“Who the bloody hell is that? Right when we're having a heart to heart.” HANGMEN runs November 7–22 in the Firemen’s Kitchen. Emma Lee Kurts brings heart, humor, and a bit of sass to the role of Alice, Harry Wade’s wife and the grounding force in HANGMEN’s world of swagger and bravado. A Hickory resident for 28 years, Emma Lee is a self-described “chaos coordinator” at Kurts Family Farmstead, where she and her husband Paul David have built a lively family life full of creativ

“It's the court that's hanging ya lad, not us." Old habits die hard — especially when your line of work’s a dead end. Hangmen  runs November 7–22 in the Firemen’s Kitchen. Christopher Honsaker brings sharp wit and gravitas to the role of Harry Wade. A retired professional actor and longtime resident of Hickory, Chris has been part of the local theatre community for more than two decades. His performances have earned him four Kay Awards for acting and a Metrolina Theatre Assoc

HANGMEN is set in Oldham, a working-class town in Northern England (Lancashire) in the early 1960s. In 1965, the United Kingdom officially abolished capital punishment (the death penalty) for murder, ending the practice of execution by hanging, which had been Britain’s primary method of capital punishment for centuries. The last executions in Britain were carried out in August 1964. THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE IN ENGLAND There are long-standing economic, social, and cultural diffe