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Goosetown: The Devil’s Milk, Part 2 is a new musical by JT Buck that tells the story of a man drawn from the hills of West Virginia by the promises of a booming Akron in 1913.
Goosetown: The Devil’s Milk, Part 2, book, music, and lyrics by Akron native J.T. Buck, tells the story of a man drawn from the hills of West Virginia in 1913 by the promises of a booming Akron. He lands in a violent but exhilarating swirl of people and ambitions where the lines of race, class, and ideology are blurred as fortunes are easily gained and lost. Arriving at the train depot and walking the streets, he finds a place to sleep in the arms of a passionate and mysterious woman in the mostly German neighborhood of Goosetown. But Goosetown itself is a strange place, built defiantly atop a hidden river flowing with secrets that refuse to be buried. At the rubber factory, under the watchful eye of the new company clock tower looming over the city, he’s caught between the greed of a powerful industry tycoon and the righteous passion of a growing labor uprising. Add to all of it the disruptions of a chaotic freeze/thaw weather cycle and a priest with very worldly desires and a ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
$15 general
$10 students
Phone: 330-867-3299
Email: nwplab@gmail.com
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
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Post-show audience engagement activities.
LOCATION
220 S Balch Street, Akron, OH 44302
PARKING INFO
Parking is available in the adjacent lot.