Trail of the Lonesome Pine Drama

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Barbara C. Polly
President/Producer

Welcome to the 2010 season of the Outdoor Drama THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. From the first season in 1964 when I performed the lead role of June Tolliver, to serving as Artistic Director of the show, General Manager, and then Producer, it has been a labor of love for me, and a very important part of my life. This season promises to be the most outstanding production of our 47 year history.

THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE is the longest continually running outdoor drama in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is now the official Outdoor Drama of Virginia. It is the objective of the Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts, Inc. to provide an exciting entertaining and accurate accounting of the story made famous in the early 1900's by the noted author John Fox, Jr. It depicts the effect that the discovery of coal in the Appalachian Mountains had on the people of this beautiful mountain region.

There can be no greater sense of wonder than that of a young person viewing this production for the first time and sharing in the struggles, the humor, the feuding, the love and the adventure of the fast paced action which characterizes the exciting heritage of these strong-minded mountain people. The outside world crashed in upon their secure simple lives in a dramatic way that changed them forever.

I would like to thank the individuals, businesses and foundations who have given us their much needed support to make this the best season ever.

Charlie Sizemore is the ultimate "mountain man" who expressed his love of the history of these mountains by not only learning about the people that John Fox Jr,'s novel TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE epitomized, but through becoming those historic characters on the stage of the Outdoor Drama for over 15 years. Charlie first became a part of the TRAIL Outdoor Drama family in 1989 when Hobart Crabtree invited Charlie to join him as a musician with the show. Charlie plays several instruments but that summer he added his guitar musicianship skills to Hobart's banjo playing. Thus begun Charlie's long-standing relationship with the TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE STATE OUTDOOR DRAMA.

JOHN FOX JR MUSEUM | JUNE TOLLIVER HOUSE | LONESOME PINE SCHOOL AND HERITAGE CENTER | JEROME STREET MUSIC HALL