As the smallish cast runs through a song titled “Uh-Oh,” music director Sue Timpe asks the actors to pick up the tempo of their “uh-oh’s,” “ouches,” “ho-hums” and, during a spoken-word section of the number, at least one “thhpptt.”

For the Bothell-based Attic Theatre Company, rehearsals at Woodinville’s Alliance Church are nothing unusual. Neither is a fall musical, which Attic tries to mount every year.

But the plan is to stage this season’s production — “All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” — at the Northshore Senior Center, a plan which Attic’s Roger Wilson states is a bit atypical.

Wilson is a member of the cast of “Kindergarten,” but also chairman of the semi-professional Attic Theatre’s board of directors.

“We thought it would be worthwhile to do a test run kind of a thing,” Wilson said of the production at Northshore, which is also a fund-raiser for the senior center.

“This is a pilot,” agreed Northshore Center Director Gary Kingsbury, who largely seems to have launched the idea of bringing professional theater to the center’s stage. In a way, no one should be surprised.

Before coming to Northshore, Kingsbury was director of Seattle’s Taproot Theatre. Attic’s artistic director Jane Reinhardt just happens to be a member of the Taproot board of directors. Kingsbury said he knew the Attic group had interest in mounting some type of production in the Bothell area. In the end, things just sort of came together.

With cuts from various funding sources almost becoming the norm, Kingsbury said finding new revenue streams for the center became a major goal of his when he arrived at Northshore.

“We wanted to leverage the facilities we have,” he said, adding a hope professional theater might bring some new visitors to the center. He admitted plays likely aren’t going to be a major source of funding for the senior center. But Kingsbury added that if a play helps close a budgetary gap for a program or two, he would be more than happy. Attic’s Wilson likely would be, as well.

According to Wilson, Attic is also a certified nonprofit and its previous fund-raising efforts were mostly aimed at supporting the theater troupe. He said this is the organization’s first joint venture.

However, in the past, Attic has taken a production of C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters” on tour to various area churches. So while the troupe generally uses larger venues, Wilson said staging a play in the Northshore auditorium never seemed out of the question.

“We’re pretty comfortable with the venue,” he added.

As for the choice of the “Kindergarten” play, the production seems to fit with Attic’s motto, “Building Community Through a Positive Message.”

According to cast member Mark Ramquist, Attic’s current musical is all about what might happen if adults actually applied all they learned in kindergarten: saying, “Thank you;” not hitting anyone; cleaning up your own messes; and, saying you’re sorry. Possibly, most importantly, the play also looks at acting with the spontaneity of a child.

The play is based on the best-selling book of the same name and is told in a series of vignettes that sometimes follow characters from, of course, kindergarten through adulthood. Those vignettes carry titles such as “Stuff in the Sink,” “Fathers and Sons,” “Larry Walters Flies” and, in the end, “Are There Any Questions?”

“Something about it, something about the message, really seems to resonate with people,” Ramquist said.

The nine or 10 members of the Attic “Kindergarten” cast play multiple roles, which apparently is the norm for productions of the play. For example, Ramquist said he plays a deaf boy and an old man. Wilson plays a teenage boy who interacts with a character played by his actual teenage daughter.

“She didn’t know me when I really was a teenager, so that’s different,” Wilson said.

• “All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” runs Sept. 17-Oct. 2 at the Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell.

Shows are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Saturdays.

Tickets are available in-person at the senior center through Oct. 1: 12:30-4 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday; Noon to 2 p.m. Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, as well as at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance.

You also may call the Attic Theatre at (206) 450-1155 or go to Brown Paper Tickets.