Tickets/Information: 434-361-1999

Whole Theatre presents
Cry of the Mountain: A documentary play about Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia.

Conceived and performed by Adelind Horan

Back by popular demand!

Cry of the Mountain sold out all performances at four different local theaters.

The Hamner is pleased to present 3 more opportunities to see this moving performance by Charlottesville’s Adelind Horan.

Friday, September 17 at 8:00 p.m. (Doors 7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, September 18 at 8:00 p.m. (Doors 7:30 p.m.)
Sunday, September 19 at 2:00 p.m. (Doors 1:30 p.m.)

Admission $10.

Reservations advised, (434)361 1999.
One third of proceeds to benefit groups working to stop mountaintop removal.

One performer, thirteen characters. Funny, intimate, simple, bold.
Come to Cry of the Mountain prepared to enjoy the power of live theatre, the freedom of laughter, the pleasure of a banjo on a front porch, and the desire to save a mountain.

In the summer of 2009, Adelind Horan interviewed mining company executives, environmentalists who were protesting the mining and people whose family worked in mining for 20 years. In Cry of the Mountain, presented by Whole Theatre, she portrays thirteen of these people.

Says Ray Nedzel, of Whole Theatre, “The dialog seems real because it is. She tells the story of mountaintop removal in the words of the people who are directly involved in the process. Their stories are exactly what she taped while volunteering with iLoveMountains.org.”

Adelind Horan will be accompanied by a banjo player. The performance will be followed by a talkback with Horan and a mining expert for a discussion of the play, the process and the cause.

“This is not a protest piece,” Nedzel said. “It is more of an awareness piece. She shows all the sides.”

More information about Cry of the Mountain at Whole Theatre

Trailer edited by Chris Patrick.

In the Press

Read the C-ville review, Horan’s simple triumph, by Cris Edwards