In deep hilled Appalachia a man returns to the mountains to tell old relatives he's inherited the land. When he encounters a woman at a Sorghum mill he gets a lesson in remembering your history.
In deep hilled Appalachia a man returns to the mountains to tell old relatives he's inherited the land. When he encounters a woman at a Sorghum mill he gets a lesson in remembering your history.
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Mariah Plante:
Sorghum
by Joshua Young
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A beautiful piece of writing about a place I know well. Would love to see this on stage.
A beautiful piece of writing about a place I know well. Would love to see this on stage.
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Joe Carlson:
Sorghum
by Joshua Young
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Earth mound, rock, putrefying horse carcass upon which birds and flies seek to feast - a horrific setting replete with omens. A woman labors to make sorghum; a man to execute a will. Both hiding and seeking truth. But as the woman took the place of the horse, the man takes the place of the woman. For her this is a joke; for him a Hell where he is forced to pay a debt he didn’t know he had. "These hills have always been alive with magic," she says. With Mr. Young as magician in this gripping short play.
Earth mound, rock, putrefying horse carcass upon which birds and flies seek to feast - a horrific setting replete with omens. A woman labors to make sorghum; a man to execute a will. Both hiding and seeking truth. But as the woman took the place of the horse, the man takes the place of the woman. For her this is a joke; for him a Hell where he is forced to pay a debt he didn’t know he had. "These hills have always been alive with magic," she says. With Mr. Young as magician in this gripping short play.
