Beginning December 1, Red Bank Regional stages Arthur Miller’s American classic play ‘The Crucible,’ including from left cast members Skyler Post, Jay Izzo, Erin McEvoy, Maximum Portman, Samuel Zatorski, and Luke Pearlberg.
Press release from Red Bank Regional High School
Beginning Thursday, December 1, the Theatre Company at Red Bank Regional High School will present Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible as its fall dramatic production.
Set during the time of the infamous Salem Witch Trials of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — and first brought to Broadway in 1953 — the Tony winning drama by the author of Death of a Salesman traced some stark parallels to the anti-Communist “witch trials” of postwar America, and is regarded as a classic that continues to present a bold message whenever and wherever fear runs rampant, neighbor is pitted against neighbor, and the nature of truth itself is called into question.
Performances will take place inside the RBR auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 1, 2 and 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults ($5 for students 18 and younger, and senior citizens 62 and older) with RBR students and staff admitted free of charge.
Cast members of the RBR production include:
Character         Student          Home Town
Reverend Parris     Jay Izzo           Little Silver
Betty Parris         Lily Pena          Red Bank
Tituba             Gianna Pallante    Millstone
Abigail Williams    Skyler Post        Shrewsbury
Susanna Walcott    Olivia Jordan      Shrewsbury
Mrs. Ann Putnam   Abigail Joyce       Rumson
Thomas Putnam    Liam Sheehan      Red Bank
Mercy Lewis        Tamia Waddy      Red Bank
Mary Warren       Mara Campolattaro Rumson
John Proctor        Maximum Portman Little Silver
Rebecca Nurse      Elysha Robinson    Shrewsbury
Giles Corey         Luke Pearlberg     Brielle
Reverend John Hale Samuel Zatorski    Red Bank
Elizabeth Proctor    Erin McEvoy       Neptune City
Francis Nurse       Jose Rojas         Red Bank
Ezekial Cheever     Corbin Nielsen     Avon
Marshal Herrick    Corey Van Huff    Neptune City
Judge Hathorne    Jack Faccone–Stockwell  Red Bank
Deputy Governor   Danforth Davis Bush Millstone
Sarah Good        Dixie O’Connell     Little Silver
Hopkins           Corey Van Huff     Neptune City
Ensemble: (Townsfolk, Girls, Martha Corey’s Voice, Echos): Lily McLoughlin, Alanah Ramos, Gianna Brockriede, Molly Pair, Jacquelyn Conforti, Julianna Conforti, Sophie Wright, Megan Moran, Shea Grant, Gillian Andresen, Alexa Kirkpatrick.
Red Bank Regional is located at 101 Ridge Road in Little Silver, NJ. Tickets can be ordered through the website MySchoolBucks or purchased at the door the day of the performance. For more information call (732)842-8000 ext. 1-227, or visit the www.rbrhs.org.