CHRIS BLISSET
(Brother Jay in Million Dollar Quartet)
KENDRA JO BROOK
(Denise in Smoke on the Mountain)
Montana native and NYC actor, singer and fiddler. Credits include Cowgirls (Mountain Playhouse), October Sky (Universal Stages, NYC), The Goree All-Girl String Band (New York Music Festival), Return to Spoon River (Theatre Row, NYC), The Bright Star (Barter Theatre), Big River (Alpine Theatre Project), and Woody Guthrie’s This Land is Your Land (Theatreworks Hartford). Kendra Jo plays in a few bands, including The Snowy Mountain Sisters and a bluegrass duo with her sister Britt, The Brook Sisters. Thank you to the Mountain Playhouse for having me back! Love to my family & Austin.
JOE CASEY
(Johnny Cash in Million Dollar Quartet)
Joe is excited and honored to make his Mountain Playhouse debut and thrilled to return to the role of Johnny Cash in Million Dollar Quartet after record breaking runs at Florida Studio Theatre and The Majestic Theater. Other regional roles include The Bridges of Madison County (Robert Kincaid), The Crucible (John Proctor), Nite Club Confidential (Buck Holden), Assassins (Czolgosz), Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis). Joe played The Pharaoh in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His New York credits include the premiere of Allen Wilder 2.0 (Michael) and The Great American Backstage Musical (Johnny Brash) TV: The Knick, A Crime To Remember and The Hunt with John Walsh.
ANDREW CROWE
(Stanley Sanders in Smoke on the Mountain)
Andrew is honored to return to the Mountain Playhouse where he was previously seen in A Cotton Patch Gospel, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Ring Of Fire. Andrew spent the summer playing fiddle for the Medora Musical in North Dakota. Other credits include the National Tours of Sweeney Todd (u/s Anthony & Tobias), Cabaret (Victor), and Stand By Your Man (Don Chapel), as well as NYC’s Shakespeare In The Park production of Twelfth Night (ensemble), and over 60 regional theatre productions. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Taylor University and acting training from Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA, and The Barrow Group in NYC.
J.D. DAW
(Sebastian in Who’s Under Where?, Brian in The Affections of May and Ryan in One Slight Hitch)
J.D. Daw is returning to The Mountain Playhouse for a third season. His previous Mountain Playhouse shows include Carlo in Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors, Randolph in Moon Over the Brewery, and Man 2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Other regional credits include Spamalot (Sir Dennis Galahad), Forever Plaid (Jinx), The Music Man (Jacey Squires), and Funny Girl (Ziegfeld Tenor) for North Shore Music Theatre; Next to Normal (Doctor Madden) for TheaterWorks Hartford, The Music Man (Jacey Squires) for the MUNY St. Louis and for Sacramento Music Circus; and Rags (Irish Tenor/Sal understudy) for Goodspeed Opera House. J.D. played Jinx in Forever Plaid for the inaugural productions of both the Cosmopolitan Cabaret in Sacramento and the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret. J.D. has also performed twice for The Flatrock Playhouse in their Music on the Rock Series singing a tribute to Frankie Valli.
MARY EHLINGER
(Delia in One Slight Hitch and Vera Sanders in Smoke on the Mountain)
Mary Ehlinger treasures her many performing opportunities at Mountain Playhouse since 2001. She has worked in many regional theaters, Broadway & Off Broadway over the years. Mary is Artistic Director of Play-by-Play Theatre in Green Bay (2017 Broadway World Regional Award) and Resident Music Director for Fireside Theatre (WI). Also a composer, her songs have been featured in numerous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades, Broadway’s Tony Award Event “Stars in the Alley,” at Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops, and on the album THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS with Ann Hampton Calloway. Member: AEA; ASCAP. Miss you, Mark. Love you, kids.
DAVID GARWOOD
(Roger Hodge in Who’s Under Where?)
