Brian, a senior at Bellarmine College Preparatory and a member of Boy Scout Troop No. 286, was made an Eagle Scout at a Jan. 30 ceremony. For his project, he created a database to catalog the 100,000-plus costumes in CMT's inventory.

His siblings will be donning some of these costumes for upcoming CMT shows: Brian's sister is cast in The Boyfriend, which opens Feb. 24, and his brother is appearing in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, opening March 4. But the Eagle Scout says he's more interested in computer programming than a life in the theater.

"I don't sing very well, but I enjoy working with the database," he says. "My top [college choices] are science and technology schools. I'm looking into a math and computer science degree."

Brian says theater staff was quite appreciative of his efforts to organize 37 years worth of costumes.

"Kathy Abby, a friend of the family, was in charge of redoing the set shop," which also houses the costume shop, he adds. "She was very happy to have me help. She was overwhelmed by the magnitude of the entire project."

With some help from his family, Brian attached bar codes to each garment with information about the style of each item. Once all these codes are scanned into the database, theater staff will also be able to track garments by color and size.

"We've started it, but there's still a lot to be done," Brian says of the scanning. "All the costumes have been used more than once, so there was no need to add the show [data]."

Among his peers, Brian says, his Eagle Scout project is unique.

"Most people I know who have gotten the Eagle badge have built a fence or a bench," he adds. "I'm not the best [carpenter] in the world, but this [database] was right up my alley."

Carpentry aside, Brian says he appreciates the skills he's learned in scouting. On his way to the rank of Eagle, he earned 28 merit badges and completed four 50-mile backpacking trips.

"I like doing the outdoor things," he says. "Outside of Scouting, I tend to be very introverted. I like working with computers a lot."

Brian says scouting has helped him grow as a person.

"It's given me leadership skills and a moral base in this world," he adds.