The title of this 1982 play that ushers in the sixth season of Mustard Seed Theatre, was an American idiom that indicated overwhelming emotion, and according to Belle "Maw" Wheeler (Nancy Lewis), it means going over the hill to see what's on the other side -- checking out the "unknown".
When the lights come up on Daniel Lanier's beautifully rustic set, we're drawn into Osbourne County, Kansas on July 3rd, 1870. Preparations are underway for an Independence Day celebration the next day, and while Sara (Emily Baker) does the laundry and unsuccessfully tries to get milk from their cow Jezebel, Maw Wheeler, Sara's mother-in-law, is poring over a book that depicts the maps of the world. Maw is restless, and is thinking about heading out to Colorado, once her daughter-in-law's baby is born. But there's not too much time to think or talk about all that -- there's work to be done. It seems that these hard-wrought frontier women always have work to do. One of their nearest neighbors, Etta (Jessica Haley), ventures alone to visit them and see how the party planning is going. Between the wild animals and the sometimes hostile natives, a young woman walking so far alone is a dangerous proposition in these parts, but Etta's lonely and needs the company.
When the lights come up on Daniel Lanier's beautifully rustic set, we're drawn into Osbourne County, Kansas on July 3rd, 1870. Preparations are underway for an Independence Day celebration the next day, and while Sara (Emily Baker) does the laundry and unsuccessfully tries to get milk from their cow Jezebel, Maw Wheeler, Sara's mother-in-law, is poring over a book that depicts the maps of the world. Maw is restless, and is thinking about heading out to Colorado, once her daughter-in-law's baby is born. But there's not too much time to think or talk about all that -- there's work to be done. It seems that these hard-wrought frontier women always have work to do. One of their nearest neighbors, Etta (Jessica Haley), ventures alone to visit them and see how the party planning is going. Between the wild animals and the sometimes hostile natives, a young woman walking so far alone is a dangerous proposition in these parts, but Etta's lonely and needs the company.
