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Playwright
Peter Stone & Sherman Edwards
Performance Dates
October 16-19, 23-25, 1997
Creative Team
Directed by...............................Ed Vaughan
Music Direction by....................Beth Burrier-Bradstreet
Choreography by......................Stella Hiatt Kane
Scenic Design by......................David Hammond
Costume Design by..................Marcia Hain
Lighting Design by...................Dana White
Sound Design by.....................David Mead
Synopsis
In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a single "nay" vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants. —Dave Heston
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theatre, Musical Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "1776" (1997). 1997-1998 Season. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1997-1998/2