1989 Miracle Yearbook

fir The Importance of Truth: I he Crucible The Winter Drama Production pre- sented by the Village Players was Ar- thur Miller's "The Crucible." The play ran five nights; one dress rehearsal and four performances. The setting for the drama was the transformed College Center cafeteria. The seats were set on risers around the stage. There was limited seating, so the guests were close to the stage and experienced the emotion and intensi- ty of the program to a greater de- gree. The tickets were sold out and extra seating was arranged. Some stood stand-by hoping to get in the see the play. The drama, though partly ficti- upper left: Abigail struggles to regain John Proctor's love. middle left: The "witches" confession. bottom left: John Proctor argues with his wife concerning Abigail. cious, is based on actual records of the famed Salem witch trials. The play opened in 1953, when the term "witchhunt" was nearly synonymous in the public mind with congressional investigations then being conducted into allegedly subversive, communist activities. The plot of "The Crucible" centers on one town's need to blame some- one for their evils and ills. Years later, the truth that one man tried to prove surfaced and the trial was seen as the sham it was. As Dr. Robey said, "May we focus our minds again on the need for personal integrity while living in a society that holds alle- gience to a false standard of truth." above: "I've often wondered if the devil be in it." Winter Drama Production 137