The Skin of Our Teeth

Synopsis: Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the course of the drama at every opportunity (“I don’t understand a word of this play!”). Whether he is inventing the alphabet or merely saving the world from apocalypse, George and his redoubtable family somehow manage to survive – by the skin of their teeth.

Completed by the author less than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, The Skin of Our Teeth (1942) broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, satire, and elements of the comic strip, Thornton Wilder depicts an Everyman Family as it narrowly escapes one end-of-the-world disaster after another, from the Ice Age to flood to war.

CAST

 

Announcers	Danielle Barrie
	Michael Anthony Butler
Mr. Antrobus	Mason St. Germain
Mrs. Antrobus	Elaina Keyes
Gladys	Aletta Kemp
Henry	Benjamin Tanner
Sabina	Sara Grace Wallace
Messenger	Chase Redig
Fortune Teller	Kaela Tibbs
Mrs. Fitzpatrick	Mia Carisse
Broadcasters	Eleni Demos*
	Hope Englestad
	Joshua Birdsong
Ensemble	Collin Crews
	Dakota Scarborough
	Jordan Whorton

* "conveener Dance" Choreographer

PRODUCTION TEAM

 

Director	Marci J. Duncan
Lighting Designer	Jennifer Cullen
Scenic Designer	Maranda Straub
Costume Designer	Elizabeth Blanco Saenz
Technical Director & Sound Designer	Phillip Brulotte
Dramaturg	Eleanor Sweeney
Stage Manager	Brittney Lester
Scenic Charge Artist	Jessica Milam
Assistant to the Director	Lena Sakalla
Assistant Stage Manager	Tareca Siplin
Master Carpenter	Jessica Edge
Props Master	J.P. Riddle
Asst. Costume Shop Mgr. & Wardrobe Supervisor	Katrina Lundquist
Light Board Operator	Kaitlyn Gardner
Sound Board Operaotr & Master Electrician	Hannah Chism
Wig Artist	Hannah Hiers
Dressers	Alicia Hill
	Jericka Hunter
	Alyssa Lee
	Will Mettlach
Props Run Crew	Delaney Beal
	Jessica Broadnax
	Rey Garcia
Stage Crew	Laurine DeLamater
	Maria Parada Ruiz
	Garrett Summitt
House Manager	Alex Brookins
Poster Design	John Lhotka
Scene Shop Crew	Ben Bailey
	Michelle Barber
	Amanda De Benedetto
	Josh Birdsong
	Aletta Kemp
	Phillip Lucas
	Aubrey Shelton
	Katie Smith
	Arin Walker
Costume Shop Crew	Val Besser
	Edee Green
	Michelle Barber
	Jessica Broadnax
	Maddie Carr
	Cameron Carter
	Laurine DeLamater
	Jessica Edge
	Hope Englestad
	Wisdom Harris
	Alicia Hill
	Jericka Hunter
	Elaina Keyes
	Will Mettlach
	Eleanor Sweeney
	Megan Weiskopf
Lighting Crew	Branden Ellington
	Kaitlyn Gardner
	John Perez
	Allen Westerkom
Paint Crew	Caitlin Artrip
	Cassidy Beal
	Mary Kate Bowdoin
	Rebecca Douglas
	Dylan Garofalo
	Kasey Kucera
	Cherry Rendell
Props Crew	Matthew Chamberlain
	Wyatt Davis
	Jericka Hunter
	Emerson Smith von Wiegen
Scene Shop Student Staff	Hannah Chism
	Jessica Edge
	Tyler Frayer
	Kaitlyn Gardner
	Dylan Garofalo
	Jessica Milam
Costume Shop Student Staff	Elizabeth Blanco
	Hannah Hiers
	Katrina Lundquist
	J.P. Riddle
	Emily Wilson
	Jessi Winter
Box Office Student Staff	Alayshia Green
	Katrina Lundquist
	Victoria O'Dell
	Dakota Scarborough
	Eleanor Sweeney