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Show Credits |
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Rainbow Puppet Productions Presents 
a new musical written and staged by David Messick, Jr.
guest narrators Bruce Hornsby Tuskegee Airman Ezra Hill Sound engineer and musical arrangements by Steve Scheffler
Traditional military music performed by The US Army Training and Doctrine Command Band, commanded by Captain Tod Addison Conducted by Executive Officer, Second Lieutenant Sharon Leopold.
Cellist Elizabeth Yohn
Vocal performers (in order of appearance)
Robin Welch, Powhatan Kara Dennison, Pocahontas John Ericson, Captain Christopher Newport Tim Tharrington, the First Mate / Captain John B. Cary Steve Scheffler, the Tailor, additional narration Don Bartlett, John White, Settler from the Lost Colony / NASA flight commander Chris Bartlett, Eleanor Dare, Settler from the Lost Colony David Messick, Jr. Captain John Smith / the Importer Jim Stensvaag, the assistant to the Importer / the Northern Debater Mark Tiller, Patrick Henry Jason Wiedel, the Southern Debater Craig T. Adams, Benjamin Butler Norm Otto, Abraham Lincoln Peter Natale, commander of the USS Monitor James Spruill, commander of the CSS Virginia Gerri Hollins, Mary Peake Sidnee Gamble, Kevin and Kavon Harrington, Joshua McQueen as Mary Peake’s students Marvin Sylvest, Collis P. Huntington
Native American Puppets by Craig T. Adams Wooden puppets and props painted by Kathie Davis Wide mouth puppets by Jill Harrington Sculpted human puppets by Laura Huff Eagle puppet by Frank Lakus Props and set pieces by David Messick(Sr. and Jr.), Stephanie Messick, Anna Moyer Costumes by Regina Smith
Rainbow Puppeteers Kathie Davis, Carrie Cavin, David Messick, Jr., Sarah Castle
Historic Advisors Gerry Hollins, founder of the Contraband Slave Historical Society Anna Holloway, Chief Curator USS Monitor Center at the Mariner’s Museum Dr. James Horne, Director of the Rockefeller Library at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, author of "A Land as God Made It" Powhatan Red Cloud-Owen (Chickahominy), Tribal Council Member and Visiting Specialist, Jamestown 2007 Dr. Jim Stensvaag, historian (retired) Casemate Museum of Ft. Monroe, editor of "From the Sea to the Stars" Karenne Wood (Monacan), Tribal Council Member and Chair, Virginia Council on Indians
Special thanks to Laura Pass Barry, MSG Mark A. Hayward, Stephanie Heinatz, Wayne Pooley, Melissa Reagan
We wish to thank the City of Williamsburg, York County, James City County, the Williamsburg Area Arts Commission and the York County Arts Commission for their generous support of this project.
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