Parks And Recreation stars including Amy Poehler and Chris Pratt are reuniting for a scripted reunion special.
The new project will feature Amy’s lead character Leslie Knope, a small town bureaucrat, tries to keep in touch with her loved ones amid the pandemic.
Airing April 30, the reunion episode is a fundraiser for the Feeding America COVID-19 Relief Fund, according to Variety.
PIncoming: Parks And Recreation stars including Amy Poehler (pictured in character as Leslie Knope) are reuniting for a scripted reunion special
Nick Offerman will be reprising his role as the grumpy Ron Swanson amid a slew of series regulars who are returning for the special.
Rashida Jones, Aubrey Plaza, Aziz Ansari, Retta, Adam Scott, Jim O’Heir and Rob Lowe are all joining them in the project.
Some of the show’s sprawling variety of guest stars will also be making a return appearance, but specific names have not been announced.
Kristen Bell, Jon Hamm, Andy Samberg, Patricia Clarkson, J.K. Simmons, Bill Murray, Heidi Klum and Paul Rudd have all featured on the program.
All together: (from left) Adam Scott, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Rob Lowe, Retta, Aziz Ansari, Jim O’Heir and Rashida Jones will all join her
Ensemble piece: Airing April 30, the reunion episode is a fundraiser for the Feeding America COVID-19 Relief Fund, according to Variety
Iconic: Parks And Recreation ran for seven seasons on NBC from 2009 to 2015, earning Amy six Emmy nominations as lead actress
Former First Lady Michelle Obama put in an appearance as herself, as did then-Vice President and current presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Michael Shur, who co-created the original sitcom with Greg Daniels, is in charge of the new charity special.
‘Like a lot of other people, we were looking for ways to help and felt that bringing these characters back for a night could raise some money,’ he told Variety.
‘I sent a hopeful email to the cast and they all got back to me within 45 minutes. Our old Parks and Rec team has put together one more 30-minute slice of (quarantined) Pawnee life and we hope everyone enjoys it. And donates!’
Iconic: Nick Offerman will be reprising his role as the grumpy Ron Swanson amid a slew of series regulars who are returning for the special
Full of affection: The new project will feature Amy’s lead character Leslie Knope, a small town bureaucrat, tries to keep in touch with her loved ones amid the pandemic
Parks And Recreation ran for seven seasons on NBC from 2009 to 2015, earning Amy six Emmy nominations as lead actress.
The same network was behind Friends, whose unscripted reunion special for HBO Max has been delayed indefinitely because of the pandemic.
HBO Max is scheduled to launch on May 27, and the original plan was that when it did so the reunion and all the old Friends episodes would be on it.
Getting the band back together: Michael Shur, who co-created the original sitcom with Greg Daniels, is in charge of the new charity special
Friends star Courteney Cox dished about the upcoming reunion special with Kevin Nealon in February on his YouTube interview series Hiking With Kevin.
She shared that although the cast still socialize privately, now ‘we’re all gonna get together for the first time in a room and actually talk about the show.’
The leggy brunette gushed that ‘I’m so excited to – we’re gonna have the best time. It’s gonna be great. But we really haven’t all done that and actually sat there and talked about and reminisced about this incredible experience that we had.’
Hunk: Chris Pratt is pictured in the role of Andy, which made him a big name before his days of movie stardom in the Jurassic World franchise and Marvel Cinematic Universe
There she is: Aubrey Plaza also became a star on the show playing April Ludgate