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Trying
A comic and touching portrait of generational reconciliation
Trying is a two-character play based on the author’s experience during 1967-1968 when she worked for Francis Biddle at his home in Washington, D.C. Judge Biddle had been Attorney General of the United States under Franklin Roosevelt. After the war, President Truman named him Chief Judge of the American Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. The play is about a young Canadian girl and an old, Philadelphia aristocrat “trying” to understand each other in what Biddle knows is the final year of his life.
Artistic Team
Director
Guy Kaikkonen
Scenic Designer
Jeff Bauer
Costume Designer
Pamela Scofield
Lighting Designer
Rui Rita
Sound Designer
Tony Angelini
Production Stage Manager
Allison Deutsch
Assistant Stage Manager
Craig A. Horness
Casting
Liz Woodman
Cast
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Karron Graves
Sarah
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James Whitmore
Judge Francis Biddle
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Bev Appleton
Understudy
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Elizabeth Webster
Understudy