HERRIMAN, Utah — Making dreams come true one act at a time, a Herriman school is welcoming students back to their community with open arms and an open auditorium after they were forced to move due to flooding.

Students at Providence Hall High School in Herriman were working on a production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

“My grandmother introduced me to Harry Potter and we watched all the movies together, so I really wanted to do this for her,” said Boston Taylor, who plays Harry Potter.

He’s a senior, so this is his last high school show – which was supposed to be last week. But the infrastructure had other plans.

“We had a flooding situation where the water main inside the building broke,” said Nathan Marshall, executive principal at Providence Hall High School.

It was October 27. Since then, the school has been working on renovations to repair water damage, and students are learning remotely. But one part that has been hit pretty hard is their stage and gym.

“The water unfortunately got under the stage and compromised that whole area,” Marshall said.

So the children who had worked so hard could no longer perform.

“It was quite sad to hear that because me and one of the crew had worked really hard on the set the weekend before, and it ended up having to be torn down, and so that was quite heartbreaking “Taylor added.

The show had to be delayed.

Providence Hall contacted the Jordan School District to see if they had another space for them. Fort Herriman Middle School answered that call.

“If we can help, we will,” said Tim Heumann, deputy director of Fort Herriman. “It wasn’t a difficult thing. It’s a different school, we breathe the same air, speak the same language. Even though I don’t necessarily know who they are, I know the kind of people who work in the education and I want to help them And also the students, they work to make their game – why wouldn’t we want to help them to be able to realize and maybe realize a dream?

So now these high school students have a new space to practice and perform.

“I just think it was awesome that something like this could happen,” Taylor said.

Because after all, the show must go on.

“It was sad to see the set go that we worked so hard on, but we’re going to do it again on this stage and I’m very excited,” Taylor said.

The show opens at Fort Herriman Middle School on November 21st and continues through the 23rd.