Smoke on the Mountain musical at Taproot Theatre is proof that wholesome conservative church folk “get turnt AF” on a Saturday night. There was even a hymn singalong! Quite a novelty in “Seattle & Gomorrah.” Talented multi-instrumentalist do-gooder troupe anchored by Candace Vance’s impressive alto and Sam Vance’s music direction. This bluegrass country gospel toe-tapping show closes 11/7. 🪕ðŸŽ
Tickets: https://taproottheatre.org/2026/smoke-on-the-mountain/
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Smoke on the Mountain
Playing in the Isaac Studio Theatre
Taproot Theatre Company (Estd. 1976)
- Karen Lund: Producing Artistic Director
- Bretteney Beverly: Associate Artistic Director
Show Credits
- Book by: Connie Ray
- Conceived by: Alan Bailey
- Musical arrangements by: Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick
Creative Team
- Director: Scott Nolte*
- Music Director: Sam Vance
- Scenic Designer: Richard Lorig
- Costume Designer: Sarah Burch Gordon
- Sound Designer: Mark Lund
- Dialect Coach: Rowan Gallagher
- Stage Manager: Cassie Fitzgerald
- Assistant Stage Manager: Aly Lubiens
- Lighting Designer: Tim Wratten
- Props Master: Jaiden Clark
- Music Consultant: Edd Key
Cast (in order of appearance)
- Mervin Oglethorpe: Joel Barkman
- June Sanders: Audrey Herold
- Vera Sanders: Candace Vance
- Burl Sanders: Sam Vance
- Denise Sanders: Echo Joy Vance
- Dennis Sanders: Jeremy Steckler
- Stanley Sanders: Mike Oliver
Production Crew
Directing Observer: Echo Joy Vance
Casting
- Casting Director: Bretteney Beverly
- Casting Associate: Pilar O’Connell
Costume Staff
- Dressers: Savy Gerhard
- Draper: Martha Mitchell
- Sticher: ScÃan Hayes
Scenic & Lighting Staff
- Master Electrician: Aiyana Stephens
- Scenic Carpenter: Garrett Dill, Jaime Tapia
- Scenic Charge Artist: Mark Lund
- Scenic Artist: Jaiden Clark
- Lighting Programmer: Matthew Ray
- Light Board Operator: Eva Nguyen
- Sound Board Operator: Cassie Fitzgerald
- Electricians: Morgan Poirier, Matthew Ray, Madeleine Rush
- Scenic Strike/Load-In: Elisabeth Chapman†, Sean Mcmullen†, Kayla Peterson†
† All stage work performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local No. 15.
Setting & Details
Setting: Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in North Carolina on a Saturday night in June 1938.
Smoke on the Mountain is approximately two hours including a 15-minute intermission.
SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
* The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.