The week of April 19 through 23, the Buford High School theatre program performed the musical “Bright Star.” The show had three live performances, running Sunday through Tuesday. This show was the full length version of the show that won the State One Act championship earlier this year. “Bright Star” was a hit with audiences at BHS, and it was very exciting for a return to normalcy with live performances.
The award-winning cast also featured excellent performances from Luke Riza, Monroe Harless, Grace Johnson, Mauricio Garduno-Rea and Sydney Holton. Audiences were particularly moved by the showings of Kennedi Nichols, Dylan Appling, Jack Hall and Ashton Persall. The show was brought together by an ensemble of Morgan Shaginaw, Mariana Borja, Ava Herrington, Nick Buffo, Olivia Ellison and Jordan Davis, as well as Piper Hill, Emily DiMaggio, Lizzie Patchen, Morgan Sullivan, Maddie Allison and Marina Espy.
Audiences were very impressed with the show, and they were also excited to be able to watch a live performance by the BHS theatre program. Many of the audience members were teachers and BHS staff showing support for their students. AP literature teacher Bethany Phillips had high praise for her students.
“It was great to see a bunch of my AP students in a different environment and to see their talents on display,” she said.
The cast was just as excited as the audiences to get the opportunity to perform live for the Buford community. Senior Kennedi Nichols was thankful for the audiences.
“It was just very exciting to get an opportunity to perform live theatre again.” Nichols said. “It really means a lot.”
The BHS theatre program has had a very successful year amid all the challenges of the pandemic, and we would like to congratulate them on an excellent performing season.
