Brownwood High School (BHS) Theatre Department is premiering Disney’s Mary Poppins this upcoming Friday, December 10, at the BHS Dorothy McIntosh Fine Arts Center Auditorium.

The production will showcase the work of Lilly Lee, a senior national qualifier in Costume Construction. Lilly works under pressure to design and coordinate the costumes that are pivotal to the show’s production.

“I didn’t have a whole lot of time to get things rolling, so I took a wedding dress, recycled it, and made it look right for the time period,” stated Lee.

Lilly Lee is one example of the many students honing incredible new skills in this department under the leadership of BHS Theatre teachers Shannon Lee and Brittany Martin.

Shannon Lee described the process of putting a production together by using the metaphor of raising a child.

“Two weeks out, the play reaches a ‘teenager phase’ where you sometimes have to discipline it, and sometimes you have to show it grace. You have to keep loving it and pushing through, and it will grow up into an ‘adult.’ Now, this play is starting to show us glimpses of maturity and real beauty,” said Lee.

Lee is excited to see her students on stage and watch them experience rare opportunities like flying over the stage.

“It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our kids as actors to get to experience that because such a small portion of actors ever get to actually fly. There’s only a handful of shows that even require it, so that’s really cool,” stated Lee.

BHS theatre students are eager to show off their hard work to their peers and the Brownwood community at large. BHS Theatre’s production of Mary Poppins hits the stage this Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. with additional performances slated for Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at: https://bhs-lion-varsity-players.ticketleap.com/disneys-mary-poppins.

[Story by Jordan Favors]