(Cartoon by Bill Logan, Art
Teacher)
TITUSVILLE WINTER THEATRE TO TAKE THE STAGE
WITH INHERIT THE WIND
TITUSVILLE, Mar. 13 -- Under the
direction of Bruce Peterson, Titusville Winter
Theatre will perform Inherit the Wind at
7:30 p.m. on March 20, 21, 22, 28 and 29 in
Henne Auditorium of the Broadhurst Science
Center at the University of Pittsburgh at
Titusville.
Based
on the Scopes Monkey Trial of July 1925 in
Dayton, Tennessee, Inherit the Wind is an
adaptation of the actual events that took place
when legal giants William Jennings Bryan and
Clarence Darrow came face-to-face over the issue
of evolution.
In
the play, the legal giants are known as Matthew
Harrison Brady and Henry Drummond, whose strong
courtroom deliveries are captured by local
veteran actors David Cope and Jon Sherman.
A
large cast of additional local talent promise to
deliver an outstanding performance: UPT student
Ryan Hatch as Bert Cates, the teacher on trial
for teaching evolution, UPT student Emily Hall
as Bert’s girlfriend Rachel Brown, Todd
Daugherty of Pleasantville as reporter E.K.
Hornbeck, and from Titusville – Bill Logan as
Reverend Jeremiah Brown, Richard Roeder as The
Judge, Dwight Proper as The Mayor, Jim Murphy as
District Attorney Tom Davenport, Clark Hall as
the bailiff, and Pam Logsdon as Mrs. Brady.
In addition,
numerous minor supporting roles will be played
by Sarah Wurzbacher, Bryan Snyder, Terri Wig,
Peggy Logsden, Carol Hall, Justin Armstrong,
Sean Carey, Paul Lukach, Curt Carbaugh, Tim
Snyder, Ron Wig, Ryan Wig, as well as other UPT
students.
Assisting
Peterson with directing will be Dwight Proper
and UPT student Jen Ganchuk.
Tickets
may be purchased in advance by calling the UPT
Student Affairs Office at 814-827-4460 or
Stephanie Thomas, Director of Student
Activities, at 814-827-4455. Tickets may also
be purchased at the door.
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