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Theater - Never the Sinner

October 3–6, 2007

A play by John Logan
 
Production Staff
Director: Dwight Watson
Scenic and Lighting Designer: James Gross
Sound Designer: James Phillips
Costume Designer: Caroline Stine
Stage Manager: Anthony Morton '10
Asst. Stage Manager: Wil Goodrich '09
Dramaturge: Nelson Barre '08
 
Cast List
Nathan Leopold Jr.: Spencer Elliott '10
Richard Loeb: Seth Einterz '11
Robert Crowe: Dustin Foster '09
Clarence Darrow: Kyle Cassidy '08
Reporter 1/Dr. Bowman: Patrick McAlister '10
Reporter 2/Germaine Rheinhardt, Dr. Hulbert: Amina McIntyre
Reporter 3/Sergeant Gortland, Bailiff: Eric Selsemeyer '11
Reporter 4/Dr. White: James Morey '11
 
Production Assistance
Lightboard Operator: Cody Grady '10
Soundboard Operator: Tyler Williams '08
Makeup/Hair Designer: Georgeanna Smith
Wardrobe Head: Clay Zook '10
Stagehand: Jaime Cantu '10
 
Never the Sinner takes place in Chicago, May 21, 1924. Nathan Leopold Jr., age 18, and Robert Loeb, age 19, killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks and were quickly apprehended when Leopold’s glasses were found near the corpse. Clarence Darrow defended them, pleading eloquently against capital punishment. This off-broadway hit explores the complex relationship between Leopold and Loeb with a story set to themes of crime and punishment, the press, the times, humanism, Nietzsche’s philosophy, and the end of the Jazz Age.

The New York Post says, "Great theatre. An excellent and compelling play!"

This page is part of an ongoing project to document the history of the theatre productions performed at Wabash College.  If you have information not included on this page, please contact the Theater Department or Professor Dwight Watson (watsond@wabash.edu).

  

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