The Cradle Will Rock, OSU Spring 2006
The Cradle Will Rock
by Marc Blitzstein
A joint production with the OSU School
of Music
Directed by Karen Coe Miller
May 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 8 PM
May 14 at 3 PM
Roy
Bowen Theatre
Written in 1936, Aaron Copeland called The Cradle Will Rock a welter of contradictions: naughty, thoughtful, abrasive, passionate, and funny; taking certain pleasure in needling the audience and telling unpleasant truths straight to their faces. Hallie Flanagan, director of the Federal Theater Project’s New York operations in 1937, felt that The Cradle Will Rock was not a play set to music, nor music illustrated by actors, but music plus play equaling something new and better than either. OSU Theatre and the School of Music invite you to the Steeltown Jail on the eve of the Steelworkers Union rally. You will have the opportunity to meet Moll, a streetwalker; The Liberty Committee, a group of distinguished citizens that have sold out their principles for cash and power; Harry, a once thriving drug store owner turned drunken vagrant; Mister Mister, Steeltown’s real boss who has everything his own way, apart from his vapid wife, sex-obsessed daughter, and doltish son; and Larry, the union organizer who refuses to be bought by Mister Mister.
Cast
| Moll | Lise “Kat” Evans |
| Gent | Adam Peal |
| Dick | Zach Phillips |
| Liberty Committee: | |
| .....Reverend Salvation | Lisa Kapsner-Earl |
| .....Dr. Specialist | Sarah Smoot |
| .....Editor Daily | John Calkins |
| .....President Prexy | Ashlee Mundy |
| .....Professor Trixie | Matthew McIntire |
| .....Professor Mamie | Stephanie G. Spiker |
| .....Dauber | Will Burress |
| .....Yasha | Gibson Cima |
| Cop | Meredith Lark |
| Harry Druggist | David Radamés Toro |
| Clerk | Wendy Kinchen |
| Mrs. Mister | Kara Johansen |
| Junior Mister | Jack Clancy |
| Sister Mister | Shannon West |
| Mr. Mister | Christopher M. Roche |
| Steve | Adam Peal |
| Bugs | Zach Phillips |
| Sadie Polock | Wendy Kinchen |
| Gus Polock | Jim Van Rens |
| Larry Foreman | Anthony Trujillo |
| Professor Scoot | Jessica A. Kahn |
| Ella Hammer | Meredith Lark |
| Reporters | Jessica A. Kahn |
Jack Clancy |
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Jim Van Rens |
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| Attendants’ Voice | Stephanie G. Spiker |
Production Staff
Chair/Producer |
Mark Shanda |
Director |
Karen Coe Miller |
Music Directors |
Barbara Brenton Sahr |
Edward Bak |
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Scenic Designer |
Dan Matthews |
Costume Designer |
Mary Elizabeth Yaw |
Lighting Designer |
Gregory L. Owen |
Sound Designer |
Eric M. Slezak |
Choreographer |
Susan Hadley |
Dramaturg |
Christopher Purdy |
Technical Director |
Chris Zinkon |
Production Coordinator |
Jim Knapp |
Stage Manager |
Allison Walker |
Assistant Stage Managers |
C. Noël Haas |
Mandalyn Stevens |
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Box Office Manager |
Rachel E. Barnes |
Box Office Grad. Associate |
Jayson Morrison |
Poster and Program Cover |
Greg Bonnell |
Program Copy |
Damian Bowerman |
Orchestra: |
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.....Piano |
Barbara Brenton Sahr |
.....Synthesizer |
Edward Bak |
.....Percussion |
James Broadhurst |
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