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Directing Thesis: 'The Crucible'


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Directed by Harry George Brook

Columbia University School of the Arts presents The Crucible, a directing thesis production by student Harry George Brook and written by Arthur Miller.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is asked: how did we get here and what went wrong? “What signifies a poppet?”. The ‘witch hunt’ is afoot. The Crucible is a play about… witches?

Showtimes

Thursday, October 15, 7:30 PM
Friday, October 16, 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 17, 2 PM
Saturday, October 17, 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 18, 2 PM

Run Time

2 hours and 20 minutes (with intermission)

Content Warning

Please be advised that this production depicts themes of violence and death.

Featuring

JOHN PROCTOR - Teddy Fischer
ELIZABETH PROCTOR - Maya Mays
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS - Lena Moore
REVEREND SAMUEL PARRIS - Jamisen Dowdy
MARY WARREN - Elena Falkow
JUDGE GEORGE DANFORTH - Greg Hofmann
JUDGE HATHORNE - Jalexis James
REVEREND JOHN HALE - Nick Struck
REBECCA NURSE - Eva Rubin
GILES COREY - Baine Ellis
FRANCIS NURSE - Alexander Uzobuife
THOMAS PUTNAM - Steven Day
MRS. ANN PUTNAM - Meghan McNeive
TITUBA - Rokah Sejour
BETTY PARRIS - Anna-Grace Crawford
EZEKIEL CHEEVER - Thomas Kannam
JOHN WILLARD - KeShawn Mellon
MERCY LEWIS - Kaila Bimemiller
SUSANNA WALCOTT - Samantha Positano
SARAH GOOD - Olivia Casper

Production Team & Crew

Director - Harry Brook (current student)
Producer - Caitlin Berg (current student)
Producer - Amara Pappas (current student)
Producer - Nick Gurinsky (current student)
Company Manager - Anna Bowman (current student)
Production Stage Manager - Grace Posillico (current student)
Stage Manager - Matt Jachim-Gallagher (current student)
Stage Manager - Alli Wier (current student)
Dramaturg & Choreographer - Sophia Parker
Dramaturg - Tess Walsh
Scenic Designer - Kimia Fatah
Lighting Designer - Chloe Dittloff
Costume Designer - Donna Resendez
Sound Designer - Devin Wong
Composer - Noah Goddard

About the Director

Harry Brook is a director from London. He is part of the Columbia University MFA Theatre Directing class of ’27, studying with Anne Bogart, Brian Kulick, and many more enormously gifted and generous artists.  Previous productions at Columbia include form.docx.pdf (2) by Lindsey Walko, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, BAKKHAI by Euripides a new version by Anne Carson, and An Adaptation of Julius Caesar by Michael Ronca. His final production at Columbia University will be Chekhov’s Three Sisters, adapted by Tess Walsh (December 4-5, 2026). Other productions include Back Seat by Oisín Byrne and Harry Brook (edfringe 2024) and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (Oxford Playhouse). He is very grateful. Thank you. Also - @harrygeorgebrook


THE CRUCIBLE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service. www.concordtheatricals.com.

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