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  Ancestors in the Room: An Interview with Paula Vogel

  Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel, whose play The Long Christmas Ride Home played Long Wharf Theatre in 2004, is now chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and an associate artist at Long Wharf.

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  A Musical Quilt: An Interview with Composer Daryl Waters

  Musical Supervisor Daryl Waters can be hard to find in and around the rehearsal hall for A Civil War Christmas. He might be at his table, musing over his script; at a music stand, furiously penciling notes on manila pages of blank musical staffs; with headphones and laptop, listening to examples of Christmas carols from director Tina Landau; or at the keyboard, playing through a new scene with the cast.

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  Through the Eyes of the Poet: Living Voices of the Civil War

  The poetry of the Civil War captures the conflicted experiences of a divided nation like no other written account can. The vitality of sound and space that a well-constructed poem evokes transports the reader directly to a specific battlefield or war-torn home, allowing even the modern reader to experience the war from a personal perspective.

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  Testimonies of the Faithful

  Soldiers, officers, and chaplains often improvised around the holidays to recreate traditions and remember loved ones. They did their best to organize Christmas or Passover celebrations.

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  The Convergence of Christmas: Paula Vogel's Christmas Plays

  A Civil War Christmas is not the first of Paula Vogel's plays to have "Christmas" in the title. Her play The Long Christmas Ride Home, which Long Wharf produced in January 2004, begins on Christmas Eve "decades and days ago/On the outskirts of Washington, D.C./just inside the Beltway."

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  Collaborators in Conversation: Paula Vogel and Peter DuBois

  Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois talks with playwright Paula Vogel, author of A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration and Peter's former mentor at Brown University.

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• Uzo Aduba Hannah, Rose, Aggy, Matron Uzo Aduba Hannah, Rose, Aggy, Matron
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  Uzo Aduba

  Hannah, Rose, Aggy, Matron

  Uzo Aduba previously appeared in the Huntington's production of A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009). She was seen on Broadway as Toby in Coram Boy and Off Broadway as Amphiarus in The Seven (New York Theatre Workshop, also La Jolla Playhouse).

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• Chris Bannow Chester Manton Saunders, Hay, John Surratt, Union Soldier Chris Bannow Chester Manton Saunders, Hay, John Surratt, Union Soldier
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  Chris Bannow

  Chester Manton Saunders, Hay, John Surratt, Union Soldier

  Chris Bannow previously appeared in A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the huntington. His regional credits include Speech and Debate (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), The Tempest (National Players Tour), King of the Jews (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), ...

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• Jason Bowen Willy Mack, Walker Lewis, Jim Wormley Jason Bowen Willy Mack, Walker Lewis, Jim Wormley
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  Jason Bowen

  Willy Mack, Walker Lewis, Jim Wormley

  Jason Bowen previously appeared in A Raisin in the Sun (2013), Invisible Man (2013), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2011), Ruined (2011), Prelude to a Kiss (2010), and A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the Huntington. His regional credits include My Mañana Comes (The Playwright’s Realm), All The Way (Cleveland Play House), As You Like It and Black Odyssey(Denver Center for the Performing Arts), The Lake Effect (TheatreWorks Palo Alto), June Moon (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Ruined (La Jolla Playhouse), Love’s Labours Lost and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Twelfth Night, Othello, The Duchess of Malfi, and The Tempest (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), and Groundswell (Lyric Stage Company).

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• Gilbert Glenn Brown Decatur Bronson, James Wormley, Philip Ree Gilbert Glenn Brown Decatur Bronson, James Wormley, Philip Ree
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  Gilbert Glenn Brown

  Decatur Bronson, James Wormley, Philip Ree

  Gilbert Glenn Brown previously appeared in A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the Huntington. He appeared in Ester Armahs’ Forgive Me (dir. Trezana Beverly, Midtown International Theatre Festival), Topdog/Underdog (dir. George C. Wolfe, Seattle Repertory Theatre/Circle Theatre Group), Miss Evers’ Boys (National Black Theatre Festival), ...

