Inspired by true events, Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the backdrop of the Asheville/Madison County Blue Ridge Mountains in the 1920s and ’40s.
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s bluegrass musical is full of toe-tapping songs, as well as a moving story. This will be the WNC Premiere and the NC Professional Theatre Premiere.
Starring: Chelsey Lee Mirheli (Alice Murphy), Jason Watson (Jimmy Ray Dobbs), Kathleen Watson (Lucy), Liz Aiello (Mama Murphy), Natalie Brouwer Wilson (Margo), Maximilian Koger (Billy), Timothy Wilds (Mayor Dobbs), John Hall (Daddy Murphy), Tony Earnest Medlin (Sanford), Mario Pando-Harmon (Daryl), Doug Hauschild (Dr. Norquist), and Lyn Nihart (Daddy Cane).
Show Times: May 30 through June 16, 2019.
Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, 44 College St, Mars Hill, NC 28754.
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