EDUCATION

Desert Canyon students take theater to the next level

Desert Canyon Middle School theater students performed “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” last year.

(Courtesy Desert Canyon Middle School)

Desert Canyon Middle School used to have a full and thriving theater program for years, but it started to wither when its beloved theater teacher Kelly O’Rourke passed.

A few people tried to step in and take over, but never really got the program up to what it once was.

“In a lot of ways, it was just shoes that were too big to fill,” Desert Canyon Principal Kristina Ambri said.

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