theater productions, but later is cast in the role of Hänschen.
- Amy Forsyth as Gwen Strickland, Coach Strickland's daughter and member of Stanton drama club, who has problems at home due to her father's affair; she is usually cast in the lead female roles, but is cast as supporting character Ilse.
- Rarmian Newton as Maashous Evers, the homeless student who is lighting designer for the drama club.
- Casey Johnson as Gordy Mazzuchelli, Lou's son, who is having problems with alcohol.
- Taylor Richardson as Kaitlin Mazzuchelli, Lou's daughter.
Recurring
- Ellie Desautels as Michael Hallowell, a transgender student who is currently transitioning from female to male, previously a member of Stanton's choir and now a new member of Stanton's drama club, cast in the role of Moritz.
- Shannon Purser as Annabelle Bowman, a member of Stanton's drama club.
- Stephanie J. Block as Patricia Saunders, Simon's mother.
- Mark Tallman as Detrell Thorne, Robbie's father.
- Diallo Riddle as Andy Kranepool.
- Sean Grandillo as Jeremy Travers, a new member of Stanton's drama club, cast in the role of Ernst. He is also Simon's partner in the drama play.
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Episodes
Reception
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 60% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 6.04/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 59 out of 100 based on 27 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."
Ratings
References
External links
- Official website
- Rise on IMDb
Source of article : Wikipedia
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