Spotlight on 1776 Creative.
Music and Lyrics Sherman Edwards
Based on a Concept by Sherman Edwards
Choreography Jeffrey L. Page
Costume Design Emilio Sosa
Sound Design Jonathan Deans
Hair and Wigs Mia Neal
Music Supervision David Chase
Vocal Design AnnMarie Milazzo
Book Peter Stone
Directors Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus
Scenic Design Scott Pask
Lighting Design Jen Schriever
Projection Design David Bengali
Associate Director Brisa Areli Muñoz
Orchestrations John Clancy
Music Director Ryan Cantwell
What is the show about?
What will it take to get two dozen powerfully passionate, exceedingly complicated, and all-too-human individuals to settle their differences, while they hold the very future of a nation in their hands? This Tony Award-winning Best Musical is tuneful, funny, and constantly surprising, especially in this revolutionary new production from directors Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus. You may never think about our country—who we are and why—the same way again.
Meet the characters.
John Adams
Delegate from Massachusetts
George Reed
Delegate from Delaware
Andrew McNair
Congressional Custodian
Abigail Adams
Wife of John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Delegate from Virginia
Stephen Hopkins
Delegate from Rhode Island
Martha Jefferson
Wife of Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
President of the Congress
Joseph Hewes
Delegate from North Carolina
Edward Rutledge
Delegate from South Carolina
Roger Sherman
Delegate from Connecticut
Dr. Josiah Bartlett
Delegate from New Hampshire
Robert Livingston
Delegate from New York
Col. Thomas McKean
Delegate from Delaware
John Dickinson
Delegate from Pennsylvania
Rev. John Witherspoon
Delegate from New Jersey
Charles Thomson
Secretary of the Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Delegate from Virginia
Dr. Lyman Hall
Delegate from Georgia
Benjamin Franklin
Delegate from Pennsylvania
Samuel Chase
Delegate from Maryland
Judge James Wilson
Delegate from Pennsylvania
Courier
Caesar Rodney
Delegate from Delaware