North to Maine is the first play ever written about the Appalachian Trail and the thru-hikers who walk it. It is sprawling and epic story, with scenes taking place over the course of several months and many states, culminating with the ascent of Katahdin, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

The play follows twenty-three year old Adam, a recent college graduate searching for purpose. He is joined by Kevin, a sagely former marine and Vietnam veteran and Nick AKA “Creature Man” a young and judgmental entrepreneur who has lost his business and maybe some of his mind in the process. This fellowship is completed with the addition of Alice AKA “Juice-Box” one of the few female thru-hikers and Rock-Stabber a former marine/gear tester/jazz singer who has the unfortunate (and annoying) habit of constantly singing, especially late into the evenings when everyone else is trying to go to sleep.

While North to Maine is a work of fiction, it is important to note that the script itself is ninety percent fact, and based largely on the playwright’s own experiences.

North to Maine is a two-act, five character (four men and one woman) play with one intermission and an approximate runtime of two and a half hours. It is the true story of the Appalachian Trail, told by one who has walked every single mile of it. It is a story about the land; it is a story of coming of age, and about the vastness of human potential. Most of all North to Maine is the story of finding one’s soul through strife and struggle in the crucible of a journey and will leave an audience, not just with the understanding how one walks the trail, but what it is to walk the trail.