Spring shows hitting local school stages
At Farragut High School, the Admirals Performing Arts Company and the FHS Advanced Acting class will present “The Outsiders” at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, May 7-8. Tickets will be $5 at the door, and the shows will be held in Vickie B. Wells Auditorium at FHS, 11237 Kingston Pike. A play based off the novel by S.E. Hinton, “The Outsiders” follows protagonist Ponyboy Curtis as he navigates the social scene of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1965. In a city divided among the higher-up “Socs” and scrappy “Greasers,” Ponyboy, his band of friends and the Socs learn their lives aren’t so different from one another.
Bearden High School Theatre will be presenting “Jane Eyre,” which will be “a stage adaptation originally devised in 2005 by director Katie Alley, featuring an original score,” according to the school’s theatre website. The show will run from Thursday through Sunday, April 24-26, with the Thursday and Friday shows set to begin at 7 p.m. each night at BHS, 8352 Kingston Pike. That Saturday will feature two shows, one at 2:30 and another at 7 p.m., and there will be a final show Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 and can be purchased at BeardenTheatre.com. Advance purchase is recommended due to limited onstage seating.
Hardin Valley Academy will host “The SpongeBob Musical,” based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg and the book by Kyle Jarrow. In the production, audience members will get a closer look at SpongeBob, Patrick and all the happenings in Bikini Bottom. The play will run Friday through Sunday, April 24-26, with shows at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets will cost $5 each for children 12 and under and $10 for adults, and they are available through the HVA Theatre Arts Instagram page.
