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The fictional Southern small town of Bypass, and the characters who inhabit it, come to life as Central Carolina Community College theater production students and community members perform ‘Kudzu, A Southern Musical” at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro. Based on the beloved “’Kudzu’ cartoon strip created by cartoonist Doug Marlette, the musical fills the stage with the ups-and-downs of small Southern town life in a tuneful, happy show that has delighted audiences worldwide. Among the cast members are (from left) Mike Broadley, as the town’s evil leading citizen, Bubba Tadsworth; Susie Whorley, who plays the Rev. Will B. Dunn; and Layton Sheppard, as the teenage aspiring writer Kudzu Dubose. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 24-25, and Friday, May 1; 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2; and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26 and May 3. Tickets are $12 at Central Carolina Community College’s Chatham County Campus, 764 West St., Pittsboro, (919) 542-6495, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.