OVERVIEW

June 1944, a small farm in Appalachia, Walter and Grace share a home with four daughters: Rose, who struggles to understand why Stan – an immigrant coal miner and the love of her life – abruptly left to join the Polish Free Forces; Helga, who fears for her husband who's in the Army and – like Stan – assigned to a combat unit in England; Frieda, the family's adventure-seeking daughter, who works in a factory making new friends, one of whom she can't bring home; and teenage Ruby must first come to grips with a family falling apart at the seams. D-Day speeds the dissolution process, but at its core is Walter's seeming allegiance to his German heritage, no matter that Helga's husband and Rose's fiancé are at war against all things German. There – through every battle – is Grace, hoping liberal doses of humor, love and understanding can restore harmony. It is adult Ruby – back for a funeral, seeking answers to questions that haunt her – who retells the family's struggle against prejudice, fear, delusion and self-loathing.

CAST

Walter ......................................................................................................Benicino Cancino

Grace ............................................................................................................Amelie Hebert

Adult Ruby .....................................................................................................Bailey Carson

Frieda ........................................................................................................Gracie Dickinson

Rose ................................................................................................................Shelby Kicker

Young Ruby ....................................................................................................Caitlin Meaux

Helga ...............................................................................................................Kendra Perry

Stan .................................................................................................................Seth Tarango

Sid ..................................................................................................................Jackson Ward