Purdy High School musical "Back to the 80s"

The cast of "Back to the 80's: The Totally Awesome Musical," presented at Purdy High School, is shown above. In the front row, from left, are: Kim Easton (Kat Hughes); Tina (Kaylynn Harkey); Mel Easton (Ashley Lowery); and Feargal McFerrin (Lucas White). Second row: Laura Wilde (Katherine Wise); Debbie Fox (Alissa Graham); Whitney (Esmeralda Perez); Brooke (Ashton Young); Cyndi Gibson (Jayse Henderson); Tiffany Houston (Kaitlyn Carpenter); Corey Palmer, Jr. (Tyler Jones); Kirk Keaton (Brayden Jones); Alf Bueller (Kaden Propps); and John (Heath Burnside). Third row: Gloria (Randi Harkins); Molly (Kaitlin Brigman); Joni Dee (Deana Burch); Michael Feldman (Phillip Roller); Lionel Astley (Austin Hancock); Billy Arnold (Russell Gonzalez); and Huey Jackson (James Schad). (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

"Back to the '80's" at Prudy High School offered nostalgia for high school memories. Corey Palmer, Sr., played by Devan Keeler, remembered Prom Night, as shown by Kaitlyn Carpenter and Tyler Jones as Tiffany Houston and Corey Palmer, Jr. (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

"New Girl" Eileen Reagan, played by Dana Cunningham, at left, and Nerds Debbie Fox (Alissa Graham) and Laura Wilde (Katherine Wise) learned the fine art of girl talk in "Back to the 80's," with Mr. Cocker, played by Tanner Marshall, at rear. (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

Lucas White embodied a 1980s icon, "The Ultimate Nerd" Feargal McFerrin, in the Purdy High School produciton of "Back to the 80's." (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

In "Back to the 80s: the Totally Awesome Musical," even the high school teachers were both cool and hot. Pictured above, Mr. Cocker and Ms. Brannigan, portrayed by Tanner Marshall) Bailey Spears, wasted no words in their conversation. (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

Eileen, played by Dana Cunningham, is cheered from her teenage blues in the Purdy High School production of "Back to the 80's" by pals, from left, Alf Bueller, Corey Palmer, Jr. and Kirk Keaton, played by Kaden Propps, Tyler Jones and Brayden Jones. (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

"Mr. Popular" Michael Feldman, played by Phillip Roller in the Purdy High School production of "Back to the 80's," struts his stuff as cheerleaders Cyndi Gibson and Tiffany Houston, played by Jayse Hendersonand Kaitlyn Carpenter, look on adoringly. (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

The cast recreated Madonna's "Material Girl" video for "Back to the 80's." Pictured, from left, are: "Material Girl" Cyndi Gibson (Jayse Henderson), held up by Lionel Astley (Austin Hancock, left); John (Heath Burnside, middle) and Michael Feldman (Phillip Roller, right). (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

In musicals, even the lowly nerd can find a way to stand tall. In this "Revenge of the Nerd" scene from "Back to the 80's," Feargal McFerrin, played by Lucas White, delivers a crushing blow to Michael Feldman, played by Phillip Roller. (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)

The full cast of "Back to the 80's: the Totally Awesome Musical" at Purdy High School got down for prom night. Pictured in the front row, from left, are: Kat Hughes, Kaylynn Harkey, Ashley Lowery, Dana Cunningham and Lucas White. Second row: Katherine Wise, Alissa Graham, Esmeralda Perez, Ashton Young, Jayse Henderson, Kaitlyn Carpenter, Tyler Jones, Brayden Jones, Kaden Propps and Heath Burnside. Third row: Randi Harkins, Kaitlin Brigman, Deana Burch, Phillip Roller, Austin Hancock, James Schad and Russell Gonzalez. (Photos by Susan Funkhouser)