The Zionsville Off-Main Street Players presents Arthur Miller’s 1953 Tony Award-winning play, “The Crucible.” Set in 1690s Salem, Mass., when fears of witchcraft ran rampant, the story centers on farmer John Proctor, whose wife, Elizabeth, is accused of being a witch by their servant girl, Abigail Williams. The farmer intends to prove in court that the girl lied. But instead of saving his wife, Proctor finds himself facing the same charge amid the paranoia and hysteria that have gripped the village.Miller wrote the play as an allegory to McCarthyism, the then-current hunt for Communists in America during which false or spurious allegations destroyed countless reputations.
The play runs 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 8, 9, 15 and 16, with a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at the Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St., Zionsville. Tickets are $12. Reservations can be made at www.offmainstreetplayers.org or by calling (317) 595-3700.
Director Sam Fogleman is at the helm for his third OMSP show. The large ensemble cast consists of (in alphabetical order):
Larry Adams (Pittsboro) as Rev. John Hale; David Eckard (Lebanon) as Rev. Samuel Parris; Rod Everhart (Indianapolis) as Giles Corey; Kaylee Good (Indianapolis) as Mary Warren; Paul Gootee (Zionsville) as Thomas Putnam; Guy Grubbs (Indianapolis) as John Willard; Bill Havlin (Zionsville) as Francis Nurse; Kirk Horn (Zionsville) as Deputy-Gov. Thomas Danforth; Avalon Husain (Zionsville) as Betty Parris; Jaime Johnson (Brownsburg) as John Proctor; Madelynn Johnson (Brownsburg) as Susanna Wallcott; Jasmine Kenner (Indianapolis) as Tituba; Emma Kivett (Camby) as Mercy Lewis; Jeff Maess (Indianapolis) as Ezekiel Cheever; Susan McClelland (Zionsville) as Elizabeth Proctor; Abigail Morris (Fishers) as Abigail Williams; Raelyn O’Dell (Carmel) as Sarah Good; George Piper (Lebanon) as Judge John Hathorne; Phyllis Reynolds (Indianapolis) as Ann Putnam; and Joan Walker (Carmel) as Rebecca Nurse.