Rural West Virginia, 1962. Fourteen year-old Pete’s fighting to claim his past. His older brother Jake’s hoping to forge a future. With its soaring, elegiac score and eclectic band of youngsters teetering on the brink of adulthood, this inspirational new musical finds both the streaks of light and the heart of darkness within us all.
What Is the Story of The Burnt Part Boys?
This new off-Broadway musical, set in 1962, centers on two West Virginia brothers, 18-year-old Jake and 14-year-old Pete, who have basically raised themselves in the 10 years since their father died in a mining accident. Now the mine (known locally as the “Burnt Part”) is being reopened, and Jake has been assigned to work there, much to Pete’s dismay. Along with his best friend Dusty and a feisty young girl they meet along the way, Pete sets off on a treacherous journey up the mountain, determined to take action so that the ill-fated mine will never claim another life.
