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On Thanksgiving, NBC debuted the trailer for the hour-long series based on Harry S. Truman High School’s drama program.
The minute-long trailer for “Rise” was released ahead on the series launch on Tuesday, March 13.
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NBC describes the drama series as a “heartening new drama about finding inspiration in unexpected places. When dedicated teacher and family man Lou Mazzuchelli (Josh Radnor) sheds his own self-doubt and takes over the school’s lackluster theater department, he galvanizes not only the faculty and students but the entire working-class town.”
The network has thrown its support behind the drama series based on Levittown-raised Michael Sokolove’s New York Times best-selling 2013 book “Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater.” NBC has set the series to air during time slot currently occupied by hit drama “This Is Us.”
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The New York-filmed series will not take place in Levittown, but a community based on Lower Bucks County. It will focus on a character based off now-retired Truman teacher Lou Volpe and follow a group of student similar to those who took part in his nationally-recognized theater program.
