♪♪ >> IN OUR SMALL COMMUNITIES WE KEEP A BETTER EYE BECAUSE WE'RE VERY SCARED.

WE HAVE HAD VIOLENT DEATHS.

THERE WAS A MURDER OF A SHERIFF CANDIDATE WHO HAD ACTUALLY BEEN A FORMER SHERIFF.

>> IT WAS JUST TAKING OUT PEOPLE WE KNEW.

EVERYBODY WAS BEING TOUCHED BY IT.

>> THERE IS NOT A WEEKEND THAT GOES BY AT OUR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AN OVERDOSE OR A GUN SHOT INJURY OR SOMETHING DRUG-RELATED.

>> NO MATTER HOW DARK THE OXYCONTINSIDE IS, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR REDEMPTION.

OKAY CONFINE >> THERE WAS A CASTING CALL.

THEY WANTED ABOUT A HUNDRED BODIES.

I THOUGHT I AM A BODY, I CAN BE IN THIS PLAY.

>> THE CASTING CALL SAID ANYONE WHO COMES WILL BE IN THE SHOW.

I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDS KIND OF EXCITING, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

>> I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT NOTHING BUT COALMINES.

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT.

>> WELL OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE CAST OF THIS PLAY OVER ITS VARIOUS INCARNATIONS.

IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS ABOUT HOW TO PEOPLE BEGIN TO BUILD BRIDGES OF COMMUNICATION FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER, WITHIN FAMILIES, ACROSS COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND SOME THINGS ARE TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO TALK ABOUT.

♪♪ >> I'M FROM HARLAN.

>> MY PEOPLE ARE FROM CUMBERLAND WE'RE SO RICH.

>> I'M FROM DOWN WHERE THE COMMISARY USED TO BE.

>> I COME FROM LUILLAN.

>> I'M FROM SOUP BEANS AND CORNBREAD.

>> I'M FROM BOILED EGGS.

>> I'M FROM "THANK YOU JESUS" >> I'M FROM 58 DEGREES WHEN IT'S SUMMER UNDERGROUND.

BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE TOP, WE GO ALL THE WAY.

>> WE COULD LIVE IN A RAINFOREST, AND IF YOU LIVE THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME RATE.

THE GROUND SOAKS UP SOME, BUT EVENTUALLY IT STARTS TO DRIP BACK TO THE SEA IT CAME FROM.

IT IS RUNOFF THAT COMES INTO CONFLUENCE.

TONIGHT IS ALSO A CONFLUENCE, A COMING TOGETHER OF STORIES.

AND JUST LIKE THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RIVERS, RIVERS OF WATER, RIVERS OF MONEY, RIVERS OF LAUGHTER, AND RIVERS OF TEARS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE ALL KINDS OF STORIES ABOUT WHAT IS AROUND HERE TOO.

>> WE COULD TELL WHEN THE WEATHER WAS GOING TO TURN TO RAIN.

>> THIS ONE HAS REALLY GOTTEN INTO MY BONES.

WE BEST WATCH THAT RIVER.

>> BETTER MOVE TO HIGH GROUND WITH THE KIDS, LADIES.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> WE HAVE BEEN REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.

>> WHEN WE WALKED IN, THEY HANDED US THE PERFORMANCE AND THE PRACTICE SCHEDULE.

NOW WE'RE LIKE 40 REHEARSALS ON THE SCHEDULE, AND I SAID THERE WAS NO WAY.

>> THEY DON'T JUST WORK ON A PROJECT TOGETHER, THEY WORK ON SOMETHING THAT CREATES A LASTING BOND BETWEEN THEM.

THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE.

>> WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES I JUST KNEW I HAD TO BE A PART.

>> WE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR ASSETS, STRENGTHS AND WHERE THE LIGHT IS, AND NOT WHERE THE SHADOWS ARE.

>> THE FLOWER WAS STIRRED UP IN COLD WATER, WHEN YOU ADDED BOILING WATER TO MAKE A STARCH.

THEN YOU TOOK THAT OUT ON THE CLOTHES LINE, BUT BEFORE YOU COULD DO THAT, YOU HAD TO TAKE OFF THE CLEAN SOMETHING, CLEAN THAT CLOTHES LINE GOOD.

BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T, IT WAS COVERED WITH COAL DUST AND DIRT AND YOU WOULD HAVE BLACK MARKS ON EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY THE SHEETS.

