History

In September of 1996 the Parks and Recreation Department established The “Star Bright Players” Children’s Theatre group. The “Star Bright Players” consists of three components:  large scale musical productions, presenting outside theatre companies, workshops and classes. 

Twice a year the Star Bright Players hold open auditions for children in the Williamson County community between the ages of 12 and high school seniors for the musical productions. We have had casts as small as 40 and as large as 132. These large scale musicals call for auditions to be held, the cast to be announced, 8-10 weeks of rehearsals and culminates with 4-5 performances. And in order to produce such an extravaganza, the Parks and Recreation Department is fortunate enough to have an outstanding team behind the scenes and committed parent volunteers.

The “Star Bright Players” theatre program received the Four Star Award from the Tennessee Recreation and Parks Association in 1997 and again in 2007. This award is given to the most outstanding Arts and Humanities Program in the state of Tennessee.  The Star Bright Players also won a GNRC (Greater Nashville Regional Council) Award for Best Parks and Recreation Program in the mid-state region in 2007. WCPR received the Sizzle Award for Best Youth Arts Program in Williamson County in 2019, 2022 and 2023. Also in 2022 and 2023, we were awarded "Most Loved Creative Arts Classes" by Macaroni Kid.  

Star Bright Productions to Date:
“You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Cinderella,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Peter Pan,” “Oklahoma,” “Oliver,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Grease,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Magic Nights,” “Annie,” “Wizard of Oz,” “Meet Me in St. Louis," "Once Upon A Mattress", "Snoopy", "Oklahoma", "Beauty and the Beast", “Annie Get Your Gun”, “The Music Man”, “Peter Pan”, “The Boyfriend”, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” “My Fair Lady”, "Seussical", "The King & I", "Anything Goes", "Aladdin, Jr.", "Irving Berlin's 'White Christmas'" ,"Disney's 'The Little Mermaid, Jr.'", "Bye Bye Birdie", "Shrek: The Musical" , "A Christmas Story: The Musical", "The Sound of Music" , "Mary Poppins", "The Wizard of Oz", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "The Addams Family", "The Boy Friend", "Peter Pan", "The Music Man", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Elf The Musical", "Matilda the Musical", "Rodgers+Hammerstein's Cinderella", "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and "Shrek the Musical," and "School of Rock."