J.B.
By Archibald MacLeish; Directed by Candace Upton
Facing a financial crisis, two Wall Street Bankers (and former actors) Zuss and Nickles decide to act out the story of Job, and thus begins Archibald MacLeish's Pulitzer Prize–winning play-within-a-play. Successful financier and family man J.B. loses everything, including his children and wife, and is left struggling for meaning in his painful existence as even his health deteriorates. Nickles himself, who plays Satan, manipulates J.B.'s world, trying to wrench out of him a curse to God or force him into suicide. God, played by Ms Zuss, appears to J.B. at the nadir of his suffering, pinning him between Good and Evil. Ultimately, it is the human capacity for love and compassion that saves J.B.
MacLeish wrote this play after his work with the War Department during WWII, as he personally struggled to make "injustice, justice, and God good." With elegant verse and a modern cast of characters, the play-within-a-play makes the millenia-old tale seem to be ripped from today's headlines: wrenching, accessible, and personal.
NOTE: This show contains inferred violence and talk of death and may not be suitable for all pre-teens.
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Cast |
| Jonathan/Boy | | Joey Arvay |
| Zuss | | Jacqui Campbell |
| Rebecca | | Callie Collins |
| Bildad | | Elise Dervinis |
| Ruth/Jolly | | Ali Dougherty |
| Mrs. Botticelli/Girl | | Allison Greet |
| J.B. | | Tim Long |
| Sarah | | Cathy Mostek |
| Nickles | | Drew Orfetel |
| Soldier/Reporter/Policeman | | Pat Reavey |
| Mrs. Leisure/Mary | | Christine Robinson |
| Eliphaz/David/Reporter/Policeman | | Scott Ryan |
| Zophar | | Drew Taylor |
| Mrs. Murphy/Soldier | | Robin Werkema |
Staff |
| Director | | Candace Upton |
| Consulting Director | | Ron Quirk |
| Producer | | Carolyn Salerno |
| Costume Coordinator | | Lindsay Franklin |
| Set Designer | | Wayne Grinwis |
| Stage Manager | | Tracy Bell |
| Props Coordinator | | Christine Robinson |
| Technical Director | | Ed Mackey |
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