The Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht

October 30-November 3 and November 17, 2007

Brecht's play is set within the context of a dispute over land claimed by two communities in the Soviet Union after World War II.  The main action of the play consists of a parable that is performed to celebrate the decision in the dispute.  The parable, set during a feudal insurrection in the 13th century, concerns the struggle of two women over the custody of a child. 

The Maids

by Jean Genet

January 29 - February 2

Two French maids take turns in pretending to be the rich lady of the house, acting out their own vicious charades.

Smoke On the Mountain Homecoming

Written by Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey with musical arrangements by Mike Craver

April 15-20

It's October, 1945, and the gospel-singing Sanders Family is back together again.  The war is over and America's years of prosperity are just beginning.  But there's another kind of rite of passage at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, where Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service.  He's been called to preach in Texas, and he's already bought a ten-gallon hat and is preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. Tomorrow morning, young Dennis Sanders takes over as Mount Pleasant's pastor.  Join the Sanders Family as they send Mervin and June off in style, with hilarious and touching stories and twenty-five toe-tapping Bluegrass Gospel favorites.