The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama was featured in the movie "Big Stone Gap,' based on the novel of the same name by Adriana Trigiani. (This amendment provides funding to the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama to remodel the restrooms, construct an 1890s bandstand, and remodel the old. Set in the little town of Big Stone Gap, VA, the Trail drama is an excellent entertainment experience for the whole family. What results is a drastic change to the way of life for the mountain people spured by the great coal boom, and the life change for a little mountain girl through education and exposure to the world outside of her beloved mountains. Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts incorporated as a private non-product organization to stage the. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama, based on the novel by John Fox Jr., is the Official Outdoor Drama of the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of the longest running outdoor dramas in the country. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama was featured in the movie 'Big Stone Gap,' based on the novel of the same name by Adriana Trigiani. The story depicts the effect that the discovery of coal had on the people of this beautiful mountain region of Appalachia, and the musical drama tells the love story of a vocally talented mountain girl, June Tolliver, and a handsome mining engineer from the East, Jack Hale. Specialties: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is an outdoor drama in operation yearly during the summer months of June, July, and August. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is an exciting, entertaining, and accurate account of the novel made famous world wide in the early 1900's by the noted local author John Fox, Jr. The drama is performed at the historic June Tolliver. It is also the longest continually running outdoor drama in the state, and 3rd longest running in the nation. Video footage of the amphitheater where the outdoor drama, the Trail of the Lonesome Pine was performed. Located in The June Tolliver Playhouse, which is nestled in the Jerome Street Historic District of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, the Drama is named the Official Outdoor Drama of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The pre-show entertainment begins at 7:15 PM and the show performance begins at 8:00 PM.
Highly recommend, easy to find, get there early for pre show.
The volunteer actors are AWESOME, the songs are BEAUTIFUL. This outdoor drama is a ONE OF A KIND experience. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is an outdoor drama in operation yearly during the summer months of June, July, and August with weekly performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. 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. It has been on my bucket list and we are so glad we watch on the front row, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine play in its 53rd year.