The Pennsylvania Theatre of Performing Arts and Artistic Director Adam Randis announced performances of \u201c1776,\u201d the original musical of American independence, at 212 W. Broad St., Hazleton.<\/p>\n
Performances include 7 p.m. Saturdays, July 4 and 11, and Fridays, July 3 and 10; and 2 p.m. Sundays, July 5 and 12. There are dinner and show options for 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, and 12:30 pm. on Sunday, July 12.<\/p>\n
The show features high drama, hummable songs, and comedic interludes featuring founding fathers John Adams (Ciar\u00e1n R. Burke), Benjamin Franklin (Dave Zimmerman), and Thomas Jefferson (Joshua M. Plesce).<\/p>\n
Kit McElvar plays Abigail Adams, writing to her husband over hundreds of miles while he works for independence in the Continental Congress. Jadyn Culp plays Martha Jefferson, who surprises her husband with a visit in Philadelphia. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania (Christopher Pavlick) is the leader of Congress\u2019s conservative faction, and the pro-slavery South Carolina aristocrat Edward Rutledge (Matthew Fulkerson). Other featured roles include pro-independence Richard Henry Lee of Virginia (Tim Solarek) and the Continental Army\u2019s courier, played by Eugene Hradil.<\/p>\n
The Continental Congress includes Rahn Richards (John Hancock), Igor Kleyman (Dr. Josiah Bartlett), Jack McGavin (Stephen Hopkins), Todd Statuto (Roger Sherman), George Shearer (Lewis Morris), Zander Feist (Robert Livingston), Ryan Aregood (Francis Lewis), John Mylecraine (Rev. John Witherspoon), Kevin Costley (Judge James Wilson), Dean Herrmann (Caesar Rodney), Jonathan Mosebach (Col. Thomas McKean), Andrew Hrusovsky (George Read), Zane Zimmerman (Samuel Chase), Alison Scott (William Paca), Matthew C. Malani (Joseph Hewes), Wendy Kleyman (William Hooper), James Shephard (Thomas Lynch Jr.), and John Bogdon (Dr. Lyman Hall). Geary Gorup plays Congressional Custodian Andrew McNair, Cole Hrusovsky portrays Congressional Secretary Charles Thompson, and Saige Kleyman serves as a leather apron.<\/p>\n
The production team of \u201c1776\u201d includes Director Adam Randis, Music Director Michele Millington, Technical Director T.R. Laputka, Stage Manager Dana Jackson Burke, Costumer Sara Massar, and Prop Master Alison Scott, with a set designed by Michael Gallagher.<\/p>\n
Dinner options include All-American staples such as Yankee pot roast, barbecue-baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, Sue Childs\u2019 classic macaroni and cheese, and a selection of desserts (including apple pie with vanilla ice cream), along with soup, salad, and rolls.<\/p>\n
Dinner reservations for July 11 and July 12 performances are due by Monday, July 6.<\/p>\n
Tickets for all performances are available at www.ptpashows.org or at the door beginning an hour before curtain and can be paid for via cash, check, or credit\/debit card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Theatre of Performing Arts and Artistic Director Adam Randis announced performances of \u201c1776,\u201d the original musical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[524,182,803,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-233548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}