Jip, His Story
Production Team:
Executive Director- Lou Ursone
Peter Barbieri, Jr.- Associate Artistic Director
Brian Bianco- Education Director
Cathy Cordaro & Natalie Itero- Box Office Members
Gail Yudain- Office Manager
Based on a novel by Katherine Paterson. It tells the tale of a nineteenth century Vermont boy who was found on the side of the road as a toddler. Due to his dark complexion, he is assumed to be the son of a gypsy and sent to live on a local poor farm. But, when a runaway slave hunter catches sight of him twelve years later, Jip learns the truth about his identity, as well as about the buried racial attitudes of the town in which he was raised.
Cast:
Sheldon/Luke Stevens - Joe Coots*
Mrs. Lyman/Store Owner/Mrs.Stevens - Maggi Heilweil
Jip - Miles Johnson*
Flint/The Stranger/Avery - Ted Yudain
Otis Lyman/Addison/Sheriff - Kenneth Boys*
Putnam "Put" Nelson - Raymond G. Michaud*
Widow Wilkens/Teacher/Jips's Mother - Rosa Curry*
Lucy Wilkens/Narration - Kiera O'Neil*
Jips Father/Narration - Lou Ursone*