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The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth

by Thornton Wilder

Award-Winning
Comedy
Critically-Acclaimed
Small Cast (3-8)

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The Skin of Our Teeth

About the Play

The Skin of Our Teeth





Thornton Wilder's 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner.


Story:

Skin of Our Teeth chronicles a New Jersey family as it perseveres through one apocalypse after another, including the Ice Age, the biblical flood and war.


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Cast and Creative Team

Playwright

Playwright
Thornton Wilder



Broadway Premiere

Theatre
Plymouth Theatre
Opening Night
Nov 18, 1942
Total Performances
359
Original Cast
Tallulah Bankhead, Florence Eldridge, Fredric March, Remo Bufano, Carroll Clark, Harry Clark, Montgomery Clift, Stephan Cole, Ralph Cullinan, Morton Da Costa, Aubrey Fassett, Edith Faversham, Seumas Flynn, Arthur Griffin, Frances Heflin, Ralph Kellard, Emily Lorraine, E. G. Marshall, Eulabelle Moore, Eva Mudge Nelson, Stanley Prager, Andrew Ratousheff, Florence Reed, Patricia Riordan, Elizabeth Scott, Joseph Smiley, Earl Sydnor, Dickie Van Patten, Stanley Weede
Director
Elia Kazan
Producer
Michael Myerberg
Scenic Design
Albert R. Johnson
Costume Design
Mary Percy Schenck

1955 Broadway Revival

Theatre
ANTA Playhouse
Opening Night
Aug 17, 1955
Total Performances
22
Original Cast
George Abbott, Helen Hayes, Mary Martin, Florence Reed, Heller Halliday, Don Murray, Jonathan Anderson, Charles Boaz, Vinie Burrows, Emily Cobb, Jack Delmonte, John Dorman, David Elliott, Alice Fay, Howard Fischer, Earl George, Tom Geroghty, Frank Hamilton, Fred Kareman, Eileen Lear, Lily Lodge, Paul Morrison, Richard O'Neil, Maud Scheerer, Frank Silvera, Ann Stanwell, Frances Sternhagen, Patricia Taffe, Norma Veney
Director
Alan Schneider
Producer
Robert Whitehead and ANTA
Scenic Design
Lester Polakov
Costume Design
Helene Pons
Lighting Design
Feder

1975 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Opening Night
Sep 9, 1975
Total Performances
7
Original Cast
Elizabeth Ashley, Alfred Drake, Martha Scott, Kristina Callahan, Norman Michael Chase, Joseph C. Davies, Richard DeFabees, Denny Dillon, Yuye Fernandes, Douglas Fisher, Janet Grey, J. F. Hall, Gertrude Jeannette, Charlotte Jones, Kate Kellery, Steven Kelly, Philip Lindsay, Barry Livingston, Betty Lynd, Josephine Nichols, F.J. O'Neil, Roi Petersen, Steve Railsback, Alexander Reed, Eda Seasongood, Lee Sherman
Director
José Quintero
Producer
Ken Marsolais
Scenic Design
Eugene Lee
Costume Design
Franne Lee
Lighting Design
Ken Billington

2022 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Opening Night
April 25, 2022
Total Performances
27
Original Cast
Eunice Bae, Gabby Beans, Terry Bell, Ritisha Chakraborty, William DeMeritt, Jeremy Gallardo, Paige Gilbert, Avery Glymph, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Noor Hamdi, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Maya Jackson, Anaseini Katoa, Cameron Keitt, Megan Lomax, Kathiamarice Lopez, Priscilla Lopez, James Vincent Meredith, Lindsay Rico, Julian Robertson, Julian Rozzell, Jr., Roslyn Ruff, Julyana Soelistyo, Phillip Taratula, Beau Thom, Alphonso Walker Jr., Adrienne Wells, Sarin Monae West
Director
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Producer
Lincoln Center Theater
Scenic Design
Adam Rigg
Costume Design
Montana Levi Blanco
Lighting Design
Yi Zhao
Sound Design
Palmer Hefferan
Projection Design
Hannah Wasileski

1983 TV Version

Movie Name
The Skin of Our Teeth
Type
Filmed Live on Stage
Director
Jack O'Brien
Starring
Blair Brown, Sada Thompson, Harold Gould, Rue McClanahan, Jeffrey Combs, Monique Fowler

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DVD
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Awards and Reviews

2022 Tony Award Nominations

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play - Gabby Beans
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Best Sound Design in a Play

2022 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Puppet Design

2022 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding Scenic Design

2022 Drama League Award Nominations

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Distinguished Performance Award - Gabby Beans

1943 Pulitzer Prize Nominations

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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