JANUARY 27 – FEBRUARY 19
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Peter Wolfe
Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates is on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law prohibiting public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism. Drawing intense national attention in the media with writer E. K. Hornbeck reporting, two of the nation’s leading lawyers go head-to-head: Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution and Henry Drummond for the defense.
The dramatized 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.
FEATURING
(In order of appearance)
Charlotte Loeprich … Melinda
Giuseppe Sticca … Howard/Juror
Katherine Rutherford … Rachel Brown
Karen Wolfe … Bailiff Meeker
Josh Chavez … Bertram Cates
John Le Pouvoir … Mr. Goodfellow/Juror
Jan Le Pouvoir … Mrs. Krebs
Paul Bott … Reverend Brown
Paul Sobleman … Elijah/Juror
Jak Hall … Timmy/Juror
Lisa Bertram … Mrs. Blair
Holly Salvestrin … Mrs. Loomis
Tom Loeprich … E.K. Hornbeck
Michael Frenn … Mathew Brady
Frank Mosbacher … Mayor
Diana Granger … Photographer/Reporter
Malcolm Hoag … Tom Davenport
Kathleen Mini … Mrs. Brady
Kimberly Allen … Mrs. Brady Understudy
Dave Zarka … Henry Drummond
Bob Steele … Judge
PRODUCTION
Peter Wolfe … Director
Lorin Torbitt … Director
Maureen Dodson … Stage Manager
Peter Wolfe … Scenic Design
Scott Bertram … Lighting Design
Marc Bonham … Sound Design
Lisa Bertram … Costume Design
Karen Wolfe … Props