1776

Staff
Producer Reg Keddie
Director Russell Hendrickson
Technical Director Reg Keddle
Music Director Jose Ostinaon
Choreographer Sandra Rapazzini
Rehearsal Pianist Norma Fellows
Stage Manager Reg Keggie
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Cast
John Adams James Mead Maya
Thomas Jefferson Beau Bryson
Benjamin Franklin Charles Krahenbuhl
Abigail Adams Marty Pyle
Martha Jefferson Sandra Rapazzini
John Dickerson Bob Winter
Edward Rutledge Frank Pattie
Richard Henry Lee Bill Spendlove
Roger Sherman Ken Cooper
Reverend Witherspoon Frost Harralson
Andrew McNair Frank Ginelli
Robert Livingston Tony Andrade
James Wilson Roger Anderson
Soldier Boy Lee Krahenbuhl

Photos by Eugene’s Salon of Photography

The seminal event in American history blazes to vivid life in this most unconventional of Broadway hits. It’s the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence… if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia as they attempt to convince the members of the second Continental Congress to vote for independence from the shackles of the British monarchy by signing the Declaration of Independence.

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1776 puts a human face on the pages of history as we see 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.