
ACT I
Grace confronts Sheriff Dave to not give up the search for her daughter despite the time that has passed
Warren reassures Winston that soon his captivity in their house will end when Grace gives up her search
At the Sheriff's office, Grace meets Abbie, a young Seneca woman being detained for alleged robbery who boasts of having powers to find the lost. When Abbie is released, Grace pays her to perform a ceremony Abbie
Finding an old guitar that Raven taught herself to play on, Warren reminisces about a song Raven wrote herself.
A flashback by Grace leads her back to the moment that Raven disappeared, similar to the panic felt by Native parents when their children vanish.
Abbie sings Winston to sleep with an ancient Lakot a lullaby, as other Native mothers join the song.
Abbie, who has had her fill of Grace’s biased and ignorant prejudice about her people launches into her to put Grace in her place, once and for all.
Grace, desperate, accosts her treasured statue of the Virgin Mary, offering the purest thing she has, Winston, if that’s what is needed to return Raven. Reading her lips, Winston bolts, crashing out the door after Abbie, changing the course of the O’Mally’s lives forever.
ACT II
Abbie and Winston have fled from the O’Mally house and are seeking shelter on the trails in the mountains as Abbie senses danger and seeks to protect Winston.
Abbie bids goodbye to Winston, now safely hidden, undertaking the ultimate sacrifice to protect him from evil spirits that lurk among them.
Abbie confronts her ultimate challenge, violent and dangerous.
In a moment of mystery, Grace is led to the ultimate moment of recognition and healing.

GONE ASTRAY continues to be developed. Support has been received by the BMI Advanced Composers and Advanced Book Writers Workshops and we have experienced public readings and a well-received public radio interview as well as professional studio recordings with Broadway artists. Work continues and more news will be forthcoming.