Valcq & Alley Shine Bright, Musical Light on Small Town USA by Mary Lou Herlihy Hope is the thing with feathers. —Emily Dickinson “The Spitfire Grill,” set in the fictional town of Gilead, Wisconsin, IS small town America. Children are lost to foreign wars, jobs have gone offshore, and small businesses struggle. Whole communities are devastated and forsaken. But the musical offers hope and redemption in the Rust Belt. Music Director Nick Brown creates a seamless world of sound, with gi...
