“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, presented by CCSF Arts Department

This play is not your high school English class project, it is a passionate,
urgent cry for help for a community in crisis.

Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel
between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful
chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by
Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is
stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a
violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the
terrifying power of false accusations.

A depiction of innocent men and women destroyed by malicious rumor, The Crucible is also a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America or now.
These themes still resonate today and need to be told by this passionate young and diverse performing company from CCSF Theatre Arts.

Playwright Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller Is recognized for his popular and award-winning plays, produced
around the world.

In 1965 he was the first American elected president of International PEN, for his
work supporting free speech and fighting censorship, as well as encouraging
translations for literature to travel beyond borders. In 2005 PEN America
established the annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture to honor his
lifelong commitment. Miller’s decades-long activism against wrongful conviction
and capital punishment continues to inspire criminal justice reform and continues
to inspire the public & artists seeking to make an impact.