SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Cast & Staff

Spoon River Anthology 

by Edgar Lee Masters
adapted in a new version by Charles Aidman
Songs Adapted & Arranged 
by Charles Aidman & Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn
(October 23 + 24, 1981)

Cast & Staff List

Spoon River Anthology (1915) is a collection of short, free verse poems that collectively tells the story of Spoon River, a fictional small town. In 1963, Charles Aidman adapted these poems into a theatrical presentation. 
Act One

He's Gone Away (song) ..........Erna Reynolds

The Hill..........Bill Jenkins

Tom Beatty..........Bill Jenkins

Illinois (song)..........Glen Priest & Erna Reynolds

Mrs. Williams..........Connie Andrews

Dora Williams..........Mary Sparks

Archibald Higbie..........Tom Casey

Walter Simmons..........Marc Myers

Deacon Taylor..........Bill Jenkins
Emily Sparks..........Theresa Cavanaugh
Benjamin Pantier..........Marc Myers
Mrs. Pantier..........Mary Sparks
Emily Sparks..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Reuben Pantier..........Tom Casey

Emily Sparks..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Margaret Fuller Slack..........Connie Andrews

Soldier Oh Soldier (song)..........Glen Priest

Knowlt Hoheimer..........Bill Jenkins

Lydia Puckett..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Fiddler Jones..........Marc Myers

Ollie McGhee..........Mary Sparks
Fletcher McGhee..........Tom Casey

Hamilton Greene..........Bill Jenkins

Elsa Wertman..........Connie Andrews

Hamilton Greene..........Bill Jenkins
Rosie Roberts...........Theresa Cavanaugh

Russian Sonia..........Mary Sparks
Lucius Atherton..........Marc Myers
Times Are Gettin' Hard (song)..........Erna Reynolds
Eugene Carmen..........Tom Casey
Water is Wide (song)..........Glen Priest & Erna Reynolds
William & Emily..........Marc Myers & Theresa Cavanaugh
Water is Wide (song)..........Glen Priest & Erna Reynolds
Yee Bow..........Mary Sparks
Enoch Dunlap..........Erna Reynolds
Mrs. Kessler..........Connie Andrews
Nancy Knapp..........Theresa Cavanaugh
George Cray..........Tom Casey
Harry Wilmans..........Bill Jenkins
Nellie Clark..........Theresa Cavanaugh
Paper of Pins (song)..........Glen Priest & Erna Reynolds
Roscoe Purcapile..........Tom Casey
Mrs. Purcapile..........Connie Andrews
A.D. Blood..........Bill Jenkins
Shack Dye..........Marc Myers
Freedom (song)..........Glen Priest
Hanna Armstrong..........Connie Andrews
Faith Matheny..........Mary Sparks

Act Two

Three Nights Drunk (song) ..........Glen Priest & Erna Reynolds

Judge Lively..........Marc Myers

Zilpha Marsh..........Mary Sparks

Searcy Foote..........Tom Casey

Mrs. Charles Bliss..........Connie Andrews

Far Away From Home (song) ..........Glen Priest

Pauline Barrett..........Mary Sparks

Village Atheist..........Bill Jenkins

Mabel Osborne..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Franklin Jones..........Marc Myers

Schofield Huxley ..........The Company

In The Night (song)..........Erna Reynolds

Dippold the Optician..........The Company

In The Night (song)..........Erna Reynolds

Elijah Browning..........Tom Casey

Goin' Home (song) ..........Glen Priest & Erna Reynolds

Alexander Throckmorton..........Bill Jenkins

Amanda Barker..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Willard Fluke..........Tom Casey

Lois Spears..........Mary Spark

I See The Moon (song) ..........Erna Reynolds

Sow Took The Measles (song)..........Glen Priest

Abel Melveney..........Tom Casey

Hod Putt..........Bill Jenkins

Ida Frickey..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Silas Dement ..........Marc Myers

Aner Clute & Daisy Fraser..........Mary Sparks & Connie Andrews

Indignation Jones..........Bill Jenkins

Minerva Jones..........Mary Sparks

Doc Myers..........Marc Myers

The Sibleys..........Connie Andrews & Tom Casey

Who Knows Where I'm Goin' (song)..........Glen Priest

My Rooster..........Erna Reynolds

Willie Metcalf..........Marc Myers

I Am, I Am (song) ..........Erna Reynolds

A Horse Named Bill (song) ..........Glen Priest

Batterton Dobyns..........Tom Casey

Flossie Cabanis..........Connie Andrews

Hortense Robbins..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Frank Drummer..........Marc Myers
Barney Hainsfeather..........Bill Jenkins

Lucinda Matlock..........Theresa Cavanaugh

Petit the Poet..........The Company

Spoon River (song)..........Glen Priest & Erna Reynolds

Epilogue..........Bill Jenkins

STAFF

Director..........Tom Casey
Stage Manager..........Janet Weaver
Guitarist..........Glen Priest
Sound..........Ed White
Props..........Cathy Corwin, Debbie Waechter
Motivation..........Bill Jenkins
Set..........James Waechter
LIGHTING CREW
Jeff Steed, Brian Baker, Marc Myers, Tom Casey