Inherit The Wind

Inherit the Wind is a fictional version of the 1925 Scopes Trial. Scopes was convicted for teaching evolution to a high school class. In Tennessee, state law prohibited teaching evolution. The play is meant to criticize the anti-Communist investigations that took place in the U.S. The authors used the Scope’s trial as a platform to explore threats to learning and intellectual freedom.

Cast

• Rachel Brown: Maren Snider
• Meeker: Bill Zachar
• Bertram Cates: Robert Decina
• Mr. Goodfellow: Ed Whalen
• Mrs. Krebs: Dolores Hodesblatt
• Rev. Jeremiah Brown: Barie W. Snider
• Bollinger: Kevin McDonnell
• Mr. Bannister: Gerald Cataldo
• Howard: David Ellner
• Mrs. Blair: Ursula Sbordone
• Elijah: Alan Sadovnick
• E.K. Hornbeck: James Lugo
• Mayor: David Guiney
• Matthew Harrison Brady: Norman Garfield
• Mrs. Brady: Barbara Murphy
• Tom Davenport: Derek Tarson
• Henry Drummond: John Robinson Garland
• Judge: Ted Tarson
• Dunlap: Stewart Cohen
• Sillers: Tony Orwin
• Reuter's Man: Keith Meyers
• Harry Y. Esterbrook: Rob Eisenson

Production Staff / Crew

• Director: Carl Spatz
• Assistant to the Director: Bobbi Schevitz
• Assistant to the Director: Joan Amendola Segal
• Scenic Designer: Robert Sven Olson
• Lighting Designer: Allan Seward
• Costume Designer: Eileen McGrath Polinsky
• Costume Designer: Bunny Mateosian
• Stage Manager: Cynthia Hoover Paoli
• Producer: James Lugo