By Ray Bradbury
James Howard Davis
and Dee Croxton |
Barbara Beckley
and Burton Cooper |
Produced and Directed by
Set, Lighting, and Sound
Design
Projection Art
Martian Costumes, Masks,
Wigs, Makeup and Accessories
Martian Costumes Interpreted
and Executed by
Martian Masks, Wigs and Helmets
Constructed by
Earth Costume Designed by
Earth Costumes Executed
by
Set Design Articulated and
Executed by
Lighting Design Executed
by
Plexiglass, Astronauts’
Uniforms and
Mars Vehicle (ATC-90) Courtesy
of
Projection Effects Courtesy
of
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Terrence Shank
Terrence Shank
Michael Minor
Patrick Duffy Whitbeck
Conrad Wolff
Janet Stout
Babette Stern
Joanie James
Patrick Duffy Whitbeck
Conrad Wolff
Don Woodruff
Don Woodruff
Carol Garcia
Sandra Kinder
Elizabeth Larroquette
Kent Meyers
J. Everett Templin
Paula Starr
American Honda Motor Company,
Motorcycle Division
Spindler and Sauppe
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ACT I
Rocket Summer
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First Woman
Second Woman
Third Woman
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Kathryn Fuller
Murial Cooper
Kathryn Kates |
The First Landing
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Yll
Ylla
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James
Howard Davis
Dee Croxton |
The Second Landing
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Musicians
Mrs. TTT
Captain Jonathan Williams
Young
Wilson
Rawlins
Martian Child
Mr. III
Mr. XXX
Martians
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Joe
Vincent Cantu
Alma Carey
Erika Croxton
Ruth Davis
Mary Maren
Bud Samiljan
Carol Newell
Darryl Woodson
Ron Roy
Joe Crane
Larry G. Cloud
Lisa Larroquette
Joey Rosendo
David Nichols
Joe Vincent Cantu, Alma
Carey,
Dee Croxton, Erika Croxton,
Ruth Davis, Tim Fuller,
Kathryn Kates, Carol Newell,
Bud Samiljan, Don Woodruff
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The Third Landing
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Hinkston
Captain John Black
Lustig
Grandma Lustig
Grandpa Lustig
Skip Black
Mother Black
Black Relatives
Hinkston Relatives
Lustig Relatives
Spendor
Mayor
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Bradley
Della Valle
Burton Cooper
Steve Itkin
Murial Cooper
Len Lawson
David Talbert
Kathryn Fuller
Frank Birney
Alma Carey
James Howard Davis
Tim Fuller
Kathryn Kates
Erika Croxton
Bud Samiljan
Don Woodruff
Dee Croxton
Ruth Davis
Albert Lord
Mary Maren
Michael Fleck
R.M. Tewalt |
Act II
The Fourth Landing
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Captain William Wilder
Hathaway
Parkhill
Biggs
Cherokee
Laney
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Robert Ackerman
Lynn Seibel
Tom Kindle
Richard Lineback
Kermit Christman
Scott Fuller |
The Colonization
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Benjamin
Driscoll
Leonora
Janice
Father Peregrine
Father Smith
Stendhal
Bigelow
E.W. Garrett
Troll
Earth Guests
Mechanical Guests
Elma
Martian
Ghost
Walter Gripp
Genevieve Selsor
Ishmael
Daniel
The Voice
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Joe
Vincent Cantu
Barbara Beckley
Linda Sommers
Stuart Lancaster
Len Lawson
Albert Lord
J. Everett Templin
Frank Birney
Bud Samiljan
Robert Ackerman
Barbara Beckley
Michael Fleck
Kathryn Fuller
David Nichols
Lynn Seibel
Don Woodruff
Joe Vincent Cantu
Alma Carey
Joe Crane
Dee Croxton
Erika Croxton
James Howard Davis
Ruth Davis
Tim Fuller
Kathryn Kates
Richard Lineback
Mary Maren
Carol Newell
David Talbert
R.M. Tewalt
Ellen Suits
Burton Cooper
Burton Cooper
Joey Rosendo
Lisa Fresk
Scott Dupree
Matthew Fuller
John Larroquette |
The Chronicles Remembered
I have tried to
surprise myself a good part of my life. Back in the late Forties, I began
a series of experiments, sometimes with words which became ideas which
became stories. I have been in love with Mars since I was 10 years old
and read Wells and Burroughs and stood on the summer lawns and ached to
reach up and touch that Red World. My first novel, aged 12, was a sequel
to The Gods of Mars. It was only natural that somewhere along the line
I would send further expeditions up to guess the weather of the dead seas
and strange hills there. So I tested myself with 4 Expeditions which became
the stories that form the first half of this play The Martian Chronicles.
I didn’t even know I had written a novel until a Doubleday Editor, one
spring afternoon in 1949 suggested I had a book there. Surprise! I spent
the rest of the summer of 1949, in Venice, California, in a 30 dollar a
month apartment, finishing the novel. It was published in 1950 and has
been in print ever since. In the following years, various students wrote
to tell me that they had "declaimed" scenes from my Martian stories in
class. Others had acted them on high school stages, or in college drama
meetings. Again: surprise. I decided to learn from my young teachers. If
they could adapt me, so could I. If they hadn’t led they way, I might never
have come back into the theatre to do this play. At least some part of
your praise, or blame, should go to them. For now: Mars is waiting. We
must go there.
Ray Bradbury, July 14th,
1977
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