JOY & The Shooting Stars
Discovering how a shift in perspective
can change everything.
Your support for Shooting Star Schools transforms this musical into a living classroom—helping kids build the lifelong skills of emotional regulation, healthy decision-making, and true resilience. In their final showcase performance, audiences are invited into this magical world as “Little Stars” themselves. Through this interactive experience, these teachings reach an even broader community of kids and adults, who witness the incredible work of a young cast bringing these lessons to life.
Cowgirl Star
Joy
Gremlin
Blue Star & Mother Sky
Rainbow Star
Bunny
Mother Sky greets Joy in the sky
Father Tree (a makeshift costume!)
Meeting Father Tree
Looking at the world through Wise Owl eyes
Looking through Gremlin's fear glasses
Joy & Lucky Star helping each other
Wise Owl delivering its Wisdom
Wise Owl Wisdom underway
Our Gremlins need a lot of love
Joy chooses to love ALL parts of herself
Bring it on, Cowgirl!
SHINE!!!!!
Put your hands together for The Shooting Stars!
JOY & The Shooting Stars, an original educational musical written by Molly Williams, had its first showcase in July 2024 in Marblehead, Massachusetts—brought to life by a small cast of the original Shooting Stars, just six weeks after the first draft of the abbreviated script was finished. The proof of concept? It succeeded with flying colors.