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2005 - THE GRAPES OF WRATH
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Members of the Company. Photo by Chris Bennion
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The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck’s epic story of Tom Joad and his family’s forced removal from their land, powerfully captures the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and a Depression-era
America
divided into “Haves” and “Have-Nots.” INTIMAN’s production of Frank Galati’s Tony Award-winning adaptation was directed by Linda Hartzell, Artistic Director of Seattle Children’s Theatre. The production featured Erick Kastel as Tom Joad, Beth
Dixon
as Ma Joad and Todd Jefferson Moore as Jim Casy. Also featured in the ensemble were Laurence Ballard, John Bogar, Autumn Dornfeld, Philip Davidson, Bradford Farwell, Josephine Howell, Russell Hodgkinson, Patrick Husted, Christopher Langston, Jake Larson, Sharva Maynard, Lance McQueen, Aaron Ousley, Sharia Pierce, Shawn Telford, Chelsea Taylor, Connor Toms and Mabel Vautravers. The creative team included scenic designer Carey Wong, costume designer Catherine Hunt, lighting designer Mary Louise Geiger, sound designer and composer Chris R. Walker, dialect coach Judith Shahn and fight director Geoffrey Alm. The
New York
casting was by Janet Foster, C.S.A. and the stage manager was J.R. Welden.
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Linda Hartzell
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Over the course of the 2005 season, INTIMAN and The Grapes of Wrath Community Committee planned events exploring environmental awareness and the connection between Steinbeck’s dramatic evocation of the Dust Bowl’s “scarred earth” and the land and water of
Washington
State
. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina,
America
confronted another mass internal migration and an unknown number of people displaced from their land and homes. The American Cycle public programs included opportunities for conversation about how The Grapes of Wrath resonates in the present day, as well as how it reflects Steinbeck’s vision of
America
and the American character. The Grapes of Wrath Community Committee was co-chaired by Leonard Garfield, Executive Director of the Museum of History and Industry, and Sara Patton, Executive Director of the NW Energy Coalition.
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Students from
Bellevue
Community College
reading excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath.
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Front Porch Theater:
With our partners, INTIMAN co-hosted readings of an abridged first act of The Grapes of Wrath at a wide range of venues, including Foster H.S. Performing Arts Center in Tukwila; the Frye Art Museum, in conjunction with the exhibit William Cumming: The Image of Consequence; Classic Nursery and Landscape Company; Third Place Books/Commons; the Northwest Energy Coalition conference; and Bellevue Community College. |
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Photo by Team Photogenic
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Rough Eagles:
“From the Dust,” the 2005 collaboration between
Cleveland
and
Roosevelt
high schools, was developed over the course of several months with students from the two schools, director Timeca Briggs and playwright Wesley Middleton. The rehearsal process combined movement-based workshops and writing exercises. In addition, each student kept a journal throughout the developmental process of the performance. The final script, which drew on the personal stories of the students’ own families and their literal and metaphorical journeys and migrations, was drawn directly from the students’ writing, inspired by quotations from Steinbeck’s text. Rough Eagles was performed at INTIMAN, on the set of The Grapes of Wrath in November.
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 Robert DeMott
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Writers & Artists
INTIMAN was honored to host as this season’s Writers & Artists speaker Robert DeMott, one of the leading Steinbeck scholars in the
United States
and a Distinguished Professor at
Ohio
University
. Winner of numerous teaching awards and honors for his publications, Professor DeMott edited the Library of America’s three-volume edition of Steinbeck’s writings. His other works include the annotated edition of Steinbeck’s Working Days: The Journals of “The Grapes of Wrath” and the Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath in Penguin Books’ Twentieth Century Classics Series. Professor DeMott’s lecture, which included questions from the audience, followed the matinee performance on November 13.
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Open Minds/Open Dialogue
“Soil, Salmon and Survival” focused on the intersection between salmon and farming in
Washington
State
, and the interrelationship between our environment and natural disasters. Featured on the panel were Barbara J. Cairns, Executive Director of Long Live the Kings, a nonprofit organization committed to restoring wild salmon to the waters of the Pacific Northwest; Rosalinda Guillen, a former migrant worker and community organizer who serves as coordinator for the Farm Workers Solidarity March in Burlington; Millie Judge, Assistant Chief Civil Deputy in the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office, where she manages the Land Use and Environmental Law unit; and Jonathan Raban, the award-winning author of My Holy War: Dispatches from the Home Front, among other books. The Open Minds/Open Dialogue forum, held at INTIMAN on October 17.
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