Scene Synopsis

Scene Synopsis

Time: The action begins in 1864 and runs until 1872.

Place: In and around Scuffletown (now Pembroke) and Lumberton, N.C.

Prologue: The March of the Lumbees

Song: “Carolina’s God Forever Reigns” - Company

ACT 1:

Scene 1: A confederate work camp near Wilmington, NC – 1864

Song: “Chain Gang Blues” – Shoemaker John and Chain Gang

Scene 2: A cabin in Scuffletown

Song: “I’m Ruff and Ready” – Henry and Rhoda

Scene 3: The Sheriff’s home in Lumberton

Song: “I Would Not Marry An Old Man” – King and Dolly

Scene 4: A political rally in Lumberton

Song: “Wait for the Wagon” – Citizens and Home Guard

Scene 5: A clearing in the swamp

Song: “In the Pines” – Boss Strong and Shoemaker John

Scene 6: The Lowrie Cabin

Song: “I’m a Good Ole Rebel” – Home Guard

Scene 7: The backroom of a roadhouse near Lumberton

Scene 8: Near the Lowrie Cabin

Song: “O Perfect Love,” “Wedding Square Dance” – Company

Fifteen-minute Intermission

ACT 2:

Scene 1: The Robeson County Jail in Lumberton

Song: “The Jailer’s Lament” – Jailer Perkins

Scene 2: Rev. Sinclair’s Baptist Church in Scuffletown

Song: “Jerusalem, My Happy Home” – Company

Scene 3: The Sheriff’s Office in Lumberton

Scene 4: A clearing in the swamp

Song: “The Prettiest Girl in Scuffletown” – Boss Strong

Scene 5: The Sheriff’s Office in Lumberton

Scene 6: A clearing in the swamp – the ambush

Scene 7: Another part of the swamp

Scene 8: A Cabin

Scene 9: The Lowrie Cabin

Song: “Brown Skin” – Rhoda Strong Lowrie

Epilogue: “Battle Hymn of the Republic” – Company