IN THE SUMMERTIME, IT WASN'T BAD, NICE TO HANG OUT THE LAUNDRY, THEY WOULD SMELL SO GOOD.

BUT IN THE WINTERTIME, THE CLOTHES HAD TO BE HUNG OUT AS IT WAS, AND AS MY MOMMY WOULD SAY, THEY WOULD FREEZE-DRY.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> USUALLY AROUND HERE, ALL YOU HEAR ABOUT IS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT THIS GROUP, AND PEOPLE FROM HERE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE FROM THERE, WE CAN'T PUT THEM TOGETHER, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

IF YOU HAVE A THEATER, AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THEATER FOR 13 YEARS.

THE BIGGEST TURNOUT WE EVER GOT WAS 20.

NOW WE HAVE CROWDS OF 200 AND TURNING PEOPLE AWAY.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

>> IN THE FLOOD HE WOULD DROP US OFF AND THEN WALK BACK, AND THEN I WOULD WALK BACK TOO BECAUSE I WAS THE OLDEST OF FOUR.

ME AND DADDY WALK THE RIVER.

IF IT WAS LATE, WE WOULD STAY UP.

I HAD MY FIRST CUP OF COFFEE WATCHING THE RIVER RISE, EVERY COUPLE HOURS, SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN WE WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE WATER'S EDGE AND SEE HOW FAR IT WAS COMING UP.

SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE RISING REALLY FAST AND WE WOULD KEEP THE RADIO ON.

>> WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM, FLASH FLOOD FOR HARLAN COUNTY.

>> IF WATCHING THE RIVER WAS MY JOB, I WOULD STICK A STICK IN THE GROUND, NOT IN THE WATER, BUT A LITTLE WAY BACK FROM THE EDGE.

THAT WAY WHEN I WENT BACK OUT, IF THAT STICK WAS STANDING IN WATER, I HAD SOME IDEA OF HOW FAST THAT WATER WAS ARISING.

IT IS NOT ONLY AS EASY AS YOU THINK IT OUT TO BE SO JUDGE.

SOMETIMES YOU NEED A MEASURE.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> I NEED TO ASK AN ODD QUESTION.

WHO AROUND HERE BUYS A LOT OF SUGAR?

>> WHAT PEOPLE BUY IN THIS STORE IS PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.

SUGAR AIN'T YOUR BUSINESS.

>> I DON'T WANT TO BUST ANYBODY, I WANT TO WORK FOR THEM.

>> I AIN'T GOING TO DO IT.

>> I WILL CUT YOU IN.

YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT.

>> PART OF WHAT?

>> MY BUSINESS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THINK OF THE FOLKS WHO STILL USE THE MULES.

>> WHY?

>> THINK ABOUT IT.

>> WHAT DOES THAT SIGN SAY?

>> KEEP OUT.

>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> IT MEANS TO KEEP OUT.

>> UNLESS YOU ARE OPENING A BUSINESS.

>> GET OUT AND STAY OUT.

>> I GOT AN IDEA YOU MIGHT LIKE.

I DON'T MUCH LIKE COAL MINING IN THE GROUND.

LET'S SAY IT WAS A PRODUCT.

>> A WHAT?

>> A PRODUCT.

>> LIKE WHAT?

>> LIKE SOMETHING YOU COOK.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO REALLY WANT THIS PRODUCT.

IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT.

LET'S SAY ON THE OTHER END THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THIS GOOD PRODUCT SOLD.

THE LAW THAT DOESN'T WANT IT SOLD.

LET'S SAY THE LAW CAN CATCH A MAN COOKING THE PRODUCT, BUT THEY CAN'T DO MUCH TO THAT PERSON BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE COOKING THAT IS ILLEGAL, BUT IT IS THE SELLING.

SO WHAT IF THE COOKER PASSED THIS PRODUCT OFF TO A SELLER, >> THAT WOULD MAKE THE OLD LADY HAPPY.

WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS?

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR NAME.

>> HOW DID YOUR FATHER TALK TO ME?

>> MULES.

>> OVER BY THE "KEEP OUT" SIGN I SAW MULE DROPPINGS.

>> I AUTOMATIC A DEE CON AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

I ENJOY MY PART, I REALLY DO.

I NEVER DID MAKE IT, BUT I'VE SEEN A FEW STILLS RUNNING IN HEAR DO YOU KNOW COUNTY.

