Friend, Director, Tommy DeSalvo, invited me to photograph a dress rehearsal of the Strawberry Hill Players as they performed Langford Wilson's, The Rimers of Eldritch.

"Rimers" is a drama set in the mid-20th century in Eldritch, Missouri, a decaying Bible Belt town that once was a prosperous coal mining community.  It focuses on the murder of the aging local hermit by a woman who mistakenly thought he was committing rape when he actually was trying to prevent one. (Synopsis from Wikipedia)

A well deserved round of applause to the students for their passionate performances and to Tommy and his set decorator as the colorful lighting was beautifully done: