LOUISA — “When I’m Gone,” written by Michael Ross Albert and featuring the music of The Stanley Brothers, opened May 28 at the Garden Theater in Louisa.

The play tells the story of the night Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys came to Fort Gay, West Virginia, and changed two teenage musicians’ lives.

After arriving late to a New Year’s Eve gig at a local bar in 1969, Ralph Stanley hears 15-year-old Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley singing the songs that he and his late brother Carter made famous.

Ralph is so moved by their performance that he takes the two young musicians under his wing and on the road with him, jump-starting their professional music careers and setting them both on the path to world fame. 

Performances May 29-June 1 and June 4-7 are at 7:30 p.m.

Dinner show dates are June 7 & 8 at 6:30 p.m.

For tickets, visit mtnmoverstheatre.com/ or call the box office at 606-331-8932.