After a teaching career in New Castle, Pa., Akron, Ohio and Kent State University, David arrived at Mountain Playhouse in 1978 at the age of thirty eight. Thirty two seasons and two hundred shows later, he retired from theater in 2010. In 2016, he came back to Jennerstown to appear in Social Security with good friend Barbara Russell and a wonderful cast of young actors. It is wonderful to be included in the 2018 season. David lives in Lebanon, Missouri where he is the Minister of Music at the First United Methodist Church and sings with the Lebanon Chamber Chorale.
ASHLEY PUCKETT GONZALES
(Jane in Who’s Under Where?)
Ashley is happy to be back at the Mountain Playhouse. Playhouse audiences have seen Ashley in Church Basement Ladies 1,2 and 4; Cowgirls; Neil Simon’s Chapter 2, Death Trap; Lend Me a Tenor; Who Maid Who?; Honus and Me; Nana’s Naughty Knickers; Let’s Murder Marsha. She has appeared at theatres across the country including Madison Square Gardens and The Kennedy Center. Other roles include; Lilly St Regis, Annie B’way Tour; Emcee, Cabaret; Dot/Marie, Sunday in the Park with George; Dolly, One Man, Two Guv’nors; Violet, Violet; Victor/Victoria, Victor/Victoria. Ashley is also a proud mama and wife and runs a 501c3 helping Artists in times of crisis.
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RONN GOSWICK
(Production Stage Manager, Million Dollar Quartet, The Affections of May and Smoke on the Mountain)
Ronn is thrilled to return The Mountain Playhouse for his seventh season. Ronn lives in Los Angeles (at times when he is not living in PA) and works with Chris Isaacson Presents on such cabaret shows as Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan, Mary Bridget Davies, David Burnham, The Skivvies and the summer show Considering Matthew Shepherd, a west coast premiere of the opera written to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Matthew’s murder. More recent credits include his twelfth year for the benefit One Night Only, The Meshuganutcracker!, and produced the fourth year of the benefit performance of Hooray For Anaheim for the Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation. Other work includes the pre-Broadway run of Recorded in Hollywood. He produced with CIP, Broadway Under the Stars – Dreamgirls 35 with the original Broadway stars – Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine and Jennifer Holliday. Past productions include over 150 from his work with Chris Isaacson Presents, the Mountain Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, TUTS in Houston, San Jose Civic Light Opera, Musical Theatre West, San Jose Stage, Hollywood Bowl, San Diego Rep, Berry Gordy, the Luxor Hotel and Casino, the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Gypsy Kings musical, Zorro. Ronn has produced many benefits in the Los Angeles area for various different groups.
CHAN HARRIS
(Director of Life Could Be a Dream and Who’s Under Where?)
FREDERIC HERINGES
(Sam Phillips in Million Dollar Quartet, Bruno Fruferelli in Who’s Under Where? and Hank in The Affections of May)
Frederic Heringes is always happy to be back working at The Mountain Playhouse, appearing here last season in Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors and Moon Over The Brewery. In previous seasons, the premieres of Stonewall’s Bust and One Golden Moment, and eight other productions. Theater: Broadway, San Francisco & Toronto companies of The Phantom of the Opera (Ubaldo Piangi); New York City: Bryan Putnam’s new musical The Toymaker (NY Musical Theater Festival), The Crucible and Moliere’s The Learned Ladies (Gallery Players, NY), and The Tempest (Sonnet Repertory). Recent film: Intimate Semaphores: Cake (director, T.J. Misny). He resides in Fargo, ND where he teaches voice at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and directs the opera performance program at North Dakota State University, and as a stage director for the Fargo-Moorhead Opera. www.Frederic-Heringes.com
KYLE JURASSIC
(Elvis Presley in Million Dollar Quartet)
