We chose Smoke on the Mountain because there’s quite a large bluegrass community in Greensburg and SE Indiana. Even though, in the original show, the Sanders Family singers are the musicians, we decided to cast the band separately, rehearsing them separately as well so folks coming to the show would have as great a musical experience as a theater comedy experience.
And being an already hilarious show, we’ve cast it so that it takes the playwright’s sense of humor and adds several levels of “FUNNY” not seen in other shows.
It’s just the perfect TCP experience.