Excerpts from Edgar Lee Masters’ classic Spoon River Anthology streaming on Vimeo in three episodes.

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Directed by Anne Marilyn Lucas and Trudi Olivetti
With video editing and technical assistance by Chris Clark and Doug Cowell
Violin accompaniment by Susan and Ben Ruth

Episode 1
Spoon River Anthology – Episode 1

With: “The Hill” John Fogle and Gale Argentine

Featuring:

Henry Phipps – David Scannell
Ralph Rhodes – Les Tarmy
Mrs. George Reese – Jennifer Hurley
Nicholas Bindle – Bruce Whear
Thomas Rhodes – Mark Shasha
Ollie McGee – Gale Argentine
Fletcher McGee – Bobby Kerrigan
Doctor Meyers – Stephen Wallace
Mrs. Meyers – Laura Smith
Minerva Jones – Meghan Holtz
Indignation Jones – Doug Cowell
Dorcas Gustine – Barbara Lasovick
Mrs. Kessler – Sarah Cowell
Jack McGuire – Ted Merritt
Town Marshall – Chris Clark
Mabel Osborne – Julie Korzenik

Episode 2

With: “The Hill” John Fogle and Gale Argentine

Featuring:

Lois Spears – Stanis Ames
Willard Fluke – Bobby Kerrigan
Aner Clute – Meghan Holtz
Mrs. Charles Bliss – Trudi Olivetti
Judge Somers – Ted Merritt
Rev. Lemuel Wiley – David Foye
Russian Sonia – Alex Alexander
Benjamin Pantier – Steve Faria
Mrs. Benjamin Pantier – Sarah Cowell
Reuben Pantier – Gary Ames
Emily Sparks – Sharon Mason
Eugenia Todd – Kaitlin Eggers
Tom Merritt – Chris Clark
Mrs. Merritt – Dayle Persons
Elmer Karr – Mark Rolli
Cassius Hueffer – Stephen Wallace

Episode 3

Spoon River Anthology – Episode 3

With: “The Hill” John Fogle and Gale Argentine

Featuring:

Amos Sibley – Mark Shasha
Mrs. Sibley – Emily Grove
Margaret Fuller Slack – Nina Groom
Pauline Barrett – Anne Lucas
Village Atheist – John Fogle
Elsa Wertman – Nora Falk
Hamilton Greene – Gary Ames
Widow McFarlane – Julie Menard
Lillian Stewart – Kaitlin Eggers
Louise Smith – Julie Korzenik
Herbert Marshall – David Scannell
Fiddler Jones – David Foye
Amanda Barker – Stanis Ames
Nancy Knapp – Sharon Mason
Lucinda Matlock – Betty Lautner
Davis Matlock – Jim Wrynn
Richard Bone – Steve Faria

About Spoon River Antology

Spoon River Anthology, originally published in 1915, is a collection of more than 200 poetic monologues Edgar Lee Masters spoken by the people buried in the town cemetery.

The village of Spoon River is based on the two Illinois towns where the writer grew up and all the characters are drawn from people he knew or had heard about. This town has good people and bad people, and the graveside pronouncements reveal the secrets of those thought to be good who may have actually been bad; and bad people who wish they had been better.

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About Chris Clark

All of us at MLT extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of Chris Clark who passed away on November 28, 2020.

Chris’s editing talent gave us this beautiful Spoon River Anthology – Episode 1 video presentation. Chris’s compassion and artistry will be sorely missed.

The artistic team of MLT’s virtual production of Spoon River Anthology has been most fortunate to include graphic designer and video editor Chris Clark. Chris patiently collected all the film clips provided by the actors, with all the predictable variety of audio and video elements, and put together an elegant and entertaining piece.

Chris had also been an actor for many years, with many different organizations, including MLT. He lived in Salem with his wife of 25 years and their two children.

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New York City, 1977. Ed Koch is campaigning for mayor, Annie debuts on Broadway, a widespread blackout takes the city by storm, and an aging pro-wrestling promotion struggles to maintain relevance in a rapidly changing cultural landscape. Join us for a virtual staged reading of local playwright, Zach Winston’s Prologue: Welcome to The Big Times, an open-ended serial for the stage about television, crime, the media, and professional wrestling.

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Zach Winston is a Boston-based actor/producer/director, and now, playwright. He is a founding member of Vagabond Theatre Group (IRNE nominations, Best New Play- Burning the Barn, Burning Up the Dictionary; Elliott Norton nomination, Best New Play- Breaking the Shakespeare Code), and has performed with various theatre companies including Zeitgeist Stage (Eight by Tenn, A Bright New Boise, Tigers Be Still), Vagabond Theatre Group (August & Autumn, True Believers), Boston Public Works (Hard & Fast: A Love Story), and Take Your Pick Productions (Lost Girls). After spending seven years working directly with playwrights while producing new works with Vagabond Theatre Group, Zach is excited to finally set pen-to-paper again. 

Emily Grove is a theatre educator, director, and actor living in Boston. Emily has taught youth theatre at the American Repertory Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Company, Company One, Arlington Children’s Theatre, and more. She is the resident theatre teaching artist at the Fayerweather Street School in Cambridge. Directing credits include: The Importance of Being Earnest, Machinal, Romeo and Juliet, and Mr. Marmalade. Acting credits include: The Smell of the Kill (Nicky), The Tempest (Miranda), and Cabaret (Fraulein Kost). Emily has served on the Board of Directors at MLT for just over two years and is a graduate of Salem State University, holding her BFA in Theatre: Performance.