Kyle Jurassic (Elvis Presley) is thrilled to be making his Mountain Playhouse Debut! He is a graduate of Cornerstone University and holds a Bachelor’s of Music Performance. Most recently, Kyle has been running around the country playing Buddy in various productions of The Buddy Holly Story, as well as hosting “The Aspiring Actor’s Guide to New York” on YouTube. Kyle has performed at various regional theatres including The Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, The Palace Theatre in Wisconsin, Hamilton Stage, Hershey Park, Farmers Alley Theatre, and various theaters throughout Michigan. Previous credits include Million Dollar Quartet, Rock of Ages, Catch Me If You Can, Spamalot, Forever Plaid, The Wedding Singer, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson!, Little Shop of Horrors, Altar Boyz, Avenue Q, Grease, and Hit Her With The Skates. www.kylejurassic.com
TAYLOR ELISE KELLER
(Production Stage Manager, One Slight Hitch)
Off Broadway credits: The Woodsman (New World Stages), Julius Caesar (Pocket Universe), Real Men: The Musical (New World Stages), The Total Bent (The Public Theatre), Himself & Nora (Minetta Lane Theater), Reckless Season (Boomerang Theatre Co.) and Before Your Very Eyes (The Public Theatre). Regional credits: Mountain Playhouse, Mason Street Warehouse and Birmingham Children’s Theatre. Thanks go to my family – both in blood and rehearsals.
BRANDON LAMBERT
(Denny in Life Could Be a Dream, Harper in One Slight Hitch and Mervin Oglethorpe in Smoke on the Mountain)
Brandon is excited to return to the Mountain Playhouse having previously performed here in Murder for Two (Marcus), Too Many Cooks (Frank Plunkett), Forever Plaid (Jinx), and The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Henry Baskerville). He’s a proud member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop (Advanced, Harrington Award) and the Dramatists Guild. Also, Brandon wrote the musical At First Sight which had its world premiere at the Mountain Playhouse last year.
MARTIN LANDRY
(Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet and Paul in Who’s Under Where?)
Martin is happy to return for his 5th season at Mountain Playhouse! He has worked Off-Broadway, regionally, and toured, either as an actor, musician, music director, or a multi-hyphenate combination. Recent credits include playing a hipster dragon/apple-loving horse/exasperated chicken in the world premiere of Dragons Love Tacos and Other Stories (TheatreworksUSA), a Spock-like actor/musician in the campy sci-fi musical Return to The Forbidden Planet (Rubicon Theatre), and originating the role of “Martin/etc.” in the world premiere reading of Jodi Picoult’s Between The Lines (New York Stage and Film). Additional credits include the Murder For Two first national tour, the second American production of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and music directing Real Men at New World Stages in NYC. As a writer, his musical Esther (co-written with his wife, Janice Landry) has been performed over 50 times around the world. Love to Janice (always). Enjoy the show! www.martinlandry.net.
LAURENCE LAU
(George in Who’s Under Where? and Quinn in The Affections of May)
Larry is happy to be back at the Mountain Playhouse for his fourth summer having previously performed in Chapter Two, Deathtrap, Too Many Cooks, Social Security, Caught in the Net, Who’s Under Where? and The Affections of May. Earlier this season he performed the lead role in The Keen Company’s critically acclaimed LATER LIFE Off Broadway. Other New York credits include Lincoln Center Dada Woof Papa Hot, Cherry Lane Psycho Therapy, Bleecker Street Theatre and National Tour The Exonerated.He was in the First National Broadway tour of August: Osage County, starring Estelle Parson as well as the European premiere of The Goat or Who is Sylvia? directed by Pam MacKinnon at the Vienna English Theatre. He has played numerous roles at regional theaters throughout the U.S. Larry began his long television career with appearances on such classics as Happy Days, Eight is Enough, and The Waltons. More recent credits include Blue Bloods, Elementary, Law & Order, HBO’s Too Big to Fail, JAG, Frasier, Upstate (pilot, lead). He first became known as Greg Nelson on All My Children, and was also a contract player on Another World, and One Life to Live.
