SAN ANGELO, Texas — The University Theatre at Angelo State University will present the Tony Award-winning drama "The Crucible" for its first production of the spring season, beginning Thursday, Feb. 22, in the ASU Modular Theatre inside the Carr Education-Fine Arts (EFA) Building, 2602 Dena Drive.
Show times will be at 8 p.m. Feb. 22-24 and Feb. 29-March 2, with a matinee finale performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3.
Tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for non-ASU students, and free for Arts at ASU subscribers, ASU students and ASU activity card holders. Tickets are available for purchase online at angelo.edu/boxoffice or through the ASU box office in the Carr EFA Building.
Written by Arthur Miller and winner of a 1953 Tony Award, "The Crucible" dramatizes the story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-93. It focuses on a young farmer, his wife and a young servant-girl, who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie - and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.
The drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of contemporary society.
Co-directed by Rebekah Clark, assistant professor of theatre, and Chase Phelps, ASU technical director, the extensive ASU student cast includes Kierstyn Bell, Ryan Ezell, Lilith Morgan, Catalina Perry, Desirae LaBedelle, Genesis Garza, Jake Cisneros, Kat Fields, Brianna Kincaid, Mitchell Martinez, Audrey Paro, Juan Rodriguez, Alexis Crawford, Zaiden Lopez, Kate Yantis, Jakobnoah Rowe, August Lackey, Kailey Gembler, Demetrius Armstrong, Xander Cooper, Breonna Casey, Janae Wilson and Margarita Torres Fabela.
The student production staff and crew include Jasmine Solis, stage manager; Luz Valdez and Lily Moran, assistant stage managers; Samuel Molho, scenic designer; Alexis Crawford, assistant scenic designer; Emma Cullen, lighting designer; Cassandra Fuentes, assistant lighting designer/light board op; Melissa Surber and Mari Troncoso, assistant costume designers; Charlotte Branch, sound designer; Analy Preciado, assistant sound designer; Alec Ochoa Razo, assistant technical director; and Janae Wilson, dresser.
Mayra Torres, ASU costumer, is the costume designer. Co-directors Clark and Phelps are also the props designer and technical director, respectively.
For ticket information or to purchase tickets through the ASU box office, call 325-942-2000 from 3-6 p.m. weekdays in the Carr EFA Building.
