This show is free for The Scoundrel Society.
Scoundrels can reserve a ticket
by calling our box-office at (520) 448-3300
or emailing boxoffice@scoundrelandscamp.org.

One Night Only - January 11th, 7 PM

“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.”

Charles Town, (West) Virginia 1859. A trial is being held to prosecute abolitionist and religious fanatic John Brown for orchestrating an armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. Accused of treason and murder, John Brown, his family, the townspeople, and even the nation are forced to confront their laws and beliefs in a story that sharply resonates in this day and age.

By Gene Abravaya a local Tucson playwright

Location: The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre at The Historic Y
738 N 5th Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85705
Enter from the parking lot behind The Historic Y (parking lot entrance off of 5th Avenue).

Runtime: This play reading is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Audience: Best enjoyed by Scoundrels ages 14+.  

Ticket Prices
$25 General Admission
$15 Students, Teachers, and Theatre Artists

Questions? Call our Box Office at 448-3300. 

Director
Howard Allen

Cast

Featuring
Stage Directions ………………….……………………………….……………….. Maria Caprile
Reverend James Gliddon ………………………………………………. Sean Patrick
John Brown ………………………………………………………………………………….. Roger Owen
Mary Brown ……………………………………………………………… Samantha Severson
Charles Harding …………………….…………………... Christopher Younggren
Evelyn Harding …………………………………………………………………….…… India Osborn
Lizzie Harding …………………………………………………………………………….. Emily Fuchs
Richard Parker ……………………………………..…………………………………. John Keeney
Lawson Botts ………………………………………….………………………………… Bryan Falcón
Terrance Rafferty .……………………………...……………. Cole Potawardowski
J.T. Avis ………………………………………….………………………...………………………..…… Karl Haas
Watson Brown …………………………………………..…………………...…………. David Asher
Hayward Sheppard …………………………..………………... Richard Thompson
Jennie …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Vaune Suitt
Thompson ………………………………………………………………………………… Jorge Taborda
Bailiff ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Brian Taraz
Billington ……………………………………………………………………………………… Damian Garcia

Production Staff

Associate Producer
Raulie Martinez

Stage Manager
Sharkey Steib

Resident Stage Manager          
Tiffer Hill

Resident Lighting Designer/ Light & Sound Supervisor
Raulie Martinez

Gene Abravaya

Gene has worked in the Entertainment Industry since 1974, a journey of over forty years that began with the daytime serial drama As The World Turns and led to Prime Time sit-coms like The Facts of Life, One Day at a Time, Diff’rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, Charles In Charge, countless television pilots, countless community theater productions and finally, before retiring in 2017, an Artistic Director position for Spreckels Theatre Company, one of Northern California’s most prestigious and popular theatre companies. He has directed over twenty five large-scale theatrical productions, including West Side Story, Camelot, South Pacific, Once Upon a Mattress, A Christmas Carol, Oklahoma!, Into the Woods, The Drowsy Chaperone, Promises Promises, Jekyll & Hyde the Musical, Legally Blonde the Musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Young Frankenstein, Brigadoon, Scrooge the Musical, Disney’s Mary Poppins, Catch Me If You Can, Oliver!, Guys and Dolls, Big Fish, Disney’s Little Mermaid and most recently The Light in the Piazza and Titanic, which earned him back-to-back Excellence in Theatre Awards from the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle for Best Direction of a Musical. He is the author of two full length plays, The Book of Matthew (Leibowitz) and The Final Scene that have been produced in Northern California, San Francisco and the Mid-West. The Trial of John Brown is his first attempt at Historical Drama.