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Industrial Valley: The Devil’s Milk, Part 3 is an ensemble-devised performance, based on Ruth McKenney’s 1939 book, that dynamically depicts the class and industrial conflict in Akron during the Great Depression.
Industrial Valley is an ensemble-devised theatre performance based on one-time Beacon Journal reporter Ruth McKenney’s acclaimed 1939 account of class and industrial conflict in Akron, Ohio. NWPL, under the direction of co-artistic director and University of Akron theatre professor James Slowiak, brings to life Depression-era Akron and the labor movement. Malcolm Cowley called McKenney’s historical novel “the best American example of proletarian literature.” Industrial Valley: The Devil’s Milk, Part 3 is a stunning example of NWPL’s 25 year working process resulting in a dynamic theatre performance with music, songs, dances, and stories from Akron’s rubber workers. The NWPL ensemble consists of co-artistic director Jairo Cuesta and long-time company members and Akron residents Debora Totti, Justin Hale, and Chris Buck, with new members Rosilyn Jentner, Robert Keith, and Kyra Kelley. The performers are supported by resident costume designer Inda Blatch-Geib, resident set ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
$15 general
$10 students
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
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Post-show engagement activities.
LOCATION
220 S Balch Street, Akron, OH 44302
PARKING INFO
Parking is available in the adjacent lot.
