The Flood

By Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
Performance: September 6 - 9 and 13 - 16, 2007
Director: John Campbell
Musical Director: Sara Gottman

An epic story about the struggles of Meyerville, Illinois and the rising tide of the Mississippi River that would wipe it off the map.  This story documents the catastrophic floods in the Midwest during the summer of 1993.  Mythic and moving, with a stirring score and deeply American characters, The Flood looks for meaning in cycles of devastation and rebirth, and finds that even in the wake of tragedy there are things that float.  Our very own Valmeyer inspired the writings of this fictional story.