Last Train to Nibroc

Written by Arlene Hutton
Directed by Katharine Farmer

In December 1940, an unexpected friendship develops on an east-bound train that is carrying the bodies of the great American writers Nathanael West and F. Scott Fitzgerald. May, religious and bookish, shares her seat with a charming young flyer, Raleigh, who has been given a medical discharge and, inspired by West and Fitzgerald, is heading to New York to become a writer. May and Raleigh discover they are from neighboring Appalachian towns, and Raleigh decides to change trains for Kentucky, promising to take May to the next Nibroc Festival. 

“You could easily enjoy another few hours of this.” ~ N.Y. Times
“It is beautifully written…every line is a heartbeat.” ~ Financial Times