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Inherit the Wind
By Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, Tony Award winner for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Set Design. Nominee for Best Direction
Directed by Glenn Evans
Plot
Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes' conviction for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to a high school science class, contrary to a Tennessee state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution. The fictional characters Matthew Harrison Brady, Henry Drummond, Bertram Cates and E. K. Hornbeck correspond to the historical figures of William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, John Scopes, and H. L. Mencken, respectively.
However, the playwrights state in a note at the opening of the play that it is not meant to be an historical account. Their intent was to criticize the then current state of McCarthyism or anti-Communist investigations of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) and Senator Joseph McCarthy. The authors used the historical Scopes trial as the background for a drama that comments on and explores the threats to intellectual freedom presented by the anti-communist hysteria.
In 1996 Lawrence commented in an interview that, "we used the teaching of evolution as a parable, a metaphor for any kind of mind control [...] It's not about science versus religion. It's about the right to think."
The play's title comes from Proverbs 11:29, which in the King James Bible reads:
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Cast
Matthew Harrison Brady ..... Robert Crown
Henry Drummond ..... Don Kenefick
E. K. Hornbeck ..... Jason Strong
Bertrum Cates ..... Chad Lewis
Rachel Brown ..... Christina Thompson
Rev. Jeremiah Brown ..... Bob Wilson
Mayor ..... Dan Peters
Judge ..... Alan Campbell
Tom Davenport ..... Mike MacKinnon
Mrs. Brady ..... Julia Tilley
Mr. Meeker ..... Cary Jones
Howard ..... Ray Rubio
Melinda ..... Kiley Anne Filipovic
Mr. Goodfellow ..... Bruce Lawyer
Mrs. Krebs ..... Bev Mangan
Mrs. Loomis/Court Recorder ..... Joy Smith
Mrs. McLain ..... Pat Draper
Mrs. Blair ..... Ann Rubio
George Sillers ..... Scott Duprey
Phil Bannister ..... George Runkle
Elijah Dunlap ..... Dick Draper
Reporter ..... Janet Purcell-Baserap
Photographer/Radio Man ..... Jason Smith
Tammy ..... Elena Runkle
Vendors ..... Zachary Taylor Filipovic, Lucas Smith
Time: Summer. Not too long ago.
Place: A small town
Production Staff
Producer/Director . . . . ...Glenn Evans
Co-Director . . . . ...Joy Evans
Stage Manager . . . . ...Janice Coates
Scene Designer . . . . ...Glenn Evans
Costume Designer . . . . ...Joy Evans
Lighting Designer . . . . ...Jesse Ault
Technical Director . . . . ...Skip Tilley
Scene Construction . . . . ...Dick Allen, Dennis Cooper, Dorsey Ficklin,
Dave Harvey, Bob Kane, Mike MacKinnon, Ralph Millar, Carl Wigginton
Scenic Artist . . . . ...Marcia Peters
Scene Painting . . . . ...Joanne Cox, Robert Crown, Dick & Pat Draper,
Dave Harvey, Kathy Hoffman, Bev Sabelhaus, Julia Tilley
Properties Construction . . . . ...Dick Allen
Costume Alterations . . . . ...Sandy Burroughs, Judy Crown, Julia Tilley
Stage Crew . . . . ...Anne Congdon, Lori Runkle
Sound Operator . . . . ...Joanne Cox
Lighting Crew . . . . ...Dick Allen, Dave Harvey
Chorus Director . . . . ...Anita Harrower
Music Engineer . . . . ...Frank Minor
Chorus . . . . ...Ken & Ann Beverly Eubank, Nancy Gates,
Gordon & Anita Harrower, Eva Johnson, Dorothy Miller, Diane Patureau, Howard Riesinger,
Ben, Leslie & Hannah Rennolds
Publicity . . . . ...Dave Harvey
Playbill . . . . ...Carol Bradley, Lindeve Hostvedt,
Lora Lemons, Beth Perry
Playbill Cover/Poster Design . . . . ...Glenn Evans
Box Office . . . . ...Janice Cooper, Pat Draper,
Nellie Landrum, Bev Mangan, Janice Woolley
Mailing Crew . . . . ...Sandy Burroughs, Virginia Casey,
Nancy and Lois Fones, Bev Mangan, Nina Martin, Brian Tilbury, Betty Winegar, Elaine Sebra
House Manager . . . . ...Frances Harvey
House Staff . . . . ...Corrine Beauchamp, Jan Beall, Liz Campbell,
Ethel Carpou, Virginia Casey, Pam Collins, Carolyn Costello, Kathy Dawson, Lois & Nancy Fones,
Lynn Gill, Anita Harrower, Daniela K. Harvey, David S. Harvey, Gwen Headley, Kathy Hoffman,
Lyn & Ted Hower, John & Ruth Huber, Marky Huffman, Henry Hundley, Eve Jordan, Janine Joyner,
Bob & Sloane Kane, Gail Kyzer, Deanna Lavery, Nina & Teresa Martin, Jeff T. Newsome Jr., Lori Runkle,
JoMarie Scerbo, Barbara Shine, Becky Strong, Lea Tilbury, Suellen Williams, Frances Wilmore,
Betty & Jennie Winegar, Bonnie Wilson, Janice & Warren Woolley
Research Assistance . . . . ...Alex Escorcia, David Featherstone
Special thanks to Gwen Headley
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