Playwright Romulus Linney's "Heathen Valley" -- about the impact of a missionary on a backwoods community in 19th-century North Carolina -- opens at Everyman Theatre tomorrow.

Vincent Lancisi directs a cast that features John Benoit, Everyman company members Kyle Prue, Vivienne Shub and Jacqueline Underwood, as well as newcomers Jefferson Russell and Doug Brown, in the role of the missionary determined to convert the mountain people.

Show times at Everyman, 1727 N. Charles St., are 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, through May 23. Tickets are $12-$15, except for a pay-what-you-can preview tonight and tomorrow's gala opening, which is $25. Call 410-752-2208.