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Joshua Shepard
  • Musical Theater
  • Class of 2019
  • Milford, PA

Wilkes University Student Joshua Shepard , Takes the Stage in Production of The Crucible, Feb. 22-25

2018 Feb 12

Joshua Shepard of Milford, Pa., is performing in Wilkes University Theatre's production of The Crucible Feb. 22-25. The performances will take place on Feb. 22, 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. with matinee performances on Feb. 24 and 25 at 2 p.m. The production will occur at Wilkes' Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 S. River St. Shepard is playing the role of Deputy Governor Danforth.

Directed by Wilkes University Theatre's Jon P. Liebetrau, associate professor of theatre, this historical drama details the Puritan purge of witchcraft of insular Salem, Mass., in 1692, focusing on the life of John Proctor, his wife, Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams, a young servant girl. After a group of young girls are found dancing in the woods and immediately fall ill, the citizens can find no earthly cause and point to a sinister force. When Abigail causes the arrest of Elizabeth after accusing her of witchcraft, John takes Abigail to court to admit the lie. However, John finds himself in the mix, condemned of witchcraft himself. The Crucible by Arthur Miller, won the 1953 Tony Award as best play, among numerous accolades.