By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

After months of practice, Hays High School’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” debuts this week.

Opening night for the Hays High’s School musical production is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at 12th Street Auditorium. Students have been preparing nearly every night for two months.

Hays Highs senior Ashley Cossart is part of the cast and has participated in three previous Hays High productions. She said HHS productions are unique.

“It is like working with a family,” Cossart said, “and what I think makes it different than other productions … for a high school production … is that we have great directors and great dance choreographers, and everything just works well together.”

Cossart summed up the premise of the musical as a biblical story “about a man named Joseph who owns a coat that predicts dreams and how Joseph’s 12 brothers do not like him … it is the whole story of when they reunite.”

Opening night is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, with 7:30 p.m. performances Friday and Saturday and a 2 :30 p.m. showing Sunday.

Stop by 12th Street Auditorium, 323 W. 12th, after 4 p.m  to buy tickets or call (785) 623-2400. Tickets — $8 in advance or $10 at the door — can be reserved by contacting Hays High School, 2300 E. 13th, at (785) 623-2600.