By JONAH LIPSKY

There is a journey of the imagination happening this weekend and next at Featherstone center for the arts. PigPen Theatre Company, is presenting its site-specific play, Mountain Song, written for and inspired by the amphitheatre in the field behind the arts center. With music, puppetry and comedic acting, and centered around an epic quest of love, the play is for the whole family.

Running 45 minutes long, the play is a short and fun-filled evening. It is produced by Artfarm Enterprises and Vineyard Arts Project.

PigPen Theatre Company is composed of seven rising seniors at Carnegie Mellon University: Arya Shahi, Ben Ferguson, Dan Weschler, Ryan Melia, Curtis Gillen, Alex Falberg and Matt Nuernberger.

Talking to the seven of them after the show was much like watching the show take place. After a question they would all start speaking but one person would then come out with a clear response. Each had good things to say about the group and no one’s voice was not heard — much as in the play, in which each of the seven occupy significant and important roles, and each actor finds a moment to shine.

Mountain Song is fantastical in nature, with personified coyotes, an imposing yet kindhearted giant, a mountain which narrates the story (see the show to find out how the mountain learned to speak), and a river raft turned flying aircraft. If these descriptions seem far-fetched for a stage, be aware that each is staged in such a way that to a willing audience, a beautiful suspension of disbelief takes place.

Mountain Song is an epic tale of a man who sets out on a voyage to be there for his daughter’s wedding. He is challenged along the way by the many people and situations. Appalachian music underscores and supplements the plot and sets the rustic, mountain feel that is the backdrop of the play.

The narrator of the story, the mountain, describes the show well, saying, “[It was] sad but pretty. The way a story ought to be.”

The laughs that come along the way are so plentiful; the story emerges a deeply multidimensional experience.

“I love the show so much, and I feel that it is a really, really beautiful story,” said Brooke Hardman, co-artistic director of Artfarm Enterprises with Brian Ditchfield. She added, “I feel like it’s a great story for a family to come and see.”

“Bring the whole family; bring a picnic,” added Mr. Ditchfield.

The show feels magically at home in the location, for which it was written. For anyone who has been back to the amphitheatre behind Featherstone, you will likely remember it as a peaceful, quiet place. Two weeks after walking off the boat and seeing the space, the group had written the play, the music, created the props and were ready to present the work.

“This started for us our freshman year as very much just a group of guys wanting to do a project,” said Mr. Shahi. PigPen performed first at their college’s theatre festival (called the Playground Festival), in which all the students are given a week off, access to rehearsal spaces, and encouragemwnt to create; the conclusion is a 72-hour festival. So, from the very beginning they have been creating shows in tight time frames.

“We said as freshmen, let’s do something ... we just started telling stories,” said Mr. Shahi.

“It’s ended up very similar to how it began,” added Mr. Melia.

Mountain Song runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. at Featherstone, closing on Saturday, July 24. Tickets are $12 at the door.