Business as Usual

Dramatic Comedy

3m, 5f / Interior

Set in Southern West Virginia in the 1990's when the last coal mines were closing, Business as Usual is a hilarious slice of human comedy based on economic hardship.

Tom Woolwine, who entered the coal mining business at 16, is out of work after the closing of his mine in rural Gary, West Virginia. Despite facing poverty and an uncertain future, Tom does not want a severance check, nor welfare, nor a handout; he wants a job. He and his son Joey have tried e