PLATE 1. “Young Matt” (Caleb Odenthal) fights the Baldknobbers. Photo by Beckie Fairchild. Smells Like Rain & Tastes Like Tears: Shepherd the Musical by Joshua Heston with Caleb Brubaker “Do they think this is the end?” Dave Wallace wondered as he looked over an audience rising to their feet. The applause was long and lasting…
Hayden Head, Playwright Dr. Hayden Head, retired professor at College of the Ozarks and playwright, has impacted the lives of now-uncountable students. “He is incredibly intelligent, but you never feel like he’s ‘talking down’ to you.” “He loves life and learning.” “I think I learned more in one semester under his teacher than I ever…
Join Editor-in-Chief Joshua Heston along with Ozarks native Ethan Grubaugh as they talk about the 1907 novel Shepherd of the Hills and author Harold Bell Wright. Playwright Hayden Head joins the group. Podcast Partners: Shepherd the Musical: Rediscovering America’s Story, Stafford’s Barber Shop & Shave Company: The Place for Men in Downtown Branson, and Taney…