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1776, The Musical will be presented by the Charleston Light Opera Guild, the Official Musical Theatre of West Virginia, in the summer during our nation’s 250th Birthday in Collaboration with AMERICA 250 WV on June 26 - 28, 2026 and July 3-5, 2026.
The musical puts a human face on the pages of history during the summer of 1776 as the nation is ready to declare independence. We see the proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, charming, often petty, and ultimately noble figures of history as they struggle to craft the Declaration of Independence. 1776 is a Tony Award winning musical and a funny, insightful and compelling drama with a striking score by Sherman Edwards and legendary book by Peter Stone. It was previously produced by the Guild during the 1975 and 2003 seasons.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
CAST OF CHARACTERS
(alphabetical order)
Leonard Allen……………………Roger Sherman
Bryan Archer……………..…..…John Adams
Allison Butcher……………….…Martha Jefferson
Jim Damron……………………...Caesar Rodney
Horace Emery…………………...James Wilson
Mark Felton………………………Lewis Morris
Marc D. Golden……………….…Rev. John Witherspoon
Michael D. Gore……………...….Ben Franklin
Geoffrey Gregory………………John Dickinson
Ethan Grose……………………..Painter/Andrew McNair
Cooper Lindsay…………………Courier
Andy Malinoski..……...………...Charles Thomson
Bob McCarty…………………….Dr. Lyman Hall
Jamison Miller…………………..Edward Ruthledge
Collin Nelson….............……..…Joseph Hewes
Jonathan Raines………………..Dr. Josiah Bartlett
John Samms…………………….Richard Henry Lee
Jade Walker Saul……………….Samuel Chase
Seth Skiles………………………Robert Livingston
Elaina Smith………………….….Abigail Adams
Mark Stone…….................….....George Read
Adam Terry……………………....Col. Thomas McKean
Clint Thomas…………………....Stephen Hopkins
Jonathan Thorne……………….Thomas Jefferson
Tim Whitener………………..…..John Hancock
DIRECTION
DIRECTION
Director/Staging
Nina Denton Pasinetti
Musical Director
David Patrick
Accompanist
John Patrick
Technical Director
Thomas P. Pasinetti
Guild Board President
Tim Whitener
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