To open the season -- something a little different for HCP -- a beautiful, moving drama introduced at each performance by the playwright, a master storyteller and folklorist.

The play itself centers on three generations of a mountain family faced with the difficult decision of how to best care for their aging grandmother, Agnes, a fiercely independent 80-year-old who is no longer able to care for herself.  In flashback scenes narrated by her grandson, we learn of past joys and sorrows of Agnes's life.

The bittersweet tale is softened with humor and love, and sensitively depicts the characters and the mountain culture in which they live.