Appleseed Productions 1776, Book by Peter Stone, Music & Lyrics by Sherman Edwards June 22 - July 7, 2007 Production Staff: Director ........................ Dustin M. Czarny Producer ........................ Greg J. Hipius Music Director .................. Colette Hebert Choreographer ................... Tony Brown Set Designer .................... Dustin M. Czarny Stage Manager ................... Heather J. Roach Lead Costumer ................... Elisabeth Holmes** Box Office Manager .............. Pam Hipius Kitchen Manager ................. Marty Shay Scenic Artist ................... Rose Viviano Assistant Stage Manager ......... Michelle Suzanne Berthod Costume Team** .................. Harlow Kisselstein, Capri Merrifield, Patricia O'Rourke, & Jeanette Reyner Properties Team ................. Dustin M. Czarny, Ted Davenport Harlow Kisselstein, & Heather J. Roach Make-up & Wig Artist ............ Stephanie Howe Master Carpenter ................ Michael Shay Call Board & Calendar Design .... Paul Gundersen Light Board Operator ............ Tracy Tamburo Sound Board Operator ............ Michelle Suzanne Berthod Poster & Program Design ......... Jon Wilson Set Construction & Painting ..... Michelle Suzanne Berthod, Mark Brainman, Patricia Elise Catchouny, Dustin M. Czarny, Michael Dougherty, Paul Gundersen, Mark Allen Holt, Maria Holt, Marie Jerge, Jim Jerge, Brian Pringle, Heather J. Roach, James W. Shults, Ed Sproul, Derrick Taylor, & Tom Taylor Appleseed Artistic Director ..... Jon Wilson Cast: Members of the Continental Congress President - John Hancock ...................... Greg J. Hipius New Hampshire - Dr. Josiah Bartlett ........... Edward Sproul Massachusetts - John Adams .................... Dan Stevens Rhode Island - Stephen Hopkins ................ Ted Davenport Connecticut - Roger Sherman ................... Jim Jerge New York - Lewis Morris ....................... Michael Dougherty - Robert Livingston .................. John LaCasse New Jersey - Rev. John Witherspoon ............ Bryan Allen Jones Pennsylvania - Benjamin Franklin .............. Paul Gundersenº - John Dickinson ................. Mark Allen Holtº - James Wilson ................... Samuel Tamburo Delaware - Caesar Rodney ...................... Bernard A. Kaplan - Col. Thomas McKean ................. Jeffrey Koehler - George Read ........................ Harlow Kisselstein Maryland - Samuel Chase ....................... Brian Pringle Virginia - Richard Henry Lee .................. Terence LaCasse* - Thomas Jefferson ................... Colin Keating North Carolina - Joseph Hewes ................. Donald C. Cooper South Carolina - Edward Rutledge .............. Bill Ali - Arthur Middleton ............. Alan D. Stillman Georgia - Dr. Lyman Hall ...................... Mark Braiman Secretary - Charles Thomson ................... Greg Holtham Custodian and bell-ringer - Andrew McNair ..... James W. Shults Abigail Adams ................... Patricia Elise Catchouny* Martha Jefferson ................ Patricia O'Rourke A Leather Apron ................. Derrick Taylor A Courier ....................... Jesse Navagh* Pit: Piano ................. Colette Hebert Synthesizer ........... Robert Mossotti Woodwinds ............. Melinda Nolte Violin ................ Meredith Laing Percussion ............ Tom Minion º Winner of TANYS Merit Award for Excellence in Acting * Winner of TANYS Merit Award for Meritous Achievement in Acting ** Winner of TANYS Merit Award for Meritous Achievement in Costuming