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The Thread That Runs So True
by Reginald Lawrence from the book by Jesse Stuart
Directed by Lela Ray
April 17-20, 2008

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Jesse is still in his teens when he takes on the job of teacher in Lonesome Valley School. Many of his students are older than he, and certainly those in the clique led by the school bully are bigger and tougher. They are there to have a place to go while the work on the farm is slack, and they intend to have fun baiting the greenhorn teacher. Among the students are a few who respond to Jesse's enthusiasm for education; yet even with these he meets opposition. Their parents resent his encouraging their sons to seek further education, since this might deprive them of farmhands. The school bully becomes the leader of the opposition, and the enmity between him and Jesse is keener because both are interested in Naomi, the lovely girl who sings (for Jesse) the old ballad from which the title is taken: "The needle's eye that doth supply the thread that runs so true." Their problems interweave with others: the school board's fight about whether Jesse keeps his job or not; the box-supper auctions; the contest with the "city" school in a neighboring small town. It's a play full of wit, flavorful mountaineer characters, and true romance in all its youthful sweetness.
Cast
Jesse Stuart - Zeb Wallace 
Naomi Deane - Georgia Jeffreys 
John Conway - Jeff Kemp 
Bertha Conway - Amy Senf 
Vaida Conway - Holly Hardin 
Don Conway - Phillip Pearson 
Sally Walden - Melody Murrell 
Budge Waters - Cameron De Arman 
Grandma Binion - Jan Page 
Jenny Jarvis - Rachel Balding 
Billy Leonard - Chase Holland 
Peter Snaggers - Errin Day 
Snookie Baylor - Bradley Hamblin 
Zenia Potter - Kelsy Kemp 
Leonora Maddox - Deidra Shewbart 
Robin Baylor - Jessica Fowler 
Minnie Frome - Mary Katherine Markham 
Edith Hanks - Isabel Makepeace 
Guy Hawkins - Sam Strickland 
Ova Salyers - Scotty Bradley 
Bill Coffee - Brocklin Brumley 
Aunt Effie Batson - Mary Dyer 
Uncle Amos Batson - Oscar Glover 
Mrs. Woods - Tina Smith 
Eva - Meagan Gauthier 
Celeste - Katelyn Kemp 
Eleanor - Harley Stevens 
Burt Eastham - Mark Senf 
Nancy Cochran - Daphne Murrell 

Crew
Lela Ray- Director
Mary Dyer - Stage Manager
Betty Allison - Stage Manager
Tehia Johnson - Assistant
Megan Gauthier - Assistant
Todd Hardin - Set Design/Construction 
Scotty Kennedy - 
Set Design/Construction 
Lela Ray - 
Set Design/Construction
Mary Dyer - 
Set Design/Construction 
Judy Malone - 
Set Design/Construction 
Carol Rogers - 
Set Design/Construction 
Judy Malone - Hair and Makeup
Rita Jeffreys - 
Hair and Makeup
Mark Richardson - Lighting and Sound  
Mark Nichols - 
Lighting and Sound  
Beth Hammock - Ticket Coordinator 
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