A Play in Music by Marc Blitzstein
Directed by Lindsey Duoos Gearhart
April 3-26

Corruption, greed and deception pervade the American economy…in 1937. In this “play in music,” Corporate America has gotten out of hand and we are all suffering the economic fallout. This isn’t the plot of a new musical reflecting the world we face, but the revolutionary musical about the state of the economy in 1937. Who would have thought that a provocative musical written during the Great Depression as a part of the Federal Theatre Project could still be relevant 70 years later?

Can’t afford a ticket? No problem! Show up at the theatre and Pay-What-You-Can! All unsold seats the night of performance are available at whatever price you can afford. Just show up and give what you can afford.

10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th Avenue downtown
Performances Thurs-Sat at 8 p.m. and Sun at 7 p.m.
Advanced Tickets: $25 available online only
Tickets Available on-site: Pay-What-You-Can

"Gearhart has crafted some excellent stage pictures...this Cradle is a biting commentary" --Marty Jones-Westlin, San Diego City Beat

"Sharp-toothed...it's perhaps the first local show to be conceived specifically as a response to the financial free-fall." --Jim Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune

"Musical director Billy Thompson is potent as accompanist as well as narrator...Christopher T. Miller cuts an imposing and charismatic figure as rabble rouser and union organizer Larry Foreman...As Reverend Salvation, Bryan Curtiss White brings the house down with his rousing sermon and physical agility." --Pat Launer, San Diego News Network

“Gearhart, who did such a terrific job with Stone Soup’s productions of Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM! further ups her esteem here, doing a marvelous job with an unwieldy monster of a show.”—Charlene Baldridge, sdtheatre.com

“The twelve (12) member, very-much-in-sync ensemble cast…work in such harmony together, that this production, on any stage in town, would do the presenting theatre proud!” –Rob Appel, sdtheatre.com