ACT Presents: The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath

Produced in special arrangement with Concord Theatricals

Co-Directed by Jason Justice & Treyton Blackburn

Tickets are $12.00

Performances will be held in the Oddfellow Lodge Meeting Room (above the Mountain Muse in Downtown Prestonsburg) on Oct. 14-15 and Oct. 28-29.

Performances will be held in the Breaks Interstate Park Rhododendron Convention Center on Oct. 21-22 and Oct. 30-31.

The Thin Place is the story of two women, Hilda and Linda. Linda communicates, professionally, with the dead, who are still here, just in a different part of here, in the "thin place." She can make those who believe hear them, offering them peace and closure, and meaning. Originally from rural England, she’s reestablished herself in the U.S.—the birthplace of spiritualism—where she has continued to build a career out of her gift. Hilda, a keen listener, and observer who’s grappling with loss takes a great interest in Linda’s abilities. She befriends the veteran medium, seeking answers that lie across the fragile boundary between our world and the other one.

Hnath’s play bristles with the disquieting suggestion, probing the most timeless questions about reality, the impressionability of the mind, and the omnipresence of death as we float through life. Ever gifted at taking the pulse of the world around him, Hnath matches these universals with a timely resonance, distilling collective feelings of national chaos—and our political and spiritual vulnerabilities therein—to a chillingly personal scale.

With acuity and relentless curiosity, Lucas Hnath’s play transforms the theater into an intimate séance, crafting an unnerving testament to the power of the mind.