Inherit the Wind
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Alan
Woods
May 11 at 7:30 PM
May 12-14, 17-21 at 8 PM
May 15 at 3PM
Thurber Theatre
Lawrence and Lee’s classic dramatization of the 1925 Scopes monkey trial, which pitted creationism against evolutionary theory, has become one of the best-loved American dramas. Though the playwrights fictionalized and consolidated much of the actual trial, the central issues are as current today as ever. Presented in honor of the 50th anniversary of its first production in 1955.
Cast
RACHEL BROWN |
Betsy Wilson |
MEEKER |
Taylor Guskey |
BERTRAM CATES |
Joshua Andrews |
MR. GOODFELLOW |
Richard Smith |
PHIL CORKIN |
Mary Vade Bon Coeur |
MRS. KREBS |
Ashlee Mundy |
REV. JEREMIAH BROWN |
Christopher Lee |
BOLLINGER |
Rob Wassler |
COOPER |
Nicole Landis |
MR. BANNISTER |
Kristin Green |
MELINDA |
Shelby Shaw |
HOWARD |
Lloyd John Thomas Graham |
MRS. LOOMIS |
Brittany Kiefer |
HOT DOG MAN |
Cole Simon |
MRS. McLAIN |
Lezlie Curtis |
MRS. BLAIR |
Emily Beisner |
ELIJAH |
Elizabeth Yerian |
E.K. HORNBECK |
G. Clark Finfrock |
HURDY GURDY MAN |
Edmund Patrick Flynn |
TIMMY |
Curtis “Nitz” Brown |
MAYOR |
Abigail Neel |
MATTHEW HARRISON BRADY |
Dominique Paramore |
MRS. BRADY |
Elizabeth Blockinger |
TOM DAVENPORT |
Brett A. Hamilton |
HENRY DRUMMOND |
Wade Corder |
JUDGE |
Charles Comstock |
DUNLAP |
Suellen Kasiara |
SILLERS |
Jeffrey E. McCants |
REUTERS MAN |
Steve Liskiewicz |
HARRY Y. ESTERBROOK |
Cole Simon |
| TOWNSPEOPLE, SCIENTISTS, ETC. | Nicole Clum |
Production Team
Producer |
Mark Shanda |
Director |
Alan Woods |
Scenic Designer |
Betsy Cutler |
Costume Designer |
Jacqueline M. Seals |
Lighting Designer |
Russ Blain |
Sound Designer |
Kristan Oelbracht |
Composer |
Andrew Rothman |
Technical Director |
Mark Shanda |
Production Coordinator |
James Knapp |
Stage Manager |
Betsy Pandora |
Assistant Stage Managers |
Sarah Helgesen Laura Jack |
Voice/Speech |
Robin Post |
Dialect Coach |
Jason Hedden |
Music Coach |
Lise Evans |
Voice Captains |
Emily Beisner |
Music Captains |
Curtis "Nitz" Brown Elizabeth Yerian |
Puppet Artist |
Jennifer Stoessner |
Properties Master |
Hannah Rosner |
Assistant Costume Designer |
Ryan Klaus |
Assistant Lighting Designer |
Emily Alexander |
Assistant Sound Designer |
Curtis “Nitz” Brown |
| Dramaturg | Vawnya L. Nichols |
| Box Office Manager | Rachel E. Barnes |
| Box Office Graduate Associate | Vawnya L. Nichols |
| Poster Design | Greg Bonnell |
| Program Design | Eric H. Mayer |
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