Bright Star Shines At The Center For The Arts Kayenta
Bright Star is based on a true historical event. The story follows one woman at two different points in her life: the first, when she is a wild young thing growing up barefoot and carefree in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina; the second, when she is a well-to-do magazine editor in Asheville, 22 years later.
Her story is inevitably woven with that of an idealistic young man named Billy, with whom she shares a mysterious connection. As a young teen in Zebulon, NC, Alice Murphy (Rachel Cox) is hopelessly in love with small-town heartthrob Jimmy Ray (Aaron Meadows), the mayor’s son. Although their love was pure, it falls victim to the interference of ambitious parents (Dean Jones, Carolyn Murset, Paul Nickels & Dave Markel), and their infant son is whisked away before their happy ending could ever begin.
More than two decades later, Alice is the successful editor of The Asheville Southern Journal and meets a promising young writer named Billy (Aaron Naylor). Eventually, they realize that they share a hometown, and when Alice sees the handmade sweater, she knitted for her baby twenty years before in his personal belongings, she realizes that he is the son she lost so long ago. Their happiness is compounded at the end of the story with a Shakespeare-Esque double wedding between Margo (Angie Naylor) and Billy as well as Alice and Jimmy Ray.
The beautiful score is filled with Bluegrass underpinnings and accentuated by the onstage live, small-town country musicians, all adding ambiance to a fun new Musical with a deeply meaningful story! The cast recording was nominated for the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Come see Bright Star at the Center For the Arts at Kayenta. February 25 – March 6 ($35 adults/$10 students and children)
Spring Season Theater and Concert Series Tickets are also available. A 50% savings off all Shows and Concerts! Call 435-674-2787 or visit: www.KayentaArts.com for more information.
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You really ought to put a major Spoiler Alert at the beginning of this article. Major plot points are given away that are not meant to be evident until the end of the show.