Of Grapes and Nuts
The Illegitimate Players
Copyright 1991-2009
Recieved 2 Joeseph Jefferson awards
out of 4 nominations
Original Poster by Doug Armstrong
Tom Joad (Tom Wilmorth) returns home
Preacher Casey (Doug Armstrong) enters singing
Casey demostrates his preachin' style
Lenny (Keith Cooper) caught in the act
Tom describes the Joad heritage
Casey fils Tom in on what he's missed.
Tom standing his ground
Ma Joad (Maureen Morley) gives "Tommy" the happy rub.
Ma revving up for the mean-mad speech
Pining for better days
Demostrating how they poked at Prettyboy Floyd
Ma earning the Joseph Jefferson Award she won for the role.
Pleading the case for California
Telling Lenny how to treat pigs
Protecting Lenny from Ma
Tellin' bout da rabbits again
Explaing Lenny to Pa (Doug Armstrong)
"Whose the fellah I just gave the happy rub to?"
The company man arrives (Paul Stroili)
Joad's are even hard up for comebacks
Discussing seating arrangements for California
Pa don't want Lenny to come with
"Well it ain't set in stone"
Off to Cali-forn-i-a
Mae (Maureen FitzPatrick) tells Gus (Paul Stroili) about them damn
oakies.
Ma tells Pa about Granma
Al (Tom Wilmorth) pleads with Mae to sell them the bread
Lenny wants some candy
Al fires Mae
At the border crossing
The border guard (Paul Stroili) goes through his list
Tom tries to disuade the guard from checking the truck
Pa "gets" grapes .... and
Grapes "get" Pa.
The way Pa would have liked it.
finis