The play is inspired by a moment in American history when world attention focused on the small town of Dayton, Tennessee as two legal titans battled over the state law banning the teaching of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.

Inherit the Wind features a large cast, including stage and screen star James Whitmore and his son, actor and director James Whitmore Jr. in the lead roles. Also featured are Sevanne Martin, Kraig Swartz, Jon L. Egging, Dale Hodges, Michael Page, and more, all familiar to local audiences for their previous work with the Players. Local performers associated with the community theater ACT and others will portray some of the townspeople who unexpectedly found themselves at the center of an international media event.

Scenic design is by Charlie Morgan, costumes by Henry Shaffer, lighting by Todd Wren, music by Ellen Mandel. The stage manager is Allison Deutsch.

Performance times for the two-act drama with one intermission are: 8:00 p.m., Tuesday -Saturday; with matinees at 4 p.m. on Sundays.

The Peterborough Players is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Hampshire Humanities Council, and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation. The 2005 Media Sponsor is the Keene Sentinel.

Season subscriptions are now on sale at the Players Box Office. For reservations and further information, call (603) 924-7585, or visit the Peterborough Players web site at www.peterboroughplayers.org.

Inherit the Wind is rated “PG,” and is sponsored by Monadnock Paper Mills.