Mesa Ridge high school theater performing first full musical production season in over 20 years
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Before this school year, it had been over two decades since students at Mesa Ridge High School had put together a full musical production. After a dedicated effort to revamp their theater department, Mesa Ridge students are now prepping to return to the stage for Mamma Mia this spring.
"Remember why you love it. If you love it, you're going to keep doing it, keep fighting for it. There's always something you can do. There's always something you can do," Senior Melissa Berrio said.
The theater department said the expansion is thanks to fundraising by students and teachers, state grants, extra money allocated by principal Levka Craft and a successful launch of Beauty and the Beast in the Fall bringing in significant ticket sales.
"If you do a good show, the community is going to come, no matter what," theater and show director Charles Goolsby said.
This morning, KRDO13's Bradley Davis met with some of the department's faculty and students about what the return of the program means to them – and they taught him the dance moves to one of their songs!
The students perform for three nights at Mesa Ridge High School from March 6-8. Each show starts at 7 p.m.
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