1776
Book by Peter Stone. Book and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards
September 19 - October 19, 2008
The Circuit Playhouse
History blazes like the summer sun in this invigorating Tony Award-winning musical gem. The nation is ready to declare independence... if only the founding fathers can agree to do it. With the help of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Henry Lee, John Adams conspires to turn the Congress from its usual "piddling" and "twiddling" towards the approval of the courageous document that will define the American Revolution. Leaping from the pages of history, witness the men behind the national icons - proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, charming, often petty, and ultimately noble figures determined to do the right thing for a fledgling nation.
Sponsored by Happy Jones & Fred Terry
Cast
- John Hancock: Bill Andrews
- Thomas Jefferson: Justin Asher
- Joseph Hewes: Corey Cochran
- John Adams: Michael Detroit
- Thomas McKean: Parker Dinwiddie
- Caesar Rodney: Eric Duhon
- Edward Rutledge: David Foster
- Andrew McNair: Barry Fuller
- Stephen Hopkins: Ron Gephardt
- Samuel Chase: Fred Harpell
- Benjamin Franklin: Dave Landis
- A Courier: Bridge Leigh
- James Wilson: Daniel L. Martin
- Roger Sherman: Andrew Moore
- Lyman Hall: Steve Mulroy
- Robert Livingston: Kevin Todd Murphy
- George Read: Stephen Parker
- Lewis Morris: Matt Reed
- A Leather Apron/ Painter: Landon Scott Rodgers
- Josiah Bartlett: Michael J. Vails
- Charles Thomson: John Rone
- Richard Henry Lee: Ryan Scott
- John Dickinson: Jason Spitzer
- Martha Jefferson: Megan Stein
- John Witherspoon: Allen Busby
- Abigail Adams: Stephanie Faatz
Production Team
- Director: Bob Hetherington
- Music Director: Renee Kemper
