Steinbeck for the 21st Century

The joys of the UWM Theater Department’s production of Of Mice and Men are in the lobby as well as onstage. An extensive and thorough display of original documents and photographs from the 1930s spans the outside wall of the theater. Pamphlets from political and social organizations, rallying cries, posters and photos give a palpable sense of the world in which John Steinbeck’s story is set.
Director Rebecca Holderness’s interest in Of Mice and Men as a piece of social history goes beyond the lobby, though.

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