THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE
JANUARY 16 – FEBRUARY 23, 2019
The unlikely activists that set the nation ablaze
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NAATCO
WRITTEN BY DANIEL BERRIGAN
DIRECTED and ADAPTED BYÂ JACK CUMMINGS III
JANUARY 16 – FEBRUARY 23, 2019
It is 1968 and the war is raging in Vietnam.  A draft card is viewed by many as a death certificate. In the midst of a divided country, with corrosive mistrust in government and authority, nine would-be bystanders in Catonsville, Maryland decide that complacency is complicity — it is time for action. Their single act of conscience to halt the draft awakens a national resistance.
Transport Group Artistic Director Jack Cummings III has radically re-imagined this provocative piece of theatre created from the actual court transcripts of the Catonsville Nine trial. Actors David Huynh, Mia Katigback and Eunice Wong play over a dozen roles as they excavate the stories and inspiration behind these history-making activists.
Cast
David Huynh
Mia Katigbak
Eunice Wong
Creative Team
Jack Cummings III
Director
Kristina Corcoran Williams
Dramaturg
Peiyi Wong
Scenic & Costume Designer
R. Lee Kennedy
Lighting Designer
Fan Zhang
Sound Design & Original Music
Theresa Flanagan
Production Stage Manager
Photos
A THING OF EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTY
– The New York Times
A REMARKABLE MOMENT IN HISTORY COMES ROARING BACK TO LIFE
– TimeOut New York
A BRACING, PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE WITH PURPOSE
– The New Yorker
THIS BLISTERING REVIVAL SHINES A LIGHT BETWEEN JUSTICE AND THE LAW WITH SEARING MORAL CLARITY
– Theatermania