October 29 – November 21, 2010 - Playhouse 22

his wife of 30 years, he thanks her for tolerating this insanity known as theatre and looks forward
to many more years of happiness in their almost “empty nest”.
Sue Takacs (Costume Design) is thrilled to be back at Playhouse 22 where last season she costumed
both "Guys and Dolls" and "Brigadoon." She is proud to be the recipient of the 2010
NJ Community Theater Award for Outstanding Costume Design for "Damn Yankees." Her
best accomplishment to date has been to have her costume designs in the NYC Fringe Festival
where she costumed "Two on the Aisle," for director and playwright, Mary Lynn Dobson.
Other favorite costume credits include "Urinetown," "My Fair Lady," "Music Man," and
"Evita." Best wishes to a very talented cast. Thanks, Jonathan, for the opportunity to work
with you.
Joanne Guerriero (Set Dressing/Props): Joanne is happy to be making her "primping and
propping" debut at Playhouse 22. Other set credits include "Rumors", "Arsenic & Old Lace",
"Dial M for Murder", "The Odd Couple" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (for “Crucible” director
Jonathan Wierzbicki), all at The Villagers. As an actress she has appeared in "Evita" (Eva
Peron), "Kiss Me, Kate" (Kate), “The Mousetrap” (Molly Ralston), “Side by Side” (Alto) and
“Best Little Whorehouse….” (Doatsie Mae), among many others. She has been seen at Don’t
Tell Mama in NYC in the three-person show, “Love and Other Things”. Thanks to JW for the invitation!
David Fertik (Sound Operator) is thrilled to be a part of this amazing company. For about 9
years now, David has been a part of almost any theatrical production he can get hold of. He
has done everything from acting, to production design, and even directing. David would like
to thank the cast and crew, and his family. Check out David's website at
www.davidfertik.com.
About the Show:
The Crucible was first performed at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway on
January 22, 1953. The reviews of the first production, which Miller felt was stylized
and too cold, were largely hostile, although The New York Times noted "a
powerful play [in a] driving performance." Nonetheless, the production won the
1953 "Best Play" Tony Award. A year later a new production succeeded and
the play became a classic. Today it is studied in high schools and universities,
because of its status as a revolutionary work of theater and for its allegorical relationship
to testimony given before the House Committee On Un-American Activities
during the 1950s. It is a central work in the canon of American drama.
The play was adapted for film twice, by Jean-Paul Sartre as the 1957 film Les
Sorcières de Salem and by Miller himself as the 1996 film The Crucible, the latter
with a cast including Paul Scofield, Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder.
Miller's adaptation earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best
Screenplay based on Previously Produced Material, his only nomination. The
play was also adapted by composer Robert Ward into an opera, The Crucible,
which was first performed in 1961 and received the Pulitzer Prize.