>> THE CHOIR WAS SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ONE TIME AT RUPP ARENA.

WHENEVER WE WOULD GO TO LEAVE THE BALL COURT, SOMEBODY HOLERS AT MY DAD, THEY SAY DON'T WANT IT, DON'T NEED IT, GET OUT AND STAY OUT.

>> WE'RE TALKING WAY UP IN THE STANDS.

>> LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT A STORY, MY DAD WHO COOKED LIQUOR, SOLD IT WHOLESALE.

YOU COME TO OUR HOUSE AND GET A DRINK OR TWO.

BUT WE STILL HAD COPS.

WENT TO COURT THREE TIMES BUT NO JURY CONVICTED HIM.

THEY SAID IT WAS TOO SMALL, AND THE SHINE WAS THAT GOOD, EVEN SOLD IT TO IT JUDGE MCAUNAGHAN.

>> PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, FLASH FLOODS IN HARLAN COUNTY, EVACUATION OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS ADVISED.

SHELTERS ARE OPEN.

>> WHEN WE STARTED OUT, I WAS DEFINITELY REALLY AFRAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE STEREO TYPICAL HARLAN COUNTY PLAY, WE WOULD BE PURE TRADE AS HILL BELLIES WITH NO EDUCATION, TEETH, EVERY WOMAN HAD SEVEN KIDS.

IN ALL HONESTY, THE FIRST DRAFT OF THAT SCRIPT, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT IT WAS.

I THINK THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS AND HOW WE WON OVER THE AUDIENCE, WE TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THIS.

WE TOOK AND WE PUT OUR STORIES, OUR EXPERIENCES AND PRET REE MUCH OUR MINDS AND OUR LIVES IN THERE ON DISPLAY.

AND THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE BIG DIFFERENCE.

YES, IT IS ABOUT HARLAN AND YES, IT SAYS SOME THINGS THAT AREN'T EXACTLY PLEASANT, BUT IT IS PEOPLE FROM HARLAN SAYING THOSE TRUTHS ABOUT HARLAN.

IT IS LIKE WE HAVE MORE OF A RIGHT A SAY WHAT OUR PROBLEM IS THAN SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN, LET'S SAY INDIANA WHO IS COMING IN JUST TO SEE ALL THE POOR IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE WITH THEIR DRUG PROBLEMS.

>> I HAD AN UNCLE ONCE WHO SAID HE COULD PREDICT JUST HOW BAD A FLOOD WOULD BE BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TOITION, DOLLS, PLASTIC SCOOTERS, THE STUFF THAT GOT LEFT UPSTREAM WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN.

THEY ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT FLOAT, AND THE FIRST THINGS TO GET WASHED AWAY IN A FLOOD.

>> I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS BECAUSE FOR ONE THING, I LOVE MUSIC, AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PLAY WAS ALL ABOUT, THE FLOODS, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FLOODS IN OUR LIVES.

>> WHEN THE WATERS WOULD RISE, THERE WERE TIMES THEY WOULD GET UP TO THE FLOORING.

YOU COULD HEAR THE WATER UNDER THE FLOOR.

BY THE TIME IT GOT THERE, THAT IS WHEN MOM AND DAD HAD TO MAKE A DECISION IF WE WERE GOING TO LEAVE TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.

>> THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF FLOODS.

THERE WAS A TIME WE HAD DOCTORS OFFICES, MAYBE ONE PER COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ONLY GOT TREATED FOR WHAT YOU WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR, AND YOU DIDN'T GET NOTHING ELSE.

THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MEDICINE FLOATING AROUND IN MY TIME LIKE THEY DO TODAY.

>> IT WAS BECOMING IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE DEATHS FROM OVERDOSES OF OXYCONTIN AND OTHER PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS, AND A SPIKE IN DRUG-RELATED CRIME THAT WAS RELATIVELY NEW TO THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE WERE LOSING OUR CHILDREN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND OUR STUDENTS, WHY NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

>> WILL I EVER WORK AGAIN?

>> I AM WRITING YOU THIS PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE IT DAILY AND DO YOUR EXERCISES.

>> DID YOUR DOCTOR GIVE YOU THAT STUFF?

>> HE SAID IT WAS FOR PAIN.

>> BE CAREFUL, DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH.

>> LET'S SAY THIS PHARMACY CASHIER HAS A COUSIN.

