When a desperate potato farmer's daughter schemes to marry a charming Irish land agent to save her family's homestead, their marriage of convenience faces its ultimate test as the catastrophic Yacolt burn of 1902 forces them to choose between cutting their losses or fighting for a future neither planned on wanting.

There's Still Snow on Silver Star is a romantic drama set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest's most devastating wildfire. In the sweltering August of 1902, Esther Garner faces losing her family's Washington homestead when her father's failed business venture leaves them unable to pay their loan. Enter Jamie Walsh, an Irish land agent with charm to spare and an offer that could save them—or steal everything they have left. When Essie proposes a practical marriage to keep the farm in the family, both believe they're simply making a smart business deal. But as the legendary Yacolt Burn sweeps toward their land with terrifying speed, Essie and Jamie must decide what they're truly willing to fight for: the land they're negotiating over, or the unexpected connection growing between them. Blending wit, romance, and historical drama, this four-act play asks whether something that begins as a transaction can become real—and whether two people running from their pasts can build a future together from the ashes.

Historical Note: The Yacolt Burn forest fire began in northern Oregon and spread north over the course of three days, even leaping over the mighty Columbia River.  The flames leapt to 300 feet high and the smoke was so dense steamboats on the river had to use their searchlights to navigate. The blaze traveled 30 miles in less than 36 hours and consumed over 239,000 acres of southwest Washington. (It also kickstarted the local timber industry in producing over thirteen and a half million board feet of lumber the following month, and changed Weyerhaeuser Company's business from real estate speculation into logging.)