I understand playwright Arthur Miller wrote this Salem-Witch-Trials drama, in part, as a reaction to the Red Scare of the 1950s, but I didn't quite get that McCarthyite vibe. I thought instead that "The Crucible" is good as a standalone work about the Puritans, who remain one on the most fascinating groups of people ever (since we are their descendants).
First there were actors I knew mostly by seeing them on stage, particularly Joe Alkire and Kristarae Flores. Then there the actors I knew from having been in shows with them at one time or another: Katie Smith-Induni, Emily Delk, Amaralyn Ewey, Charlotte French, Jeff Nauer, Chris Taloff, Spencer Alexander, and Bryan Pro.
Coty Soltus as Judge Danforth was excellent, as was Katie Smith-Induni as Abigail Williams. Colin Johnston and Kristarae Flores as John and Elizabeth Proctor were good too.
I got a kick out of Jeff Nauer's disarmingly-casual portrayal of farmer Giles Corey. It was no surprise that the Puritans wondered if Giles might instead be one of those hated Quakers.
At any gathering of well-dressed Puritans basking in God's favor, always be the naked Quaker doing paddle turns in the snow.
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