>> I NEED ANOTHER PRESCRIPTION.

>> WHAT?

>> COME ON.

YOU KNOW I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.

>> HELP ME OUT.

>> THE OLDER FELLOW THAT JUST LEFT, HE HAS A NEW ONE.

AND MY HUSBAND IS ON HIS WAY TO DO HIS EXERCISES BECAUSE NOW HE CAN WITH THIS NEW PAIN MEDICATION.

>> A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THESE PILLS?

>> THAT'S RIGHT, >> A HUNDRED DOLLARS?

WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE MAKING SHINE IN THE OLD DAYS.

I HAVE SOMETHING HARD TO GET, PEOPLE PAY GOOD MONEY FOR IT, ISN'T UP TO ME WHAT HE DOES FOR IT.

HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SEVEN OF THOSE PILLS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AS GOOD AS THIS MEDICINE IS, HE HAS TO EAT WHILE HE FAKES IT BECAUSE REHAB EXERCISES BUILD UP A HEFTY APPETITE.

PRETTY SOON THERE IS LOTS OF APPETITE BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR MEDICINE HAS A GREAT BIG HOOK IN IT.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> THEY CAN TAKE ME AS A DOCTOR.

>> YOU ARE WASN'T TOO CRAZY ABOUT BEING THE DOCTOR, GIVING THE PRESCRIPTIONS.

>> BECAUSE I NEVER DID.

>> HE DOESN'T DO THAT.

>> DO YOUR COLLEAGUES GIVE YOU A HARD TIME?

>> NO, THEY GAVE ME THE HARD TIME.

THEY TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.

THEY SAY I CAN'T BELIEVE AL WAS DOING THAT.

WE JUST HAD A PHYSICIAN HERE IN THIS COUNTY WHO IS IN PRISON AS OF TODAY.

IT WAS A FACTUAL STORY.

>> I DON'T FEEL A THING.

>> HE NEEDS IT WHEN HE'S NOT DOING HIS EXERCISES TOO.

>> YOUR BACK DON'T HURT LIKE IT USED TO.

>> WHY QUIT?

I GOT ME A LITTLE OLD PRESCRIPTION.

I ONLY SELL A FEW OF THEM.

>> WE HAD A STUDENT WHOSE HUSBAND HAD GOTTEN HURT IN THE MINES.

HE HAD A LEGITIMATE PRESCRIPTION FOR OXYCONTIN.

HE WAS SHOT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME.

♪♪ >> I'M GOING TO MISS HIM, JUST LIKE HE'S GOING TO MISS HIS DAD, JUST LIKE SHE'S BEING TO MISS HER MOM AND HER SISTER.

ME, I'M GOING TO MISS THEM ALL, EVERY ONE OF THEM.

LOST IN A FLOOD, A FLOOD OF MEDICINE.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> WE GOT TO JUST WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE.

WE FOUND OUT WE WAS JUST LIKE SISTERS AND BROTHERS.

EVERYBODY GOT CLOSE AND THAT IS HOW THIS COMMUNITY WAS.

THAT IS THE REASON I LOVE HARLAN COUNTY.

EVERYBODY REACHES OUT TO EACH OTHER.

WE ARE JUST NOT ONE LITTLE CITY; WE'RE THE WHOLE COUNTY, THE WHOLE COUNTY ON HIGHER GROUND IS REACHING OUT.

>> WE FOUND OUT THAT PEOPLE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND CAN COMFORT ONE ANOTHER AND FOUND A KIND OF JOY THAT GAVE US A STRENGTH TO HANG ON, CLEANUP AND REBUILD.

WE FOUND SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> IN THE SHELTERS, YOU CREATE THIS COMMUNITY, YOU FIND OUT PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT ONE OF ANOTHER.

THAT IS ONE OF HER LINES.

EVEN IN THESE HARD DISASTERS, IF PEOPLE CAN KIND OF BOND AND JOIN TOGETHER AND REALLY BEGIN TO CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER, AS A COMMUNITY YOU CAN START TO OVERCOME AND FIND A STRENGTH AND A WILL TO GO ON.

>> I'M FROM I HAD TO BORROW GAS MONEY JUST TO GET HERE.

>> I'M FROM TUX.

>> I AM FROM OVER THE WATER.

>> MY GRANDMOTHER HAD 17 CHILDREN THAT LIVED.

I ASKED HER ONCE, WHY DID YOU HAVE SO MANY?

YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID?

SHE SAID LAND CHILD, THEY WERE MY INSURANCE.

I THINK ABOUT THAT SOMETIMES.

>> I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN GOD GAVE ME, AND 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND MAYBE EIGHT OR NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH GOOD AND BAD TIMES WITH THEM.

THE LORD SAYS TO CONSIDER IT OUR JOY.

♪♪ >> LOOK WHO IS HIGH AGAIN.

>> YOU KNOW YOU GET HIGH ENOUGH, JUST ABOUT HIGH ENOUGH TO SWALLOW.

>> YOU DID IT AGAIN.

YOU DID IT NOW.

SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

AND THERE YOU ARE.

>> ALL RIGHT GUYS, JUST COOL IT FOR TONIGHT, OKAY?

DON'T BUG ME TONIGHT.

>> NOTHING CAN BUG YOU; YOU'RE FLYING MAN.

>> I NEED IT SOMETIMES.

>> I WANT IT.

>> I NEED IT.

>> SOME OF THE LINES THAT HAPPEN DON'T SEEM TO MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.

BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE FRIENDS I HAVE HAD WHO HAVE BEEN ON AXY.

I HAVE HAD A FEW FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL, A COUPLE THAT PASSED AWAY WHEN THEY GOT INTO COLLEGE.

>> IT DOESN'T COST THAT MUCH.

IT ISN'T LIKE I DO IT THAT MUCH, JUST ON THE WEEKENDS.

>> WEEKENDS?

YOU HAVE A FINE IDEA OF THE WEEKENDS, SON.

>> REALLY, IT ISN'T THAT MUCH.

BUT I HURT WITHOUT IT.

REMEMBER?

>> YOU DID HURT.

>> I HURT NOW.

>> NOW EVERYBODY ELSE HURTS.

>> WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

>> NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IT'S YOUR LIFE, YOU PILL-HEAD.

>> I NEED TO FINISH THIS POPCORN AND THEN -- >> CUT THE BOWL.

YOU WANT TO DO ANOTHER HIT, SO YOU NEED ME TO GO INTO THE OTHER ROOM WHILE YOU DO IT.

>> GRETTA, JUST LOOK.

>> LISTEN TO YOU.

YOU'RE SERIOUS.

I WOULD BE SERIOUSLY BETTER TRYING TO LISTEN TO A FISH-POST THAN LISTEN TO AXY.

>> JUST LISTEN FOR A SECOND.

>> NO, YOU LISTEN.

GET YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT.

ME AND YOU WILL TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT DON'T YOU DARE AND SIT ME TO LISTEN TO THIS.

>> TALK TO THE TELEPHONE, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO.

I DON'T NEED THIS RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

>> DO WHAT?

>> THE ONLY TIME IT IS EVEN REMOTELY EASY IS WHEN YOU ARE NICE ENOUGH TO PASS OUT ON THIS COUCH.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST PASS OUT RIGHT HERE.

>> I JUST WANT SOMEBODY THAT LOVES ME AND DOESN'T GET MAD ALL THE TIME.

I JUST WANT TO FEEL LIKE THE ROOM LOVES ME, AND THE COUCH, AND THE POPCORN.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SO SWEET, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE COUCH AND LOVE.

TRUE, THAT'S REALLY TRUE.

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE SMARTER THAN ANYBODY GIVES YOU CREDIT FOR, AREN'T YOU?

>> YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW.

>> WE GOT TO WORKING ON IT.

I SAW THE PART OF BRITTA, THE CHARACTER I PLAY.

I SAID I DON'T CARE WHAT I DO, I'M NOT DOING THAT PART, DO NOT ASK ME TO DO THAT PART BECAUSE I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE AN ANGRY PERSON AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE ALL ANGRY AND SERIOUS.

THEY DIDN'T TELL ME UNTIL THE DAY AFTER EVERYTHING HAD BEEN CAST AT THE FIRST REHEARSAL, AND THEY SAID YOU ARE BRITTA, JUST BY THE WAY.

>> EVEN AS THE FLOOD WATERS RECEDE, THE WATER SWIRL AND TOUCH EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO ESCAPE OR NOT.

>> I'M FROM HARLAN, BUT I NEVER KNEW HARD TIMES, NOT REALLY.

I'M FROM WHAT'S CALLED A "GOOD" FAMILY, IVY HILLS.

