Goodspeed Opera House

Reunion had its world premiere under its original title, Battle Cry of Freedom, at the Norma Terris Theatre of the nationally recognized Goodspeed Opera House in May 1996, as the first show of the season and was produced by Michael P. Price, Executive Producer and Sue Frost, Associate Producer. The Norma Terris Theatre is the Goodspeed's second space, dedicated to the development of new musicals. The play was followed there by the new musical Mirette by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (creators of The Fantasticks and I Do, I Do) and the American premiere of By Jeeves, by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn.

Premiere at Goodspeed Opera House

 

Directed by
Ron Holgate

Musical Supervision and Arrangements by
Michael O'Flaherty

Choreography by
Karen Azenberg

Musical Direction by
Jay Atwood

Starring
Donna Lynne Champlin (Cordelia Hopewell)
David Eric (Augustin Lovecraft)
Gary Marachek (Harry Hawk)
Sheryl McCallum (Cassie Drumwright)
Michael Moore (Tom Trudgett)
James Stovall (Hannibal Drumwright)

Stage Manager
 Daniel S. Rosokoff

Set Designer
Peter Harrison

Costume Designer
Jan Finnell

Lighting Designer
Donald Holder 

Orchestrator
Andrew Wilder

Producer
Michael P. Price

Associate Producer
Sue Frost

The Goodspeed Opera House, built in 1876 on the Connecticut River in East Haddam and reopened in 1963, is a national historic landmark dedicated to the heritage of musical theatre and the development of new works. Under the direction of Michael P. Price, Goodspeed produces six musicals each season, 15 of which have gone on to Broadway, receiving more than a dozen Tony Awards: Man of La Mancha (1966), Shenandoah (1974), Very Good Eddie (1975), Something's Afoot and Going Up (1976), Annie (1977), Whoopee (1979), The Five O'Clock Girl (1981), Little Johnny Jones (1982), Harrigan 'n Hart and Take Me Along (1985), Oh, Kay! (1990), The Most Happy Fella (1992) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Swinging on a Star, a 1996 Tony Award nominee for Best Musical (1995).

Goodspeed-at-Chester/The Norma Terris Theatre, opened in 1984, has fostered the development of 28 new musicals, including Das Barbecu, Annie 2, Heartbeats and Abyssinia. Goodspeed also publishes the quarterly Show Music, America's only magazine covering musical theatre around the world, and is home to the Library of Musical Theatre, an invaluable archive of musical recordings, publications and memorabilia. Goodspeed's 1996 musicals include Sweeney Todd, Paper Moon, Annie, Battle Cry of Freedom (Reunion), Mirette, and By Jeeves. Sue Frost is the Associate Producer and Warren Pincus is the Casting Director of Goodspeed.

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