Mary Eden, a city girl from the “prayer-cloth-knitting” Edens, falls in love with William Thompson, a country Methodist circuit-riding preacher from the “hell-fire and brimstone-preaching” Thompsons! It may not have been a marriage made in heaven, but it makes for real earthly encounters with true-to-life characters who reveal the hardships, struggles and unexpected joys of living in a conservative Christian mountain community.

Music and dialogue show the hearts and minds of the turn-of-the- century-dirt-poor mountain folks who constitute the Redwine Circuit. Experience Mary and Williams’s first year of marriage that includes…

A Donation Party An “Experience Meetin” A Shaped-Note FASOLA Singing School A harsh confession A mountain funeral wake A country wedding

You will declare you have met these people before, whether or not you have ever been to the Smoky Mountains or attended a Christian church. These folks may stay in your heart long after the refrain of the finale has died away. The theme, take-me-back-in-time-religion, but-has-anything-changed, is set in late 19th Century. The characters are universal and the story is surprisingly contemporary, as the folks of the Redwine Circuit show the conflicting sides of man's nature, often with humorous consequences.