Shenandoah
Virginia Theatre
Previews Began: July 24, 1989
Opening Night: August 8, 1989
Closing Night: September 2, 1989
Music: Gary Geld
Lyrics: Peter Udell
Book: James Lee Barrett
Philip Rose
Peter Udell
A pacifist who refuses to participate in the Civil War is drawn into it when one of his sons is abducted and another is killed, in this musical adaptation of the 1965 film.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Raise the Flag of Dixie…………….Confederate Soldiers,
Union Soldiers
I’ve Heard It All Before………………….Charlie Anderson
Pass the Cross to Me……………………The Congregation
Why Am I Me?……………………………………..Boy, Gabriel
Next to Lovin (I Like Fightin’)….Jacob, James, Nathan,
John, Henry
Over the HIll………………………………………………….Jenny
The Pickers Are Coming……………….Charlie Anderson
Next to Lovin (I Like Fightin’) (Reprise)…………..Jacob,
James,
Nathan,
John,
Jenny
Meditation……………………………………Charlie Anderson
We Make a Beautiful Pair……………………..Anne, Jenny
Violets and Silverbells…………..Jenny, Sam, the Family
It’s a Boy………………………………………Charlie Anderson
ACT TWO
Freedom……………………………………………Anne, Gabriel
Violets and Silverbells (Reprise)…………….James, Anne
Papa’s Gonna Make It Alright………..Charlie Anderson
The Only Home I Know………………..Corporal, Soldiers
Papa’s Gonna Make It Alright (Reprise)……………Jenny
Meditation (Reprise)……………………..Charlie Anderson
Pass the Cross to Me (Reprise)…….The Congregation
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
John Cullum Charlie Anderson
Robin Blake Henry
Thomas Cavanagh Sam
Nigel Hamer Nathan
Burke Lawrence Jacob
Christopher Martin James
Stephen McIntyre John
Roy McKay Gabriel
Tracey Moore Jenny
Donald Saunders Reverend Byrd
Engineer
Camilla Scott Anne
Jason Zimbler Robert
The Boy
Henry Alessan Ensemble
Jim Bearden Carol
Ensemble
Mark Bernkoff Ensemble
David Connolly Confederate Sniper
Ensemble
Lesley Corne Ensemble
Mark Ferguson Ensemble
Brian Gow Ensemble
Jennifer Griffin Ensemble
Gerhard Kruschke Confederate Sniper
Ensemble
Richard Liss Tinkham
Ensemble
Robert Longo Ensemble
Sam Mancuso Marauder
Ensemble
Casper Roos Lieutenant
Ensemble
Fernando Santos Ensemble
Jim Selman Sergeant Johnson
Ensemble
Stephen Simms Ensemble
Corporal
Swing: Paul Mulloy
Understudies: Z. Wright (Gabriel)