John Ball’s In the Heat of the Night
Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, In the Heat of the Night pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.
An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording featuring:
Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs
Michael Hammond as Sam Wood
Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum
Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1
James Morrison as Chief Gillespie
Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings
Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman
Orginal music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez.
Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum.
Directed by Brian Kite. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.
