Teacherology

Teacherology is a live show featuring teachers.

Act 1
We begin with Teacher Rafiki and Teacher Alexa declare that the school is in need (Prologue).

On Christmas Eve, Teacher Bowden is performing for her gangster boyfriend Macavity Jackson in the 2021 K12 Online School he owns ("Teach Me A Lesson"). She is overjoyed as she believes her boyfriend is going to introduce her to a record producer on that day, although she soon learns that this is not to be. Jackson tells her he cannot join her for Christmas Day, but gives her a coat, which she discovers belonged to his wife. Hurt and frustrated, Mrs. Bowden sings to her backup singers, Teacher Michelle and Teacher Simba, about her dreams of stardom and fame ("Fabulous, Baby!"). She decides to break up with Jackson to fulfill her dreams on her own, but gets to him just in time to see him and his crew shoot Ernie, who they believe has "squealed" about them to the cops.

Horrified, Teacher Bowden runs to a police station and tells the desk chief, Eddie, about what happened. Eddie decides that she needs to go into the witness protection program and sends her to the place he believes Jackson will never find her - a school! When she arrives, Teacher Bowden is horrified to learn from the 2 teachers Rafiki and Alexa that contact with the outside world is limited, and that the two teachers cannot smoke, The two can drink, and wear any of their own clothing.

Teacher Bowden, introduced as "Teacher Rihanna," joins the 10 female teachers (Teacher Hawkes, Teacher Facterman, Teacher Freed, Teacher Deel, Teacher Cook, Teacher Naylor, Teacher Mullins, Teacher Ames, Teacher Popko, and Teacher Carter) for dinner and discovers just how much is limited when she is a friend. Deloris asks them about what they are missing, and Teacher Rafiki and Teacher Alexa make her go on a fast.

Back in the zoo, Jackson is frustrated that he cannot find her anywhere. He tells his "crew," Joey, TJ, and Pablo, how he will not stop until he finds and kills her. Teacher Bowden, hungry from the fast, leaves the school and goes to a zoo (like Joey, Pablo, and TJ went to see the seals and sea lions and peacocks.) When Joey, TJ, and Pablo are eating near the sea lion exhibit, she is followed by Teacher Kiara, Teacher Serena, Teacher Kaban, and Teacher Iago who realize what life is like outside the school. Joey almost recognizes her when he gives her money to the lion, the giraffe, the zebra, and the owl HARD! When a bird trainer appears with a scarlet macaw, Joey, TJ, and Pablo try to stop her and get into a fight, giving the five teachers a chance to escape.

At the school, Eddie confronts Rihanna, telling her that she needs to be more careful, and Teacher Rafiki and Teacher Alexa informs her that she join the choir the following day. Rihanna storms off, and Eddie, now alone with only the drunks and homeless on the zoo, sings of his desire to be cool, to let go, and impresses her.

The following morning Rihanna attends the choir practice and, upon realizing how bad they are, offers to help them. She replaces Teacher Zazu (aka Squawky), a loud and crankier female teacher with her Zazu puppet, as their leader, and teaches the female teachers how to sing in key and in time ("Raise Your Voice"). That Friday, the choir perform an up-tempo hymn ("Take Me to Heaven (Reprise)") which brings in more people and more donations but leaves Teacher Rafiki and Teacher Alexa really wild.