Under the Hills

by Michele Miller

A short play based on true historical events. Two women ride their horses on the trail through Indian Hill Preserve in Bedford, NY and evoke both past atrocities and lesser ones to come.
Note: This play was written for and included in compilation 'Walking Plays.'

A short play based on true historical events. Two women ride their horses on the trail through Indian Hill Preserve in Bedford, NY and evoke both past atrocities and lesser ones to come.
Note: This play was written for and included in compilation 'Walking Plays.'

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  • Rachel Feeny-Williams: Under the Hills by Michele Miller
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    The destruction of the natural world in the name of 'progress' is not a new thing to the human race but Michele has explored it in a wonderfully poetic way with vivid imagery as these two women follow the trail and explore both the past and the future and what it means for the path they find themselves on. I think it would make a wonderful radio play because if you close your eyes you can see, not only these women engaged in their conversation but the world they are discussing.

    The destruction of the natural world in the name of 'progress' is not a new thing to the human race but Michele has explored it in a wonderfully poetic way with vivid imagery as these two women follow the trail and explore both the past and the future and what it means for the path they find themselves on. I think it would make a wonderful radio play because if you close your eyes you can see, not only these women engaged in their conversation but the world they are discussing.

    ”
  • Beth Blatt: Under the Hills by Michele Miller
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    Such a poetic and terrifying trip these women went on. Michele captures the horror of Underhill by letting his words convict himself. And love the all the riding lingo!

    Such a poetic and terrifying trip these women went on. Michele captures the horror of Underhill by letting his words convict himself. And love the all the riding lingo!

    ”
  • Cheryl Bear: Under the Hills by Michele Miller
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    The lid is uncovered on the atrocities that were done as a call to live more harmoniously with each other and the natural world. Well done.

    The lid is uncovered on the atrocities that were done as a call to live more harmoniously with each other and the natural world. Well done.

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EVE: 60’s+, longtime Bedford resident and rider; riding the pony mare Summer

DAWN: 30’s; new resident and rider; riding the gelding horse Winter

CAPTAIN JOHN UNDERHILL: Historical figure, British, lead the colonists in the Pound Ridge Massacre which murdered 500-600 Native Americans from several local Lenape tribes. He will appear in his military garb. Much of his dialogue is quoted from his manuscript, Newes from America; Or, A New and Experimentall Discoverie of New England; Containing, A Trve Relation of Their War-like Proceedings These Two Yeares Last Past, with a Figure of the Indian Fort, or Palizado, 1638.