Basin Community Theatre
It’s not just theatre, it’s culture
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BRIGHT STAR CAST!
Alice Murphy: Amy O'Donnell
Billy Cane: David Andersen
Jimmy Ray Dobbs: Tim O'Donnell
Mayor Josiah Dobbs: Tom Christensen
Margo Crawford: Isabel Sica
Mama Murphy: Sheryl Cassella
Daddy Murphy: Ryan Christensen
Daddy Cane: Ted Mack
Lucy Grant: Shanna Stakkeland
Darryl Ames: Toby Black
Edna: Alice Dale
Stanford Adams: Parrish Stakkeland
Florence: Paige Perkins
(Alice Murphy understudy: Shanna Stakkeland)
Ensemble: Talia Nunnery, Sawyer Roylance, Paige Meredith, Abby Christensen,
Mallorie Johnson, Emma Leavitt, Crystal Zurligen.
DIRECTOR: Toby Black
PRODUCER: Marion Wyman
CO-PRODUCER: Shaila Hardy
CHOREOGRAPHER: Toby Black
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Tim O'Donnell
STAGE MANAGER: Tom Silva
SYNOPSIS
Bright Star is the story of 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, North Carolina, Alice Murphy is hopelessly in love with small town heartthrob Jimmy Ray, the mayor’s son. Although their love was pure, it falls victim to the interference of ambitious parents, 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. Eventually they realize that they share a hometown, and when Alice sees the handmade sweater she knitted for her baby 20 years before in his personal belongings, she realizes that he is the son she lost so long ago. Bright Star opened to generally positive reviews and closed after 139 performances. The cast recording was nominated for the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Photo Credit: Jill Baker