UNDER DEVELOPMENT—
STRANDED IN STONE CITY, a new musical
Book by Elaine Mattingly, music by John Mattingly, with Elaine Mattingly
It's 1973 and the battle of the sexes is is in full swing, homosexuality is no longer an offical mental health disorder, the troops are home from Viet Nam and the village of Stone City, Iowa is preparing for the first-ever American Gothic Festival and the arrival of local celebrity Nan Wood Graham, the model for the sour-faced daughter in her brother's famous painting. Siblings Anna, Vince and David Mannville are at the center of it all as complications arrive, including a trainful of stranded passengers during an unexpected April snowstorm. How will residents of tiny Stone City handle the onslaught of stranded strangers? Will the show go on? What havoc will all that snow wreak? Find out in this new musical chockfull of references to the epic year that was 1973.