The Atlantic Arts Academy presents the world premiere of Shrek Jr. and Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. at the Borland Theater in Palm Beach Gardens this December.

Shrek Jr. will be presented on December 15 at 8 pm and December 16 at 3 p.m. and Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. will be presented on December 14 at 8 p.m. and December 15 at 3 p.m. Performances are at the Borland Center, located at 4901 PGA Blvd in Palm Beach Gardens.  Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $15 for students and children. Tickets are available by calling the Atlantic Arts Academy box office at (561) 575-4942 or by logging on to www.BrownPaperTickets.com/profile/231351 Atlantic Arts Academy is a pre-professional performing arts academy that trains students of all ages in all aspects of performing arts, including Dance, Theater and Music.  To learn more about Atlantic Arts Academy please log on to www.AtlanticArtsAcademy.com

Shrek Jr. is based on the Oscar^® winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre — not a handsome prince — shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Shrek Jr. is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr., the pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage! The Emmy Award-winning 1970’s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, instructing a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “Do The Circulation,” is lighting up stages everywhere, all around the country. The original Schoolhouse Rock television series was the brainchild of an advertising executive who noticed his son could remember all the words to popular songs on the radio, but could not remember the multiplication tables. He reasoned that if important educational information was coupled with exciting animation and catchy music, children would be able to learn and remember it.  Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr. tells the story of Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such beloved “Schoolhouse Rock” songs as “Just A Bill,” “Interplanet Janet” and “Conjunction Junction.”