Wa-Hi Drama Department presents "The Crucible"

" May 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 (7:00 p.m. curtain time)

" May 12 (2:00 p.m. curtain time)

Location: Walla Walla High School Auditorium

Cost: $6 - Students & senior citizens / $8 adults

Tickets: WWHS Auditorium Box Office open April 23-May 11 / Monday-Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. and one hour before curtain time.

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is a haunting illustration of what happens when personal responsibility for evil is denied. Set in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials, it was meant to reflect upon the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950s and is a sobering look at the problem of guilt by association. It opens with a Puritan towns conservative minister witnessing a group of young girls participating in forbidden revelry. The minister summons a clergyman who specializes in witchcraft to the town, and he is able to draw out a confession from a young maid who says she has made a pact with the devil. Soon the other girls confess and begin accusing those who cross or disbelieve them, and the town is torn apart by hatred and paranoia. The lengths to which the characters will go to eradicate perceived wickedness from the community will send shivers down your spine. This will be a performance you will not want to miss!

Betty Parris - Desiree Helm

Reverend Samuel Parris - Peter Anderson

Tituba - Preethi Thomas

Abigail Williams - Ryan Campeau

Susanna Wallcott - Jennifer Wickham

Mrs. Ann Putnam - Elizabeth Hicks

Thomas Putnam - Challan Robertson

Mercy Lewis - Sydney Boyd

Mary Warren - Kristin Glaeser

John Proctor - David Ross

Rebecca Nurse - Lindsie Wagner

Giles Corey - Jacob Hafen

Reverend John Hale - Thomas Rowley

Elizabeth Proctor - Anne Marie Jones

Francis Nurse - Stephen Trego

Ezekiel Cheever - Preston Loomer

John Willard Herrick - Andrew Benzel

Judge Hawthorne - Ethan Spence

Deputy-Governor Danforth - Daniel Rose

Sarah Good - Joanne Coleman

Hopkins - Michael Bell

Ann Ward - Lori Goodwin

Ruth Putnam - Taylor Spence

Martha Corey - Kaylee Stack

Director: Brian Senter

Assistant Director: Vivian Glaeser

Producers: Mindy Meyer and Carina Stillman

Costumer: Maribeth Bergstrom

Set Construction: Kevin Loomer

Art Work: Wendi McCloy