Charlie Wetzel

Jack Spriggs, a poor dust bowl farmer from Alabama, is determined to keep his family's land. Set during the Great Depression, record heat waves and over-farming have turned the once fertile soil into worthless dust.

Based on the backstory of one of the most beloved childrenʼs novels of all time comes the extraordinary love story between a simple woodsman and a beautiful maiden. Not having many possessions but wanting to marry his maiden, the woodsman sets his heart to build a large and beautiful cabin.

Jimmy Balcom’s new job selling newspapers is a God-send to a kid working hard to help his family survive during the depression. But then Jimmy figures out what’s happening in the candy shop across the street. And he is confronted with a choice that no twelve-year-old should ever have to face. Giving his family a better life, or keeping his soul.

A musical tale about one magician who comes face to face with his own self doubt about the existence of magic in the world.