Bonde as Rebecca Nurse Austin Barnett as Giles Corley Ben Koontz as Rev. Ann Putnam Nick Hanni as Thomas Putnam Hannah Giddings as Mercy Lewis Kayla Hudgins as Mary Warren C.J. Parris Taylor Horst as Betty Parris Dominique Brown as Tituba Margo Matty as Abigail Williams Jenna Dorece as Susanna Wilcott Kayla Sleigh as Mrs. Other WVU students in the cast include: Benjamin Roberts as Rev. Master of Fine Arts performance students Greg Holt, Audrey Ahern and Todd Berkich, respectively portray John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Deputy Governor Danforth in this production of “The Crucible.” And their performances are the thesis roles for these third-year graduate students. Will he have the courage to face his past and the power of the court? John Proctor has been unfaithful to his wife with their servant girl. Neighbor turns upon neighbor in an effort to save property, position and lives.Ī rigid theocratic society forces one man to face his own sins. Selfishness leads to rumors, which beget incriminations within the coastal town and village. To save themselves, the girls accuse other women, whom they have supposedly seen “trafficking with the devil,” as being witches. When a group of young Puritan girls are caught dancing in the forest and attempting to raise dead spirits with the help of a slave from Barbados, the cry of “witch” is heard throughout Salem. “The Crucible” won the Antoinette Perry Award (The Tony) for Best Play in 1953. The play illustrates Miller’s ideas of the tragedy of a common man-where the individual must reconcile his actions with the world at large. Joseph McCarthy’s “witch-hunts” of the early 1950s in this country. Written in 1953, this American classic drama is set within the witch trials of 17th century Salem, Mass., and reflects the anti-communist paranoia inspired by Sen. “The Crucible” is part of WVU’s Diversity Week 2011: Peace, Love & Understanding, sponsored by the President’s Office for Social Justice. 20-23, at the Metropolitan Theatre in downtown Morgantown. The West Virginia University Division of Theatre and Dance will present Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Thursday through Saturday, Oct.
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