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The Skin of Our Teeth

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).

Top Cast

  • Blair Brown

    Blair Brown

    Sabina

  • Sada Thompson

    Sada Thompson

    Mrs. Antrobus

  • Harold Gould

    Harold Gould

    Mr. Antrobus

  • Jeffrey Combs

    Jeffrey Combs

    Henry Antrobus

  • Monique Fowler

    Monique Fowler

    Gladys

  • Rue McClanahan

    Rue McClanahan

    Fortune Teller

  • John Houseman

    John Houseman

    Network Newscaster

  • Diana Bellamy

    Diana Bellamy

    Miss E. Muse / Ivy

  • Renee Brooks

    Renee Brooks

    Miss M. Muse / Showgirl

Overview

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).

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