Written by Adrienne Burke-Moran

Music Composition by Erin Burke-Moran

Original work developed and produced by the creative team of Punctuate4 Productions

In 2017, Adrienne and Erin Burke-Moran set out to walk the Appalachian Trail. They did not go because their lives were broken. They went because the world was loud, and the woods were quiet. What follows is not an escape story, exactly. It's the story of two people who love each other moving through the same wilderness at different speeds: one looking for air, one looking for answers, both carrying more than they know how to name.

With a script written and shaped by Adrienne’s lived experience and original music drawn from Erin’s life as a touring musician, Thru Hike traces the strange clarity that arrives when the noise falls away — marriage, grief, burnout, fear for the future, and the private question beneath it all: What kind of life can we honestly choose?

Thru Hike

They walked away to find out what’s left. A true story from the Appalachian Trail.


2026 workshop Production


June 5 - 7, 2026
The Calderwood at the BCA, 527 Tremont Street, Boston

Directed by Myriam Cyr and Michelle Joyner
Produced by Catherine Stramer

CAST

Detour: Brian Mason

Ishmael: Janet Pohli

Torin Cox

Sharon Mason

2024 Staged Reading


July 12, 2024 @ 7:30 p.m.
The Community House

Directed by Myriam Cyr
Music Composition by Erin Burke-Moran
Music Direction by Erin Burke-Moran
Executive Produced by Catherine Stramer and Myriam Cyr

CAST

Detour: Erin Burke Moran 

Ishmael: Adrienne Burke-Moran

Mosey Two-Step: Phil Thompson

Mrs. Dent / Driver: Pamela Battin-Sacks

Omelet Man / Trust Fund Baby: Noah Greenstein

Narrator: Steven Sacks

2024 Reading Excerpt & Presentation


April 22, 2024 @ 7:00 p.m.
The Larcom Theatre

Produced by Catherine Stramer and Myriam Cyr
Directed by Myriam Cyr
Music Composition by Erin Burke-Moran
Music Direction by Erin Burke-Moran

Talk-back with Adrienne and Erin Burke-Moran
Sponsored by the Beverly Cultural Council

Performed on Earth Day, bringing people together to appreciate the power of nature through the awe-inspiring musical journey, the presentation featured a reading of the highlights from the script along with selections of the original music.

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