AthrillingreimaginingofShakespeare'sHamlet,TheSteepandThornyWaytellsthestoryofamurdermostfoulandthemightypowerofloveandacceptanceinastategoneterriblyrotten.?1920sOregonisnotawelcomingplaceforHanaleeDenney,thedaughterofawhitewomanandanAfrican-Americanman.Shehasalmostnorightsbylaw,andtheKuKluxKlanbreedsfearandhatredinevenHanalee'soldestfriendships.Plus,herfather,HankDenney,diedayearago,hitbyadrunk-drivingteenager.Nowherfather'skillerisoutofjailandbackintown,andheclaimsthatHanalee'sfatherwasn'tkilledbytheaccidentatallbut,instead,waspoisonedbythedoctorwholookedafterhim—whohappenstobeHanalee'snewstepfather.?TheonlywayforHanaleetogettheanswerssheneedsistoaskHankhimself,a"haint"wanderingtheroadsatnight.