Coal Country
By Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen; Orignal Music & Lyrics by Steve Earle
Coal Country is a play that needs 9 performers (4 women, 5 men). Licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 9 performers
- Roles
- 4 women, 5 men
- Cast notes
- 4W, 5M
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- Theatrical Rights Worldwide
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Synopsis
COAL COUNTRY tells the story of 2010’s Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster—the worst American mining disaster in over 50 years—a “preventable accident” that killed 29 men and devastated an entire community. Drawn from interviews with survivors and surviving family members of the coal miners who were killed, and with music by legendary songwriter Steve Earle, COAL COUNTRY reveals West Virginia’s radical history of union mining and the courage, specificity and resilience of an often misunderstood commu
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