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1776
Dayton Playhouse
May 6-22
Dayton

Directed by Tina McPhearson

Cast: Alain Alejandro as Roger Sherman, John Beck as Caesar Rodney, Brad Bishop as James Wilson, Thomas Caldwell as McNair, Maggie Caroll as Martha Jefferson, Greg Dixon as Lewis Morris, John Falkenbach as Stephen Hopkins, Shawn Hooks as Edward Rutledge, Jon Horwitz as Dr. Lyman Hall, Chuck Larkowski as John Hancock, Brian Laughlin as Colonel Thomas McKean, Matthew Lindsay as Charles Thomson, Jamie McQuinn as Rev. John Witherspoon, Mark Reuter as Robert Livingston, Tim Rezash as John Dickinson, David Shough as John Adams, Andrew Spoon as Painter/Courier, CJ Suchyta as Joseph Hewes, Sherri Sutter as Abigail Adams, Steve Thompson as Josiah Barlett, Chris Tuell as Thomas Jefferson, Mark Van Luvender as Samuel Chase, Gary Watts as Richard Henry Lee, Richard Young as Benjamin Franklin, TBA as George Reed & Leather Apron

In this highly charged election year, join us to witness the birth of a nation as our forefathers struggle to craft the Declaration of Independence. This nostalgic musical dramatizes the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. 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.

• Fri-Sat, May 6-7 at 8pm
• Sun, May 8 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, May 13-14 at 8pm
• Sun, May 15 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, May 20-21 at 8pm
• Sun, May 22 at 2pm

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