La Theatre Works

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together.Original music composed and performed by the Joel Rafael Band: Joel Rafael, Jamaica Rafael, and Carl Johnson.Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in October of 2002.Directed by Richard MasurProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergShirley Knight as Ma JoadJeffrey Donovan as Tom JoadEmily Bergl as Rose of SharonMichael Buie as Connie/OthersDaniel Chacón as Al JoadMaurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff/OthersShannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright/Elizabeth SandryTrista Delamere as 2nd Narrator/Al’s GirlFrancis Guinan as Jim CasyCharlie Matthes as Willy/Gas Station