On the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
and the 75th anniversary of
the founding of Historic Greenbelt The Greenbelt
Arts Center and
The Seventh Street Playhouse
present LINCOLN AND GOD By Anthony E. Gallo Directed by Lenny Levy Friday, July 27, Saturday, July 28, Friday, August
3, Saturday, August 4 @ 8:00 PM Sunday, July
29 and Sunday, August 5 @ 2:30 PM
This
two-act drama examines our 16th President’s conflict with men and
God through his defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War.
Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, Reverend
Phineas Gurley, colleagues, and enemies? Lincoln is the only American President who
did not claim Church membership. What was his relationship with God all about?
Was he an American Moses, or an American
Herod? The play traces his conflict with God as he heard God in the
dialogue and actions of those closest to him. From his arrival in Washington dancing to
the Mary Todd Lincoln Polka, to the Emancipation Proclamation, his Second
Inauguration, and the end of the Civil War, we follow the President’s clashes
with those closest to him.
Cast– Abraham Lincoln - James McDaniel; Mary Todd Lincoln - Mellicent Singham; Reverend Phineas Gurley- David Weaver; Nico Hay- Mark Mueller; Emily Helm - Sherman McDaniel; Benjamin Helm, Captain Holmes, John Wilkes
Booth - Pat Martin; Chief Justice Salmon
Chase, voice of Eddie Lincoln - Shirl
Weaver; Thomas Jones, Elizabeth Keckley, Woman and voice of Willie
Lincoln - ZSun-nee Matema; Dr.
Colchester and Chief Justice Roger Taney –Lenny Levy :
Music: The Homespun Ceilidh
Band; Alan Gershwin’s “The Gettysburg
Anthem”; Crew : Sound - Beatrix
Whitehall; Props Manager, Stage Manager and Understudy - Elaine Vega: Lighting Designer - David Weaver Production Assistant Genie Baskir
LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC GREENBELT ARTS CENTER The Nation’s
First Shopping Center-1937 Greenbelt Arts Center 123 Centerway. Greenbelt , Maryland
Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770. Tickets: Regular
- $15 Seniors/Students - $12 Group
Sales -$10
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