The Cradle Will Rock
by Mark Blitzstein
Directed by Harry Waters Jr.
November 6-8, 2014
“The Cradle Will Rock”, a collaboration between the Theatre and Dance Department and the Music Department, is set in 1937 Steeltown, reminiscent of old time Chicago. This show brilliantly emphasizes the divide between laborers and proprietors through the contrast of Mr. and Mrs. Mister, the excessively lavish and corrupt first couple of Steeltown, whose hands are in every institution, against the grungy lives of the unionizers led by Larry Foreman, the confident and incendiary union organizer. This musical drama illuminates the social, political, and economic chaos in the United States after the Great Depression, when unemployment, government corruption, and greed ran rampant.
Cast
| Zachary Anderson | Gent/Reporter 1/Ensemble |
| Ilana Budenosky | Yasha |
| Julia Christensen | Reverend Salvation |
| Cassidy Foust | Sister Mister |
| Isaac Gamoran | Steve/Ensemble |
| Gillian Gold | Bugs/Ensemble |
| Bridget Gustafson | Dauber |
| Emily Gustafson | President Prexy |
| Patrick Hegdahl | Larry Foreman |
| Lawrence Henry | Marc Blitzstein |
| Alec Jackson | Trixie |
| Anika Kulander | Moll |
| Elena Lindstrom | Reporter 2/Ensemble |
| Stefanie Messer | Ella Hammer |
| Noah Nieting | Jr. Mister |
| Emily Sanford | Dr. Specialist |
| Sierra Sater | Dick/Ensemble |
| Rafael Schneider | Harry Drugist |
| Hannah Silverman | Editor Daily |
| Spike Sommers | Gus Polock/Ensemble |
| John Stark | Mr. Mister |
| Kenneth Tivey | Clerk/Ensemble |
| Hannah Viederman | Professor Mamie |
| Amanda Wareham | Sadie/Ensemble |
| Andrea Wilhelm | Professor Scoot/Ensemble |
| Niara Williams | Cop/Ensemble |
| Judith Wodzak | Mrs. Mister |
Creative Team
| Harry Waters Jr. | Director |
| Mark Mandarano | Music Director |
| Wynn Fricke | Choreographer |
| Joseph Stanley | Set Designer |
| John R. Keyser | Lighting Designer |
| Laura Nichols | Vocal Director |
| Michael McGaghie | Choral Director |
| Lynn Farrington | Costume Designer |
| Maria McNamara | Properties Designer |
| Tom Barrett | Technical Designer |
| Nora Spellane ’16 | Stage Manager |