The Crucible


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Staff | |
Producers | Reg Keddie |
Barbara Bottini | |
Director | Kathleen Kurz |
Technical Director | Yolanda Parra |
Assistant to the Director | Frank Vanella |
Stage Manager | Lee Kraherbuhl |
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Cast | (in order of appearance) |
Reverend Parris | Ron Williams |
Betty Parris | Kimberly D’Arcy |
Tituba | Yolanda Parra |
Abigail Williams | Rosalind Farotte |
Susanna Walcott | Shelly Andrews |
Mrs. Ann Putnam | Linda Morris Talluta |
Thomas Putnam | James Neilson |
Mercy Lewis | Robin Koller |
John Proctor | James Maya |
Rebecca Nurse | Bette Brown |
Giles Corey | Cal Schlesinger |
Reverend John Hale | Brad Ryder |
Elizabeth Proctor | Helie Rock |
Francis Nurse | Walen Sampson |
Ezekiel Cheever | Walter Von Tagen III |
Marshal Herrick | Joseph Pereznak |
George Hopkins | Frank Vanella |
Judge Hathorne | Russell Hendrickson |
Deputy Governor Danforth | Joe Brown |
Charity Cooke | Janet Periot |
Faith Sheldon | Susan Blumberg |
Ruth Putnam | Laura Almada |
Prudence Hubbard | Tonie Berry |
Sarah Good | Lillian Buck |
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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a dramatic re-enactment of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts in the late 1600’s. Although the play centers on real events, it is not actual “history” – Miller changed the ages of characters and consolidated several historical figures so that there are fewer actors on stage. It was first produced on stage in January 1953. Arthur Miller intended to use the Salem Witch Trials as an allegory about the anti-communist Red Scare and the congressional hearings of Sen. Joseph McCarthy going on in the United States at the time.

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Photos by Eugene’s Salon of Photography