Heathen Valley

Set in the 1860’s, the action of the play centers on the desire of the Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina to bring the word of God to a valley so remote and untamed that brothers marry sisters and the mountain people live lives of brutal violence and grinding poverty. The community is transformed by the order and leadership of the church, but old ways die hard, and the struggle to keep the town from destroying itself from within is always looming over head.