Charity Readers Theatre presents GRAPES OF WRATH

John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Steinbeck's powerful landmark novel, prominently sited when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, is perhaps the most American of American Classics.

An impoverished family is driven from their farm by drought and economic hardship. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, they are forced to travel west, through the Dust Bowl, to the-hopefully-promised land of California. Along with thousands of other homeless, they seek jobs, dignity and a future.

One performance only: Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 7:30 pm. International School of Beijing. 80 RMB. Email the box office at artsforagoodcause@charityreaderstheatre.org. 100% of all ticket sales are donated to charity. The beneficiary of this performance of Grapes of Wrath is Social Work Development Center.

Charity Readers Theatre, presented by Beijing Playhouse Drama Club, is all about acting, acting, acting. There are almost no costumes, no props, no sets, no lighting design, no sound design, no subtitles. It's all acting. And as it is readers theatre, actors will carry scripts to refer to. Charity Readers Theatre is an artistic process where actors rehearse for only one week. And at the end of that week, we do one performance only. It's a show in a week.

All Charity Readers Theatre shows are designed for families. This show is appropriate for ages 14 and up.