TAMPA, Fla. — A musical that's playing right now in Tampa is a spin-off from one of the most binge-worthy shows of the last decade, and it features a Bay area girl with some powerful chords.

What You Need To Know

  •  Caroline Huerta, born and raised in Tampa, is performing in the musical, "Stranger Sings!" at the Straz Center

  •  The musical is a parody of the Netflix show, “Stranger Things," a spooky thriller set in the 80s

  • "Stranger Sings!" plays at the Straz Center through April 21 

"I love Tampa," said Caroline Huerta. “Tampa is amazing. I was born and raised off Westshore, went to school at Berkeley Prep. I’m a lifer.” 

Huerta spent much of her youth in Tampa going to see shows on the stage of the Straz Center. And now in her adult life, she's performing on that very same stage. 

You can hear her voice in "Stranger Sings!" — a musical playing at the Straz with its roots on Netflix.

It’s the musical parody of the Netflix show, “Stranger Things," a spooky thriller set in the 80s where a group of kids battle villains from the eerie "Upside Down."

"It’s a lot of fun, a spooky comedy," Huerta said. "It’s not so much scary as it is in the Netflix series, so we turn it on its head and make it a lot of fun."

And can you imagine how much fun Huerta is having living out her performer dreams in the city that raised her?

"Ever since I was little, I think it was something I always wanted to do in my heart," she said.

"Stranger Sings!" plays at the Straz Center through April 21. Tickets start at $37. And Huerta said one piece of feedback they've been getting: you don't have to be a fan of the Netflix show to enjoy the musical.