1776

JANUARY 15-25, 2026

Written by Peter Stone; music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards

SHOW DATES & TIMES
January 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 @ 7:30 pm
January 18, 25 @ 2:30 pm

Directed by Nedra Bloom

Celebrate the Semiquincentennial with CCT! January marks the start of America’s 250th year, and CCT will honor the occasion with its presentation of the musical 1776. The story follows the activities of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and the other founding fathers as they struggle to create a new government for the infant United States during a sweltering July in Philadelphia. The music is rousing and the story funny, moving, and inspirational.

Cast

John Adams………………………………..Thomas Rowell
Abigail Adams…………………………….Stacey Driskell
Benjamin Franklin…………………….John Richards
Thomas Jefferson………………………Ben Wiggins
Martha Jefferson………………………..Sydney Cramer
John Dickinson…………………………..Scott Wright
John Hancock……………………………..Mike Box
Edward Rutledge………………………Michael Devery
Richard Henry Lee…………………….Christopher Kern
Courier……………………………………………Zachary Petrie
Robert Livingston……………………..Richard Coarsey
Roger Sherman………………………….Steven Alsip
Lewis Morris…………………………………Steven Castle
Dr. Josiah Bartlett………………………Vinny Paragone
Stephen Hopkins……………………….John Campbell
Rev. John Witherspoon……………Richard Foster
James Wilson………………………………John Paul Jones
Caesar Rodney…………………………….Albert Lopuhovsky
Col. Thomas McKean…………………Jim Cink
George Read…………………………………Søren Odom
Samuel Chase……………………………….Robby Steadham
Joseph Hewes……………………………….Chandler Pittman
Dr. Lyman Hall………………………………Daniel Pocase
Charles Thomon…………………………..Lee Allen
Andrew McNair…………………………Brian Jackson