Encore Theatre Presents: Coal Camp Madonna

Encore Theatre Company closes the 2014 season with

The Coal Camp Madonna by David S. Kehde
Directed by James Bealor
Produced by Russette Sloan & Misty Embry

 
December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 @ 7:30pm; December 7, 14 @ 2:30pm

Encore Theatre Company is located at 6978 Lebanon Rd. just west of Hwy 109 in Mount Juliet

Tickets on sale now by calling 598-5950 or visiting the website www.encore-theatre-company.org

It's winter in a poor coal mining town in the early 1900s.  When a foundling baby girl appears on the doorsteps of the company store, Annie, the possessive wife of the proprietor, takes a shine to her.  But Arly, who works at the store and makes Christmas presents for all the kids in town, learns that Francine is the real mother.  Francine loves the baby, but is too poor to raise her with her other daughter.  A cave-in in the mine sows tragedy among the miners and their families and complicates matters further.  Francine, who has lost her husband in the disaster, has to leave town, but she desperately wants to hold her baby once more.  On Christmas Eve, Arly engineers a pageant at the store with Francine as Mary, fulfilling her Christmas wish.  Annie recognizes Francine as the birth mother and tells her to come and visit the child any time.

With all of the elements of a traditional Christmas - a harsh winter, a foundling baby girl, a company store and a non-compassionate proprietor, this story goes to the heart of what Christmas is all about - generosity and redemption through love.

Encore Theatre is a 501(c)3 community theater serving Wilson County and surrounding areas.