When her husband Daniel is awarded a year-long residency at small Missouri college, New York theatre director Miriam Bloom accompanies him there and gets a freelance job directing The Crucible at Kingdom City High School. But when young, evangelical paramours Katie and Matt are cast as John and Elizabeth Proctor, their youth minister’s concerns cause the play to be shut down. The fallout creates a crucible of its own, in which Miriam and Daniel find themselves on opposite sides of a cultural war, and the strength their marriage is tested; as are their prior concepts of personal fulfillment. Based on actual events that occurred in 2006, Kingdom City strives to present an even-handed examination of the fears and concerns that arise when the welfare of children is at stake. But overriding all political issues, the play’s main question is how we can free ourselves from our fears and find our real place in the world.