Susannah

Carlisle Floyd’s searing American masterpiece transports the biblical tale of “Susannah and the Elders” to the Appalachian backwoods. When a young woman becomes the target of rumor and judgment in a tightly knit church community, the story unfolds into a gripping drama of hypocrisy, desire, and resilience—set to a folk-inflected score that includes the beloved aria “Ain’t it a pretty night?”