Performing arts students use talent to benefit 'It Gets Better,' LGBTQ community
Students in Elon University’s Department of Performing Arts are taking a stand against homophobia and bullying with the third annual It Gets Better benefit concert. It Gets Better is a national project seeking to remind young members of the LGBTQ community that life improves despite the heavy weight bullies put on their shoulders when they’re young. According to this year’s director, senior acting major Emily Guernsey, the show began two years ago with Claire Manship (class of 2013), who was passionate for the cause and drafted Guernsey and junior Rebecca O’Krent to help her make the show happen. Now, Guernsey and O’Krent are in charge and while they are following in Manship’s footsteps, Gruensey said she and O’Krent have led this year’s show in a more intimate direction. “[Manship] created incredible, big, bold and vibrant shows,” Guernsey said.
