BMCC 1776 - Behind the Scenes

 

Andy Cary (Henry Lee) Denise Henkle Owen (Abigail Adams) and Steve Muller (Edward Rutledge)

 

Marcia Connerly has a go at Bill Mayclin (John Hancock) as Sue Nelson (pianist) looks on.

 

Andy Smith (Ben Franklin) is having a bad hair day until Bonnie Ward takes charge.

 

Mary Alice Ridgeway (Production Coordinator) and Sue Nelson (Pianist).  Can you tell they are sisters?

 

Hair Diva's Sheri Towers and Bonnie Ward have a good laugh.

 

Denise Henkle Owen (Abigail) and Connie Thomas (Martha Jefferson)  The only women in the cast!

 

Mary Alice stays calm amid a cane fight.

 

Christopher McClellan (Joseph Hewes)

 

Jack Matlock (Rev. Jonathon Witherspoon) erases his script on the last night.

 

Marcia Connerly and Harper Jones II (John Adams) before makeup.

 

Unsung heroes of the play...Gary Burnett (Andrew McNair), Jairon Collins (Courier) and Don Tombleson (Leather Apron)

 

 

 

 

Jairod gets to sing "Mama Look Sharp!"  the best song in the whole production.

 

Andy and Chris...hard to believe no alcohol was involved!

 

Jairod Collins

 

Warm up time on stage.  Chuck Wood (Lewis Morris) strikes a courteous pose for the camera.

 

A candid moment with Dr. Dan Marier as Dr. Josiah Bartlett.  Dr. Marier had to assist an audience

member in distress one night while in costume.  Rob Beck (Roger Sherman) is in the background.

 

David Kube (George Read) took the brunt of Col. McKeans verbal assault, being called a little

wart and clot.

 

On Thanksgiving Day, John and I were driving to Boardman.  I keep a tube of lipstick in John's pickup much to his consternation.  I was teasing him because I was out of lipstick.  "Perhaps the hired man has been using it," I teased.  No he said...I think it's your friends.  I noticed a lot of them wear it! (see Jack Matlock above).

 

Thanks to all of you who made this such a great experience for me.  May we work together again soon!

 

Love, Denise