

Soon enough, though, his genteel manners and his hymn singing impress the ladies, including Katrina Van Tassel, the town belle. When Ichabod finally arrives, his priggish correctness casts a pall over the gossipy, prank-playing townsfolk. $8.00 Festival Seating at the Lee Theatre of Pennington Gap.Įarly on a September morning the villagers of Sleepy Hollow await their new schoolmaster. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama was featured in the movie "Big Stone Gap,' based on the novel of the same name by Adriana Trigiani.Ĭheck out this play from our friends in Lee County.ĭON'T MISS "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" performed by the Lee Players on Thursday, October 3 and Saturday, October 5. What results is a drastic change to the way of life for the mountain people spured by the great coal boom, and the life change for a little mountain girl through education and exposure to the world outside of her beloved mountains. The story depicts the effect that the discovery of coal had on the people of this beautiful mountain region of Appalachia, and the musical drama tells the love story of a vocally talented mountain girl, June Tolliver, and a handsome mining engineer from the East, Jack Hale.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is an exciting, entertaining, and accurate account of the novel made famous world wide in the early 1900's by the noted local author John Fox, Jr. It is also the longest continually running outdoor drama in the state, and 3rd longest running in the nation. Į Drama is named the Official Outdoor Drama of the Commonwealth of Virginia. To Start YOUR journey with the Northeast State Community College Theatre Department - E-mail us. I have not only developed confidence that will serve me for a lifetime, but also have discovered my passion for acting at Northeast State." Northeast State was where I really got serious about the technique of acting and was able to explore the concepts of bringing a story to life to serve the audience.

"No exaggeration - participating in the theatre program at Northeast State was the best decision of my higher education career. She is a Northeast State Theatre alumnus, having appeared in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest as “Nurse Ratched” and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe as “The White Witch.” She graduated from East Tennessee State University in May 2019 with a minor in Theatre and performed in the 53rd season of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama in Big Stone Gap alongside Paul Wilson and Erika Coleman. Meredith recently voiced the character of Zora Barbu in the Northeast State Audio Production of Dracula. November Alumni Spotlight - Meredith Muse