JUSTINE MAGNUSSON
(P.B. in One Slight Hitch and June in Smoke on the Mountain)
Justine is thrilled to return to the Mountain Playhouse for her third consecutive season! Last year she originated the role of Morgan in the world premiere musical At First Sight, written by Brandon Lambert and directed by Guy Stroman. Before that, she played Honey Bubbalowe in Too Many Cooks. New York: Searching for Romeo at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Magic at Theatre Row. National Tour: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind. Justine originated the role of Sue in the world premiere of Home Street Home, a punk rock musical by Avenue Q writer Jeff Marx and NOFX frontman Mike Burkett, at Z Space, in San Francisco. She also worked with Urinetown writers Greg Kotis & Mark Hollmann on their new musical, ZM, at the O’Neill Music Theatre Conference. BFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Member AEA. Thank you to Guy Stroman, Teresa Marafino, the entire cast & crew, and to you, the audience, for supporting live theatre! Www.JustineMagnusson.com. @Justine.Magnusson
MATT MARAFINO
(Production Stage Manager, Life Could Be a Dream and Who’s Under Where?)
Matt returns for his 30th consecutive season at the Mountain Playhouse, the last 10 of which have been as a stage manager. Last season, Matt stage managed Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors and Caught in the Net. During the academic year, Matt is Professor of English and Speech at Allegany College of Maryland.
TERESA MARAFINO
TERESA STOUGHTON MARAFINO (Producer) grew up at the Mountain Playhouse, founded by her father, Jimmie, and her Aunt Louise in 1939. She became a producer along with her sister, Mary Louise, and mother, Terry, in 1987. In 1997, she oversaw the conversion of the theater company to a non-profit corporation. Teresa serves as the president of the 1901 Church which launched The Steeple Project in 2012 and she serves on the Johnstown Symphony Board of Trustees. She is also active with the Arts Coalition of the Alleghenies, Laurel Arts Book Club, the Somerset Chamber of Commerce as well as the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra Auxiliaries. In addition, Teresa, along with her husband Matt, produced three children: Elizabeth, James and Michael who have all caught the theater bug. David Fiola from Long Island, New York joined the family when he married Elizabeth in 2014.
BARRINGTON VON THURSTON MCQUEEN
(Eugene Johnson in Life Could Be a Dream)
Barrington Von Thurston McQueen is so excited to be working with Mountain Playhouse for the first time. Last seen in RMTC’s Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein, and La Cage Aux Folles. University of Montevallo BFA in Musical Theatre.
KATIE OXMAN
(Melanie in One Slight Hitch)
Katie is thrilled to be making her Mountain Playhouse debut! Recently Katie has been traveling the US with the ‘Candid Camera Live’ Tour, after filming two episodes on its recent season on TVLand. She also has appeared at The Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret (A Grand Night for Singing), Prime Stage Theatre and Pittsburgh Musical Theatre after attending Point Park University. Other credits include understudying Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady) and Nellie Forbush (South Pacific) at the Summer Theatre of New Canaan. She now lives and works in New York City. Proud member of AEA. Instagram @KatherineAlice.
JAMES POWERS
(Wally Patton in Life Could Be a Dream)
James is thrilled to be returning to the Mountain Playhouse. He was last seen at the Playhouse in Nana’s Naughty Knickers as the UPS Man. Some of his favorite credits include The Monster in Young Frankenstein, Giles Ralston in The Mousetrap, and Balthasar in Much Ado About Nothing. James would like to thank Hannah, his family, and his friends for all their support.
LISA RIEGEL
(Sybil in Who’s Under Where? and May in The Affections of May)
Lisa is delighted to return to Mountain Playhouse! Previous Playhouse productions include Deathtrap, Chapter Two, 2 incarnations of Church Basement Ladies, and Driving Miss Daisy. Theater credits include the New York premiere of Mallorca (Abingdon Theatre), Canary Yellow (Abingdon Theatre), Meet Me in St. Louis (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), Dodsworth (Metropolitan Playhouse), Believe (York Theatre Company). Concert: Oliver! with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Camelot with Jeremy Irons. Film: Halloween Was Already Taken, Big Day Coming. All my love to Arthur and many thanks to Teresa, Chan and Guy. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.
