Brr, it's cold in here: Summer Stock Austin stages 'Bring It On' at UT

What better way to bring on a summer smile than a series of staged cheerleading contests?

Summer Stock Austin, which usually produces three hot-weather musicals each year with a mixture of students of veterans, is focusing this time on one big show, the cheer musical "Bring It On: The Musical."

It will play July 15-Aug. 1 the McCullough Theatre at the University of Texas. 

"Bring It On" began as a movie in 2000 starring a young Kirsten Dunst. That surprise hit spawned four sequels between 2006 and 2017.

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Not only did they spotlight the world of cheer contests, they prepared audiences for the intense 2020 Netflix documentary series, "Cheer," about a winning team up the road at Navarro College in Corsicana.

The fictional movies inspired a musical that debuted at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in 2011, then went out on a short national tour, before playing Broadway for a limited run in 2012.

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Here in Austin, Hannah Roberts and McKenlee Wilson lead the large cast. 

Summer Stock Austin, which is teaming up with Texas Performing Arts for this show, emphasizes that Lin-Manual Miranda was part of a team that wrote music and lyrics for the show. "Bring It On" came between the Broadway debut of "In the Heights" (2008) and "Hamilton" (2015), his best-known shows.

"Bitingly relevant, sprinkled with sass, and inspired by the hit film," director Ginger Morris says in news release, "'Bring It On: The Musical' takes audiences on a high-flying journey that is filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness."

"Bring It On: The Musical"

July 15-Aug. 1, McCullough Theatre, University of Texas campus, $35-$45, texasperformingarts.org.