The Western Reserve Playhouse

Proudly Presents Our $5 Bucks Series:

 

THE KENTUCKY CYCLE

Pt. 1: Masters of the Trade

Written by Robert Schenkkan

Directed by Victoria Kirgesner-Hunsicker

 

 

Sunday, March 1

2:00PM


This sweeping epic of three families in eastern Kentucky spans 200 years of American history from 1775 to 1975. Fast-paced and finely drawn, Schenkkan's stunning six-hour, nine-play cycle examines the myths of the American past which have created, for better or for worse, the country we are today. The cycle is epic in style when the plays are performed together, yet each individual play tells a powerful story on its own.

1775. Michael Rowen, an indentured servant from Ireland, watched his wife and children massacred by Indians. Determined to survive in the hostile wilderness of Eastern Kentucky, he swindles an old trapper, murders an innocent boy and sets up gun trade with the Indians. They give him land he craves with a warning that it is haunted; in return, Rowen promises more gunpowder and gives them blankets tainted with smallpox. Clutching a gold watch stolen from the dead trapper, Rowen sets in motion a legacy of corruption that will curse his valley and its people for generations to come.


RATED: R

 

 

Purchase Tickets: $5

 

 

More information is available on our website.

 

 

 Western Reserve Playhouse is an award-winning theatre of Summit County; housed in a Historic Barn of Ohio.

3326 Everett Rd

Richfield, OH 44286




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