The Andersonville TrialOctober 5–8, 2005A play by Saul Levitt
Production Staff
Director: Dwight Watson
Scenic and Lighting Designer: James Gross
Costume Designer: Laura Conners
Stage Manager: Donald Claxon '06
Assistant Stage Manager: Nick Kraynak '08
Cast List
Union Soldier: Janathan Grandoit '06
General Lew Wallace: Peter Wagner '06
Court Clerk: Richard Winters '06
Lt. Col. N.P. Chipman: Brandon Stewart '08
Otis H. Baker: Denis Farr '06
Captain Williams: Matt Olivarez '08
Henry Wirz: Aaron Mann '09
Lt. Col. Chandler: Jacob Peerman '09
Louis Schade: Reynaldo Pacheco '06
Dr. John C. Bates: Travis McLaughlin '09
Ambrose Spencer: Emanuel Harper
Dr. C.M. Ford: Danny Lippert '06
James H. Davidson: Dustin Foster '09
Major D. Hosmer: Ross McKee '06
Jasper Culver: Matt McKay '06
James W. Gray: Ian Bensberg '07
Court Reporter: Tyler Williams '08
Newspaperman: Timothy Closson '09
Production Assistance
Lightboard Operator: Donald Claxon '06
Soundboard Operator: James Boyd '07
Poster Design: Austin Crowder '07
The Andersonville Trial is a striking courtroom drama about a famous event in American history: the military trial of Henry Wirz, who was commander of the Confederate prison at Andersonville during the Civil War. Torn by awful memories and coldly pursued by his prosecutor, Captain Wirz maintains he ran Andersonville as a soldier acting under superior orders. The crux of this stirring play raises the question of when the responsibility of the individual to the conscience transcends any power of authority.
It should be noted that The Andersonville Trial was presented by the Wabash College Theater Department as a special event to celebrate the centennial of General Lew Wallace’s death. Wallace is renowned for his military actions in both the Mexican and Civil Wars, for writing Ben-Hur, A Tale of Christ (1880), and for serving as a member of various military courts, such as the one depicted in the play. Wallace was a long time Crawfordsville native and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in 1905. The General Lew Wallace Study and Museum is also located in Crawfordsville.
A symposium at Wabash College was held on November 4, 2005, to celebrate the study of Lew Wallace’s life and the 125th anniversary of his novel. The Andersonville Trial was a precursor to this event. -Cody D. Grady '10 Summer 2008
This page is part of an ongoing project to document the history of the theatre productions performed at Wabash College. If you have information not included on this page, please contact the Theater Department or Professor Dwight Watson (watsond@wabash.edu).
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The Vietnamization of New Jersey?November 9-11, 2005A play by Christopher Durang
Production Staff
Director: Denis Farr '06
Scenic and Light Designer: Donald Claxon '06
Costume Designer: Richard Winters '06
Stage Manager: Janathan Grandoit '06
Assistant Stage Manager: Ross McKee '06
Cast List
Ozzie Ann: Matthew McKay '06
Harry: Peter Wagner '06
Et: Richard Winters '06
Hazel: Reynaldo Pacheco '06
David: Mark Mattern '06
Liat: Jessica Eidenberger
Larry: Peter Wagner '06
Father McGillicutty: Danny Lippert '06
Production Assistance
Lightboard Operator: Aaron Mann '09
Soundboard Operator: Timothy Closson '09
Poster Design: Austin Crowder '07
The Vietnamization of New Jersey (An American Tragedy) starts off with a New Jersey family who await their son’s return from Vietnam. Upon his return they discover he is blind and now has a Vietnamese wife. Allow bedlam to ensue. The play begins in a modest, mild-mannered New Jersey kitchen and spirals out of control from there. The play's entertaining characters deliver a fast-paced gut-punch of a performance that is both humorous and tragic.
Instead of performing the annual studio one-act plays, senior theater majors elected to mount a full-scale production. Students were responsible for casting, directing, designing, costuming, and acting in the play. The play was a triumph for Farr, Claxon, and the entire cast and production crew.
This page is part of an ongoing project to document the history of the theatre productions performed at Wabash College. If you have information not included on this page, please contact the Theater Department or Professor Dwight Watson (watsond@wabash.edu).
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Churchill at EightFebruary 22–25, 2006Two short plays by Caryl Churchill
Production Staff
Directors: Michael Abbott '85, Donald Claxon '06
Scenic and Lighting Designer: James Gross
Costume Designer: Jessica Hayes
Stage Manager: Brett Gann '07
Asst. Stage Manager: Jacob Peerman '09
Cast List
Far Away
Harper: Kate Ayers
Joan (as a child): Sarah Warner
Joan (as an adult): Alexandra Hudson
Todd: Sterling Carter '07
Prisoners: Bobby Brandt '08, Tom Elliott ’08, Denis Farr '06, Austin Faulkner ’08, Danny Lippert '06, Nathan Powell '06, Alex Rinks '06, James Tsimekles, Dickie Winters '06
A Number
Salter: Michael Abbott '85
Bernard 2, Bernard 1, Michael Black: Wes Jacks '06
Production Assistance
Lightboard Operator: Tim Closson '09
Soundboard Operator: Nick Kraynak '08
Stagehands: Dickie Winters '06, Denis Farr '06, Danny Lippert '06, Braden Pemberton '07
Costume Dresser: Braden Pemberton '07
Poster Design: Austin Crowder '07
Far Away is a poetic howl of anguish at the increasingly tolerated levels of inhumanity in a world seemingly perpetually involved in conflict. In A Number, Churchill turns her attention to the subject of human cloning. “More than any other writer, Churchill has transformed the theater into what it needs to be—a gymnasium that exercises the imagination, shakes up the moral sense, stretches the spirit”—London Times
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The Braggart SoldierApril 19–22, 2006A play by Jim Fisher
A farce feely adapted from Plautus and the traditions of commedia dell’arte
Production Staff
Director: James Fisher
Scenic and Lighting Designer: James Gross
Costume Designers: Denis Farr '06, Richard “Dickie” Winters '06
Stage Manager: Nick Kraynak '08
Cast List
Capitano Georgulio: Matt McKay '06
Arlecchino: Richard “Dickie” Winters '06
Pantalone: Dustin Foster '09
Bagatino: Denis Farr '06
Hero: Sterling Carter '07
Coviello: Janathan Grandoit '06
Isabella: Braden Pemberton '07
Laspari: Matt Ripley '06
Servants, Soldiers, and whatever: Ali Ahmed '06, Tyler Williams ’08, Danny Lippert '06, Joe Martin '06, Jake Sauer '09
Production Assistance
Lightboard Operator: James Gross
Soundboard Operator: Nick Kraynak '08
Costume Supervisor: Dana W. Fisher
Props: Brett Gann '07
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