MY MOM AND DAD HAD A GOOD JOB.

WE ALL WENT TO CHURCH AND WE HAD A NICE HOUSE.

I GREW UP AND I WENT TO COLLEGE AND I MARRIED A GOOD GUY.

HE HAS A GOOD JOB, AND I HAD A GOOD JOB.

AND THEN I GOT PREGNANT AND MY WHOLE LIFE WAS GOING JUST AS I HAD DREAMED, AND THEN I LOST THE BABY AND I GOT DEPRESSED.

BUT I COULD AFFORD A COUNSELOR.

AND THE COUNSELOR PUT ME ON ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, PILLS.

ONE PILL LED TO ANOTHER, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF COURT LOOKING AT EITHER REHAB OR JAIL.

I HAD NEVER BEEN IN A COURTROOM BEFORE IN MY LIFE, AND THERE I WAS SURROUNDED BY ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WITH ALL KINDS OF CHARGES AGAINST THEM, CHARGES JUST LIKE MINE, DRUG CHARGES.

AND THAT JUDGE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

YOU'RE FROM A GOOD FAMILY, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

AND EVERYONE COULD HEAR.

I JUST WANTED TO SCREAM, IT IS OKAY FOR THEM TO BE HERE AND NOT ME, IT IS OKAY FOR THEIR LIVES TO BE RUINED AND NOT MINE?

NO, THE JUDGES DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.

THEY TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME.

>> HEY, ALLAN, TURN THAT DOWN PLEASE.

ALLAN I HAVE TO TAKE A TEST TOMORROW, TURN IT DOWN.

ALAN, COME ON.

>> OH, MY GOD WOMAN.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

YOU DONE NEAR RIPPED A HOLE IN THE WALL BACK THERE.

>> YOU SHOULD HAVE TURNED IT DOWN.

>> ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY SOMETHING, AND I WILL TURN IT DOWN.

>> ALAN, I ASKED YOU LIKE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES TO TURN THAT DOWN FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE.

THERE IS STUFF I'M TRYING TO DO IN HERE.

>> I HAVE STUFF I HAVE TO DO TOO.

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THIS HOUSE.

>> ALAN, WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE TO DO?

>> THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

YOU GOT YOUR STUFF TO DO, I'VE GOT MY STUFF TO DO.

>> THE POINT IS THAT I HAVE TO TAKE THIS TEST IN THE MORNING, TOMORROW MORNING.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT?

IS NOTHING ELSE IMPORTANT TO YOU ANYMORE?

>> I CALM DOWN.

>> I THOUGHT WE HAD A FAMILY THAT WAS IMPORTANT?

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING?

COME ON, GIRL.

>> CALM DOWN.

>> I WILL CALM DOWN WHEN YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

>> I WILL TEACH YOU SOMETHING.

>> STOP IT ALL AN, I MEAN IT.

>> OKAY, LET'S JUST CALM DOWN.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> THE SKIES ARE CLEARING, A COOL FRONT IS COMING ACROSS HARLAN COUNTY.

>> I GET RECOGNIZED AND THEY ARE LIKE YOU ARE THE ONE WHO TRIED TO SHOOT YOUR HUSBAND.

THEN THEY TALK ABOUT HOW PHENOMENAL IT WAS AND HOW THEY HAD A SISTER, A COUSIN WHO WENT THROUGH KIND OF THE SAME THING AND THEY THINK THEY SHOULD SEE THE PLAY, PEOPLE WANT THEIR KIDS TO SEE THE PLAY.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED HIM WITH ALL MY HEART, BUT ONCE THE DRUGS CAME INTO IT, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO WILL STAY MARRIED TO THAT VERY LONG.

AND ALAN, HE JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT.

HE IS ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE FLOOD, AND IT HAS BEEN SO HARD ON SHANE.

ALAN SMITH, WE REMEMBER YOU.

ING (LOVED ONES ARE REMEMBERED (LOVED ONES ARE REMEMBERED) ♪♪ >> JUST BEING IN THE PLAY, YOU CAN FEEL THE LOVE.

YOU ARE ARE NOT LOOKED DOWN UPON, BUT YOU ARE LIFTED UP.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, LIFTING UP ONE ANOTHER.

AND WE LEARNED SO MUCH AND BECAME SO CLOSE FROM THIS PLAY.

IT HAS BEEN A PLEASING.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) 6