 A Christmas musical in Wadena was almost not able to happen after the director was involved in a serious car crash that left her in intensive care. The cast came together though to make sure the show would still go on. Reporter Rachel Johnson has that story. The Mad Hatteras Community Theater in Wadena was in their second week of rehearsals for their musical Believe when tragedy struck. Our president of our board, Mim, picked out this show and then was in a very bad car accident and unable to go on. On the evening of Tuesday, October 30th, Melanie Mim Moss, the director of the musical, was in a serious role of her accident that put her in intensive care. She was ejected from the vehicle. She had some pretty severe injuries. She was in the ICU and staying quiet for a while. She was recently moved to a different hospital in Fargo. But since then, I just decided it was up to us to kind of take up the reins and make sure the show kept going the way she wanted it to be. The cast came together to make sure that the show would go on. Mim was director, producer. She was everything other than music director. So we've had to take on those roles and there were enough for definitely three people because it's too much for just one person. I was curious, would the show make it? Would we just call it quits? Like what was going to happen? But then we had these three amazing people come in and take over. And so I decided that if they were going to give their all, I should too. Belief is about a boy who becomes disillusioned with Christmas and finds it harder and harder to believe. It was a show that everybody believed that if we wanted to put on a show that Mim would be proud of, we would be proud of. And that's what we've been doing. The cast knew that carrying on was what Mim would want them to do. She would want the show to go on. Worthyater people, the show goes on. I just think it's really important for the community to see this show and just do the show for Mim and show her that we can do it. The message of the musical resonated with the cast and helped them to persevere through the trial of Mim's accident. We thought it was an important message to send that we won't give up on ourselves. No matter what happens, we will always try to persevere. The cast of Belief are examples that even through hardship, the show can go on. Reporting from Wadena, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. The musical will run December 14th through the 16th at the first congregational United Church of Christ in Wadena. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.