And the Tide Shall Cover the Earth Author:Norma Cole Play script. An unforgettably warm and true story of a remarkable Grandmother and her granddaughter, confronted by inexorable nature and change. A smash hit from its launching at the 1993 Children's Theatre Symposium in Indianapolis, to New York City's THEATRE OF THE OPEN-EYE, to Nashville's ACADEMY ThEATRE. Open stage, a small porched house, i... more »nterior, all by suggestion, props, lights. Costumes of Appalachia, 1930's. 2 men, 1 boy, 3 girls, 2 women. We are in the world of the lakes and dams of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The hydroelectric dam at Wolf Creek is finished and closed, and heavy rains lift the levels of the new lake. Soon water will cover the lands and farms long-since purchased, and people must move to new towns. Only Granny, determined to keep her promise to her man in the graveyard - - and her granddaughter, Geneva, just as certain they will leave - - are locked in a contest of "the stubborns'. Geneva gradually prevails. But Granny, in turn, brings forth her hidden treasures in blue jars, and both find a way to go forward with the changes of their lives. "A new American classic' observed the 1994 Southeastern Community Theatre Festival in awarding Norma Cole's play it's "Best Play Award".« less