The first main stage production of the Spring 2018 semester will be Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. This production features a cast of MSU students from a variety of majors and is directed by acting faculty member, Dr. Kurt Gerard Heinlein. The show will be performed in the Balcony Theatre in Craig Hall.
About the play:
In the insular and theocratic Puritan village of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, a group of young girls are discovered dancing in the woods and immediately fall ill. To divert suspicion from their own activities, they accuse a young farmer’s wife of witchcraft. As the farmer struggles to clear his wife in court, the malicious lies grow. Fed by long-held grudges and irrational fears, the hysteria expands to engulf a host of other women and the farmer himself. In their zeal to purge the community of evil, the community ignites evil. An allegory for Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusades of the 1950s, The Crucible remains a cautionary tale about the dangers of isolationism, extremism, intolerance and injustice that is just as relevant today.
Performances of The Crucible will be on the following dates
- February 22-25
- February 27-March 4
- March 6-7
All performances of The Crucible will have a 7:30 start time. Please note there is no late seating in the Balcony Theatre and this production contains adult content.
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