Cort Theatre, (3/22/1990 - 9/2/1990)

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Oklahoma and then California, 1938.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)

Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), The Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Randall Arney: Artistic Director; Stephen B. Eich: Managing Director), Suntory International Corporation and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President); Produced with permission of Elaine Steinbeck

First presented in September, 1988 by The Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Randall Arney: Artistic Director; Stephen B. Eich: Managing Director); Produced in May, 1989 by LaJolla Playhouse (Des McAnuff, Artistic Director); Produced in June, 1989 by The Royal National Theatre (Richard Eyre, Director)

Book adapted by Frank Galati; Based on the novel by John Steinbeck; Incidental music by Michael Smith; Musical Director: Michael Smith

Directed by Frank Galati

Scenic Design by Kevin Rigdon; Lighting Design by Kevin Rigdon; Costume Design by Erin Quigley; Sound Design by Rob Milburn; Associate Lighting Design: Howard Werner

General Manager: Albert Poland; Company Manager: Mitchell A. Weiss

Production Stage Manager: Malcolm Ewen; Stage Manager: Janet Friedman and Robyn Karen Taylor; Production Supervisor: Arthur Siccardi

Guitar: Michael Smith; Fiddle: Miriam Sturm and Rondi Reed; Harmonica, Saw, Jaw Harp, Banjo: L.J. Slavin; Accordian, Bass: William Schwarz and Jeremiah Birkett; Harmonica: Steve Ramsey

General Press Representative: The Fred Nathan Company, Inc.; Dance consultant: Peter Amster; Fight direction by Michael Sokoloff; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.

Calvin Lennon Armitage	Winfield
Jeremiah Birkett	The Man in the Barn's Son
Robert Breuler	Pa
P.J. Brown	Agricultural Officer
Cheryl Lynn Bruce	2nd Narrator
	Elizabeth Sandry
Keith Byron-Kirk	Car Salesman
Ron Crawford	Willy
	Mayer of Hooverville
Nathan Davis	Grampa
Mark Deakins	Connie Rivers
Kathryn Erbe	Aggie Wainwright
Francis Guinan	1st Narrator
	Car Salesman
	The Man Going Back
	Weedpatch Camp Director
	Mr. Wainwright
Michael Hartman	Gas Station Owner
	Contractor
	3rd Narrator
	Hooper Ranch Guard
Terry Kinney	Jim Casy
Terrance MacNamara	Car Salesman
	Camp Proprietor
Lex Monson	The Man in the Barn
Sally Murphy	Rose of Sharon
James Noah	Uncle John
Lucina Paquet	Granma
Jeff Perry	Noah
Steve Ramsey	Gas Station Attendant
Rondi Reed	Mrs. Wainwright
Theodore Schulz	Agricultural Officer
Nicola Sheara	Camp Nurse
Eric Simonson	Car Salesman
	Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper
Gary Sinise	Tom Joad
Lois Smith	Ma
Rick Snyder	Muley Graves
	Floyd Knowles
Skipp Sudduth	Car Salesman
	Deputy Sheriff
	4th Narrator
Zoë Taleporos	Ruthie
Jim True	Al
Jessica Wilder	Al's Girl

Understudies: Meghan Andrews (Ruthie), Jeremiah Birkett (Gas Station Attendant), P.J. Brown (4th Narrator, Car Salesman, Deputy Sheriff), Keith Byron-Kirk (1st Narrator, Car Salesman, Mr. Wainwright, The Man in the Barn, The Man in the Barn's Son, Weedpatch Camp Director), Ron Crawford (3rd Narrator, Camp Proprietor, Car Salesman, Contractor, Gas Station Owner, Grampa, Hooper Ranch Guard), Kathryn Erbe (Al's Girl, Camp Nurse, Rose of Sharon), Michael Hartman (Pa), Terrance MacNamara (Uncle John), Tommy J. Michaels (Winfield), Jeff Perry (Tom Joad), Steve Ramsey (Al, Car Salesman, Musician - Harmonica), Rondi Reed (Ma, Musician - Fiddle), Theodore Schulz (Floyd Knowles, Mayer of Hooverville, Muley Graves, Noah, Willy), William Schwarz (Musician - Guitar), Nicola Sheara (2nd Narrator, Elizabeth Sandry, Granma, Mrs. Wainwright), Eric Simonson (Connie Rivers), Rick Snyder (Jim Casy, The Man Going Back), Skipp Sudduth (Agricultural Officer, Car Salesman, Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper), Jessica Wilder (Aggie Wainwright).