{"id":50212,"date":"2018-02-03T15:26:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T20:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=50212"},"modified":"2018-02-03T15:26:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T20:26:47","slug":"xenia-daily-gazette-wsu-theatre-presenting-the-grapes-of-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/03\/xenia-daily-gazette-wsu-theatre-presenting-the-grapes-of-wrath\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenia Daily Gazette: WSU Theatre presenting \u2018The Grapes of Wrath\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Wright State University Theatre continues its 43rd season with the Tony Award-winning drama \u201cThe Grapes of Wrath\u201d now through Feb. 11 in the Festival Playhouse in the Creative Arts Center.<\/p>\n

Performances are 7 p.m. Feb. 2, 7 and 8; 8 p.m. Feb. 3, 9 and 10; and 2 p.m. Feb. 4, 10 and 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Grapes Of Wrath\u201d won the 1990 Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award. It was adapted by Frank Galati in 1988 from John Steinbeck\u2019s classic novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.<\/p>\n

The play follows the Joads, a family of sharecroppers in Oklahoma who are driven west by the Depression and the drought of the Dust Bowl. They pile into a truck and head to California seeking farm work. But the Golden State isn\u2019t the land of riches they had hoped for.<\/p>\n

Wright State\u2019s production of \u201cThe Grapes of Wrath\u201d is directed by Marya Spring-Cordes (\u201cThe Music Man,\u201d \u201cThe Children\u2019s Hour\u201d). The set design is by Pam Knauert-Lavanway (\u201cNo, No Nanette,\u201d \u201cPeter Pan\u201d), lighting design by Emily Hope (\u201cHeathers: The Musical,\u201d \u201cUrinetown\u201d), projection design by Matthew Benjamin (\u201cRestoration!,\u201d \u201cFiddler on the Roof\u201d), costume design by Elizabeth Bourgeois (\u201c9 to 5\u201d), properties by John Lavarnway and sound design by James Dunlap.<\/p>\n

The production features Christine Fiala (Reverend Casey), Dylan Tacker (Tom Joad), Louis Kurtzman (Al Joad), Nick Martin (Noah Joad), Hailey Noll (Ruthie Joad), Eric Pettit (Winfred Joad), Mackenzie Stephens (Rose of Sharon), Isaac Ingle (Pa Joad), Alexia Vlahos (Ma Joad), Eli Davis (Grandpa), Haley Knuth (Grandma), Joe Green (Uncle John) and Aaron Roitman (Connie Rivers).<\/p>\n

Understudies include Sophie Kirk, Justin Mathews, Ross Bloedorn, Thomas Sheffer, Julie Deye, Caitlyn Shiner, Logan Kitchens, Madisyn Warren, Mallory Kraus, George Heddleston and Jeremy Farley.<\/p>\n

Instrumentalists include Lauren Everett, Colin Hodgkins and David Bays. The ensemble includes Lauren Everett, Mallory Kraus, Brynnan McNeill, Sophie Kirk, Donnasia Allen, Caitlyn Shiner, Colin Hodgkins, David Bays, Jeremy Farley, Rayquon Brown, Everett Walker, Ross Bloedorn, Logan Kitchens, Christian Schaefer and George Heddleston. Swings include Tina Hohman, Margo Russ, Shae Bickel, Dean McKenzie and Thomas Sheffer.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/01\/31\/wright-state-theatre-presents-the-grapes-of-wrath\/. Tickets are $22 for adults and $20 for students and senior citizens. For tickets and theatre information call the box office at 937-775-2500 or purchase single tickets online.<\/p>\n

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