The Crucible

In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic—with ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor—The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950’s. A Tony Award Winner for Best Play. A BBC and KCRW co-production. 

Recorded at Culver Studios, Culver City in March 1988. 

Directed by Martin Jenkins. 

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance starring: 

Irene Aranga as Mercy Lewis 

René Auberjonois as Deputy Governor Danforth 

Ed Begley Jr. as Thomas Putnam 

Georgia Brown as Rebecca Nurse 

Jack Coleman as Marshal Herrick 

Bud Cort as Ezekiel Cheever 

Richard Dreyfuss as Reverend John Hale 

Héctor Elizondo as Giles Corey 

Judyann Elder as Tituba 

Fionnula Flanagan as Elizabeth Proctor 

Ann Hearne as Susanna Walcott 

Carol Kane as Mary Warren 

Stacey Keach as John Proctor 

Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Betty Parris 

Marian Mercer as Mrs. Ann Putnam 

Franklyn Seales as Judge Hathorne 

Madolyn Smith as Abigail Williams 

Joe Spano as Francis Nurse 

Michael York as Reverend Parris