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4 unusual facts about Smoke on the Mountain


Smoke on the Mountain

The setting is in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina Baptist church in 1938 and it revolves around the Sanders family.

It was originally workshopped at the McCarter Theatre in 1988, given a full staging at the McCarter in 1990, and was subsequently moved by the McCarter to Lamb's Theatre in New York City, New York in 1990 and had 475 performances.

Book by Connie Ray, conceived and directed by Alan Bailey, sets by Peter Harrison, lighting by Mary Jo Dondlinger, costumes by Pamela Scofield, musical direction by John Foley, musical arrangements by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick, production stage manager was Erika Feldman, and technical supervision by Joseph L. Robinson.

William Carey University

The department has also twice taken faculty and students to Nairobi, Kenya, to produce the musical Smoke on the Mountain.


Dallas Wayne

Dallas' acting credits include the national touring company of Harry Chapin's Cotton Patch Gospel; "Stanley Sanders" in critically acclaimed musical Smoke on the Mountain; "Eddie" with original Broadway cast of Pump Boys and Dinettes; and a movie narration in the award-winning satirical documentary The Joy Boys Story.

Stephen W. Wood

Acting/theater/performing experience includes an 'extra' in the George Clooney movie, Leatherheads (May 2007); the role of Burl Sanders in the gospel music comedy, Smoke on the Mountain, produced by the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, (September 2007); an 'extra' in stock car racing film, Red Dirt Rising (November 2007); role of Ralph Levering in This Tender Place, Cherry Orchard Theater, Cana, VA, (August 2008);


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