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 Masur

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shirley Knight as Ma Joad

Jeffrey Donovan as Tom Joad

Emily Bergl as Rose of Sharon

Michael Buie as Connie/Others

Daniel Chacón as Al Joad

Maurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff/Others

Shannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright/Elizabeth Sandry

Trista Delamere as 2nd Narrator/Al’s Girl

Francis Guinan as Jim Casy

Charlie Matthes as Willy/Gas Station Attendant/Hooper Ranch Guard

Rod McLachlan as Uncle John

Robert Pescovitz as Pa Joad

Joel Rafael as Car Salesman/Man with Guitar

Stephen Ramsey as 1st Narrator/Others

Nicholas Sadler as Agricultural Officer/Others

Andy Taylor as Gas Station Owner/Floyd Knowles/Camp Director/Others

Todd Waring as Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper/Others

Fredd Wayne as Grampa/Mayor of Hooverville/Camp Guard

Michael Weston as Noah Joad/Others

Kate Williamson as Gramma/Others

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