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The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (2009)

The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial - written by Peter Goodchild, directed by Brendon Fox - L.A. Theatre Works.  January-February 2009

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing national debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society, debates that continue to this day.

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Edward Asner - William Jennings Bryan
Matthew Patrick Davis - John Thomas Scopes
John Heard / Michael Winters -  Clarence Darrow 
James Gleason - Mencken / Ensemble
Shannon Cochran - Narrator
Geoffrey Wade - Dudley Field Malone
Jerry Hardin - Judge John Raulston
Arye Gross - Arthur Garfield Hayes
Rob Nagle - Attorney General Stewart
David Alan Novak - Reverend Stribling / Ensemble
Matt Gaydos - General Ben McKenzie / Ensemble

Ed Asner as William Jennings Bryan
James Gleason as H.L. Mencken
Matthew Patrick Davis as John Thomas Scopes, with Kelly Hunt
Jerry Hardin as Judge John Raulston
The Prosecution: Rob Nagle & Ed Asner
John Heard as Clarence Darrow
Rob Nagle as Attorney General Tom Stewart
Ed Asner, Jerry Hardin, David Alan Novak, and John Heard
Matt Gaydos as former Attorney General Ben McKenzie, testifying for the Prosecution
David Alan Novak, John Heard, Geoffrey Wade, Arye Gross, and Matthew Patrick Davis
The Defendant: Matthew Patrick Davis
Matt Gaydos as Frank Robinson, with John Heard as Clarence Darrow
James Gleason as H.L. Mencken, reporting on the trial
Geoffrey Wade as Dudley Field Malone, international divorce lawyer
Arye Gross as Arthur Garfield Hays, attorney for the ACLU
Shannon Cochran as the Narrator
Jerry Hardin, James Gleason, Rob Nagle, and John Heard
Jerry Hardin, David Alan Novak, John Heard, Geoffrey Wade, Arye Gross, Matthew Patrick Davis and Shannon Cochran
The indomitable Ed Asner
John Heard, Geoffrey Wade, Arye Gross, and Matthew Patrick Davis
Ed Asner and John Heard go head-to-head
Jerry Hardin, Ed Asner, and John Heard
John Heard, Arye Gross, Geoffrey Wade, Matthew Patrick Davis, and Shannon Cochran
Rob Nagle and Ed Asner
David Alan Novak, as Foreman of the Jury, finds Scopes guilty
Ed Asner as Bryan and John Heard as Darrow
Jerry Hardin as Judge Raulston and Michael Winters as Clarence Darrow. (photo courtesy of Rob Garland Photographers)
The Veterans: Jerry Hardin, Ed Asner and John Heard
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Rob Nagle, James Gleason, Ed Asner and Michael Winters speak on a panel at the WHQR studios, the local NPR radio station. (photo courtesy of WWAY, NewsChannel 3, the ABC television affiliate in Wilmington, North Carolina.)

During this tour, Rob taught master classes at  Weber State University, University of Utah, Butler University, University of Colorado, University of Kansas, Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina-Asheville, University of North Carolina-Wilmington & George Mason University. ​
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