Actors Theatre of Louisville
8th Humana Festival of New American Plays

February 22–April 1, 1984
INDEPENDENCE
by Lee Blessing
Directed by Patrick Tovatt

The Cast

Jo	Shelley Crandall
Kess	Deborah Hedwall
Sherry	Gretchen West
Evelyn	Sylvia Gassell

The play takes place over a period of eleven days in
Independence, Iowa, in late May.

Set Design	Paul Owen
Costume Design	Marcia Dixcy
Lighting Design	Geoffrey T. Cunningham
Sound Design	James M. Bay
Property Master	Sam Garst
Fight Director	Steve Rankin
Stage Manager	Richard Cunningham
Assistant Stage Manager	Janice Neustedter

Independence was developed in workshop at the Cricket Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Independence was initially presented as a staged reading at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 1983 National Playwrights Conference.