Martian Chronicles at The Colony Theatre

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	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
ACT I *Rocket Summer*
First Woman Second Woman Third Woman	Kathryn Fuller Murial Cooper Kathryn Kates
The First Landing
Yll Ylla	James Howard Davis Dee Croxton
The Second Landing
Musicians Mrs. TTT Captain Jonathan Williams Young Wilson Rawlins Martian Child Mr. III Mr. XXX Martians	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
The Third Landing
Hinkston Captain John Black Lustig Grandma Lustig Grandpa Lustig Skip Black Mother Black Black Relatives Hinkston Relatives Lustig Relatives Spendor Mayor	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
Captain William Wilder Hathaway Parkhill Biggs Cherokee Laney	Robert Ackerman Lynn Seibel Tom Kindle Richard Lineback Kermit Christman Scott Fuller
The Colonization
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	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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The First Landing

The Second Landing

The Third Landing

The Colonization