Purvis was developed by Campo Santo, the resident theater company for San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts (executive director Deborah Cullinan; founders Margo Hall, Luís Saguar, Sean San José, Michael Torres), and premiered at Intersection in February 2006, with the following cast:

Cully Fredrickson	Lyndon Johnson; Ohio State Patrolman
Catherine Castellanos	J. Edgar Hoover
Michael Shipley	Clyde Tolson; Pretty Boy Floyd
Daryl Luzopone	Melvin Purvis
Danny Wolohan	John Dillinger
Michael Torres	Job Interviewer
Vanessa Cota	Blanche; Captured Woman
Delia MacDougall	Baby Face Nelson

Collaborative Team: Nancy Benjamin (vocal director), Michael G. Cano (stage director), Jim Cave (lighting design), Valera Coble (costume design), James Faerron (set design), Jeff Fohl (video/photography), Dan Hamaguchi (graphic design), David Molina (sound design), Jennifer Orr (properties design).

 

Production Team: Nora Hailey (assistant stage manager), Vanessa Cota, Melyssa Jo Kelly, Courtney Luna, Lorrie Jean Marinas (production team), Kevin Heverin (research advisor), John Ingle (violin music), Adam Palafox (research).

 

Directed by Delia MacDougall