by Robert E. Sherwood

Directed by Dr. Charles Lauterbach

Presented January 2-4, 6-10, 1976

Winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The play shows in a series of scenes the critical years of Lincoln’s early manhood up to the moment of his election as president. We see the backwoodsman, a failure of shopkeeping, but a great favorite with friends and neighbors, slowly groping forward through the troubled years in Springfield, at last beginning to realize the great destiny before him.

The Cast

Mentor Graham	Keith Couch
Abe Lincoln	David Eichmann
Ann Rutledge	Lorel Case
Ben Mattling	Dr. A. H. Simmons
Judge Bowling Green	Ed Stevens
Ninian Edwards	Joel Farmer
Joshua Speed	Erv Johnson
Trum Cogdal	Roland Onffroy
Jack Armstrong	Tim Mitchell
Bab	Ray Sackett
Feargus	Jack Burstedt
Jasp	Gerry Bryant
Seth Gale	Vaughn Thorne
Nancy Green	Betty Sackett
William Herndon	Jon Irwin
Elizabeth Edwards	Diane Benedict
The Edward’s Maid	Julia Franklin
Mary Todd	Cecily Tippery
Jimmy Gale	John Mitchell
Aggie Gale	Peggy Bonham
Stephen A Douglas	John Elliott
Willie Lincoln	John Mitchell
Tad Lincoln	Lex Stowell
Robert Lincoln	Gerry Bryant
The Lincoln’s Maid	Kathy O’Neill
Crimmin	Roland Onffroy
Dr. Barrick	Ed Stevens
Sturveson	Ray Sackett
Jed	Jack Burstedt
Phil	Deven Sackett
Kavanaugh	Vaughn Thorne
Cavalry Captain	Tim Mitchell
Soldiers	Raymond Sackett, Pat Stokes, Randy Lint
Townspeople	Monica Garton, Laurie Pearson, Karen Ocker, Allison Stowell, Elizabeth Mitchell, Patrick Mitchell, Patti Case