It's time to celebrate like it's Friday in Dillon and the Panthers have just clinched a spot in the state championships. The Unauthorized Friday Night Lights Musical (yes, that's the full title) is now a reality. First up in casting news: Scott Porter, who played Jason Street and made you cry for days after the pilot, will be playing the coveted role of Coach Taylor, the man who gets to say the six best words to ever be said on television.

Here's how rehearsals are going so far:

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No word on who else has been hired to star in the musical, so can someone ring up Amy Schumer or someone equally awesome to be the Tami Taylor to Street's Coach?

Deadline reports that the one-night-only musical, produced by the same folks behind the Cruel Intentions and O.C. musicals, will happen in late spring or early summer.

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