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                              Lexington Stage Company
                                                                                 Lexington, Kentucky
Michael Grice,                                                                                                                                                                                Nathan Hohman,
producing director                                                                                                                                                                                                                               executive director

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Set in the 1930s, this musical tale introduces the singing Sanders family, who perform their traditional and bluegrass gospel songs for the members of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, NC. Pastor Oglethorpe welcomes the family to the church, where their individual stories and beliefs are shared during the concert. The audience serves as the members of the congregation.

The score of Smoke on the Mountain consists of almost thirty gospel tunes, all of which could have been performed at the time by such a group. There is a pleasant mixture of energetic rousing numbers, plaintive hymns, and soulful praise songs.

Smoke on the Mountain was originally produced in 1988 by the McCarter Theatre Company in Princeton and subsequently opened in New York City in 1989, produced by the Lamb’s Theatre Company.