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Versions of Meriwether Lewis's 1809 death at a remote wilderness inn are imagined by his friend Alexander Wilson during a tense encounter with the only witness to the famed explorer's final night alive.

In Southern Gothic Novel, playwright Frank Blocker delivers his tale of crime, love and dark comedy through a solo portrayal of seventeen different characters before a live theatre audience. A secretive Mississippi town casts a gothic shadow over Blocker's complex cast, including his protagonist, love-starved virgin Viola Haygood, in this tense narrative of abduction and rural strangeness, deftly unfolded with Blocker's unique comedic edge.