High School Musical: On Stage was the first musical the Akins Journey Theater has been able to put on for four years. For a lot of the seniors, this would be the first musical they were able to participate in throughout all of their high school years.
Senior Egan Lutz Carrillo said even though this was his first musical he was able to participating in it was amazing.
“It felt absolutely amazing. I was super sad last year when I finally got to be the lead as Mushnik and then it got canceled,” he said “ But it was so much fun to be able to do a musical for the first time ever and it was my first musical ever as a senior.”
Senior Abby Snider said it was difficult to play a character who was mean because its not in her natural personality.
“It was difficult to be so mean and really turn into Sharpay,” she said. “I was scared of hurting anybody’s feelings so that’s what took the most time.”