JON ROHLF
(Dennis in Smoke on the Mountain)
Jon is beyond excited to be making his debut at the Mountain Playhouse. Jon was last seen performing at The Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret in Pumpboys & Dinettes (Jackson) and in Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash. He is a Pittsburgh native and a graduate of Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts as well as California University’s Masters of Teaching program. Jon’s other credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Band Leader) and Huck Finn (Huckleberry Finn). Jon also devotes much of his time to teaching high school English and artistic student outreach. He would like to thank his friends and family for all their love and support as well as the entire “Smoke on the Mountain” team for welcoming him aboard!
LYSSIA ROUSSEL-GIROUX
(Assistant Stage Manager)
Lyssia is delighted to be making her debut with Mountain Playhouse Theatre. Previous productions include THE LADIES MAN, INTO THE WOODS, BAD SEED and PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE with Center for the Arts at River Ridge. She recently worked at Busch Gardens Tampa as a Stage Manager for KINETIX, FOOD AND WINE, and CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. She has an ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS Degree from FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY. Other yearly responsibilities include Production Manager for ONSTAGE NY, Rigger for Orange County Convention Center, and Quartermaster for Sunset Music Festival. She is a native of Quebec City, Canada, now residing year round in Tampa, Florida.
TIM RUSSELL
(Skip in Life Could Be a Dream )
Tim is thrilled to be making his Mountain Playhouse debut with this wonderful team! He was recently on tour with the Flyboys, a four piece vocal group featuring big band swing music from the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller orchestras. Selected regional includes Mark in Rent (Ivoryton Playhouse), Eugene in Grease (John W. Engeman), Dallas in Sweet Smell of Success (TheatreZone), Leo in The Producers (Woodstock Playhouse) and Sparky in Forever Plaid (Broadway Palm & Temple Theater). International: Flyboys, Scooby-Doo Live!, Disney Cruise Line. Film/TV: One Time Thing, Deception (NBC). Tim is also the front man of the NYC based funk rock band The Ninth. Education: MM in Vocal Performance, NYU. BS, UConn. All my love to my family, friends, and Lotta. www.TJRussell.org @truss405
SARA SAWYER
(Lois in Life Could Be a Dream and Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet)
This is Sara’s 7th season with Mountain Playhouse. Favorite roles include Signe in Church Basement Ladies, Suzy in The Marvelous Wonderettes and Mimi in Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors. When Sara is not performing she teaches performing arts all over the Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Minnesota where she currently resides. Favorite roles performed in New York City include Marilynn Morgan in The Cabaret Girl and Jane in Stop the World.. I want to Get Off with Musicals Tonight! She also originated the role of Kissing Kate Barlow in Holes with the BMI workshop in NYC.
JEREMY SEVELOVITZ
(Carl Perkins in Million Dollar Quartet)
Jeremy is very excited to be making his Mountain Playhouse debut with Million Dollar Quartet. He has been a part of the MDQ family for years, playing both Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash in various regional productions such as Actor’s Playhouse (FL), Flat Rock Playhouse (NC), Ivoryton Playhouse (CT) among others. Other theatrical credits include: Chasing the Song (La Jolla), Hello! My Baby (Goodspeed), We the People (National Tour), Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash (Beef&Boards). As a singer/songwriter, he released a collection of original music in 2014, entitled “Devils & Kings.” Twitter/Instagram: @jsevelovitz www.jeremysevelovitz.com
ERIKA STRASBURG
(Courtney in One Slight Hitch)
Erika is so excited to be making her Mountain Playhouse debut! Off-Broadway: St. Joan of the Stockyards. Pittsburgh CLO: Ring of Fire, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Up and Away, Titanic, A Musical Christmas Carol. Pittsburgh Public: Hamlet. Kinetic Theater: The Liar, Three Days in the Country, Cock. St. Vincent Summer Theater: Leading Ladies. Quantum Theater: Pantagleize. barebones productions: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Bristol Riverside Theater: Gypsy, Pirates of Penzance. Carnegie Mellon Drama graduate. Many thanks to Teresa and Guy!
