“The Cradle Will Rock” at Chalkdust Productions

The work is a "play with music" which allegorically relates a la Bertolt Brecht the advent of the labor union movement in the United States. To form a band of resistance against the organization of the unions in the fictional Steeltown USA, Mr. Mister, the wealthiest man in the community, buys the influence of the major town leaders to join his Liberty Committee. When the members of this committee are mistakenly hauled into the local nightcourt while observing a union rally, the story of each committee member’s “fall” is told in flashback. Also introduced are the local druggist whose life has been caught up in the activities and a young woman forced into prostitution by poverty.