Finally having it’s World Premiere at the Alliance Theatre, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County has been a labor of love for John Mellencamp and Stephen King for over ten years. 

In the tiny town of Lake Belle Reve, Mississippi in 1957, a terrible tragedy took the lives of two brothers and a beautiful young girl. During the next forty years, the events of that night became the stuff of local legend. But legend is often just another word for lie. Joe McCandless knows what really happened; he saw it all. The question is whether or not he can bring himself to tell the truth in time to save his own troubled sons, and whether the ghosts left behind by an act of violence will help him – or tear the McCandless family apart forever.

Under the direction of artistic director Susan V. Booth, and the music direction of T Bone Burnett, the cast features Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley, Tony nominee Emily Skinner and Justin Guarini.  Travis Smith (Glass Menagerie, Georgia Shakespeare), Kylie Brown (Spring Awakening, Actors’ Express), and Rob Lawhon (Buddy Holly Story, Georgia Ensemble) round out the cast.