GUY STROMAN
(Director, The Affections of May, One Slight Hitch and Smoke on the Mountain)
Guy has directed acclaimed productions of The Glass Menagerie, Driving Miss Daisy and Love Letters, all starring Sandy Duncan; The King and I, starring Lou Diamond Phillips (Best Production – Ft. Worth Star Telegram); Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at Cleveland Playhouse; a series of special performances for the Theatre Guild starring Lynn Redgrave, Jean Stapleton and Joy Behar; Man of La Mancha (voted “Audience Favorite” – California Musical Theatre); Steel Magnolias and Always, Patsy Cline, starring Sally Struthers: 1776 (Best Director – Dallas-Ft. Worth Theatre Critics Forum); a wide range of plays, including Art, The Lion in Winter, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Loot (Top Ten Production – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Boeing, Boeing, Chapter Two, The 39 Steps for the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret; and musicals, including Mame, Oliver! and Keep on the Sunny Side, the story of the A.P. Carter family. Guy originated the role of Frankie in Forever Plaid in New York, London’s West End and Los Angeles, where he won best acting awards from the LA Drama Critics and Drama-Logue. He began his directing career by directing and choreographing many long-running productions of this show around the country including the openings of brand new theatres in Sacramento, Pittsburgh, Charlotte and Schenectady. Guy has directed the world premieres of Free Fall, written by and again starring Miss Duncan, at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Sugar Down, Billie Hoak Off-Broadway in New York, You Might as Well Live, a play with music about Dorothy Parker for the NY Musical Theatre Festival, and one-act play festivals in New York at the Cherry Lane Theatre and for Naked Angels/Playwrights Horizons. Last season at the Mountain Playhouse, he directed Caught in the Net, Murder for Two, and the world-premiere production of the musical At First Sight. Guy can be heard on the recordings of Unsung Sondheim, Girl Crazy, The Busby Berkley Album, the London recording of The Most Happy Fella and Disney’s Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
LARRY TOBIAS
(Director, Million Dollar Quartet) Larry is returning to the Mountain Playhouse for his 12th season. Highlights among the more than 25 shows in that time have been Moon Over the Brewery (director), Social Security, I Love You You’re Perfect, Now Change, Too Many Cooks, Cottonpatch Gospel, Smoke on the Mountain, The Foreigner, Keep on the Sunny Side, Stand by Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story, Ring of Fire (actor and director, two years in a row) and Twelfth Night. Recent acting credits include Once (Paramount Theater), The Tempest, Kip Trash: The Recycled Tour, and White Lightning (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Larry is the front man and lead singer for The Grand Tour, featuring the music of the late, great, King of Country Music, George Jones. www.thegrandtourconcert.com
JACOB TOTH
(Choreographer, Life Could Be a Dream)
Previously at the Mountain Playhouse: Director/Choreographer: Mid-Life, The Crisis Musical. Choreographer: Joseph…, Church Basement Ladies 1, 2, 4 and 5, The Marvelous Wonderettes, The King and I, among others. Elsewhere: Broadway: Assistant Choreographer: Grease. Regional: Director/Choreographer: The Bikinis, Grease (Drammy nomination for Best Direction and Best Choreography), Sweet Charity. Choreographer: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, My Fair Lady, Hairspray (Drammy Award for Best Production), In The Heights, Guys and Dolls, Dreamgirls, Beauty and The Beast, among others. Director/Choreographer: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
SCOTT WAKEFIELD
(Burl in Smoke on the Mountain)