BACK IN 2016, IF YOU WERE lucky enough to catch the world premiere of The SpongeBob Musical downtown, you were treated to an oceanful of Tony-winning stagecraft—including the titular hero scaling a menacing volcano, represented by an enormous arrangement of interlaced ladders. Achieving that effect presents quite a challenge for a storefront theater like Kokandy Productions, which staged a small-scale version this summer.
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