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• Ken Cheeseman Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Silver Ken Cheeseman Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Silver
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  Ken Cheeseman

  Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Silver

  Ken Cheeseman has Huntington credits that include Choice, Ether Dome, Prelude to a Kiss, All My Sons, and A Civil War Christmas. He recently performed Off Broadway in Dr. Faustus at Classic Stage Company. Other Off Broadway credits include The Master Builder (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Measure for Measure and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Public Theater/NYSF), King Lear (La MaMa), and Amphitryon, Scapin, and The Cherry Orchard (Classic Stage Company).

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• Ed Hoopman John Wilkes Booth, Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, Raider 2, Mary Surratt, Union Solder Ed Hoopman John Wilkes Booth, Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, Raider 2, Mary Surratt, Union Solder
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  Ed Hoopman

  John Wilkes Booth, Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, Raider 2, Mary Surratt, Union Solder

  Ed Hoopman previously appeared in The Luck of the Irish (2012) and A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the Huntington. He has been seen as Dolan in Mister Roberts at New Repertory Theatre. Other regional appearances include Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston); Leon Czolgosz in Assassins, Alden in After Ashley, and Dim in A Clockwork Orange (Company One); ...

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• Karen MacDonald Mary Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War Stanton, Widow Saunders Karen MacDonald Mary Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War Stanton, Widow Saunders
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  Karen MacDonald

  Mary Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War Stanton, Widow Saunders

  Karen MacDonald has appeared at the Huntington in Ryan Landry's "M", Good People, Before I Leave You, Bus Stop, All My Sons, and A Civil War Christmas. On Broadway, she understudied and performed the role of Amanda in the revival of The Glass Menagerie. Regional credits include Doubt (Stoneham Theatre), Other Desert Cities and The Drowsy Chaperone (SpeakEasy Stage Company), Coriolanus and All’s Well That Ends Well, (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Long Day’s Journey into Night and boom (New Repertory Theatre), and others.

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• DeLance Minefee Ely Parker, George’s Ghost, Frederick Wormley, Moses Levy, Louis J. Wiechmann, Reverend Brown DeLance Minefee Ely Parker, George’s Ghost, Frederick Wormley, Moses Levy, Louis J. Wiechmann, Reverend Brown
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  DeLance Minefee

  Ely Parker, George’s Ghost, Frederick Wormley, Moses Levy, Louis J. Wiechmann, Reverend Brown

  DeLance Minefee previously appeared in A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the Huntington. He  appeared Off Broadway in Dust. His New York and regional credits include Donnie Darko (American Repertory Theater), Trigger and Phoenician Women (A.R.T./MXAT Institute), ABK for Life (Columbia University), ...

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• Jacqui Parker Elizabeth Keckley, Mrs. Thomas Jacqui Parker Elizabeth Keckley, Mrs. Thomas
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  Jacqui Parker

  Elizabeth Keckley, Mrs. Thomas

  Jacqui Parker previously appeared in A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009), Gem of the Ocean (2004), and Breath, Boom (2003) at the Huntington. She is a playwright, a director, an Elliot Norton Award-winning actor, and a six-time recipient of the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award, as well as a recipient of the 2004 Boston Theatre Hero Award given by StageSource.

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• Stephen Russell Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ulysses S. Grant, Ward Hill Lamon, Lewish Payne, Raider 1, Burwell, Minister Stephen Russell Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ulysses S. Grant, Ward Hill Lamon, Lewish Payne, Raider 1, Burwell, Minister
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  Stephen Russell

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ulysses S. Grant, Ward Hill Lamon, Lewish Payne, Raider 1, Burwell, Minister

  Stephen Russell previously appeared in the Huntington's production of A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) and The Last Hurrah (1999). Other area credits include The Life of Galileo (Underground Railway Theater), The Bottom of the Lake (Tir Na Theatre), Daughter of Venus (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre)...

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• Molly Schreiber Raz, Anna Surratt, Nicolay, Clara Barton, Mule Molly Schreiber Raz, Anna Surratt, Nicolay, Clara Barton, Mule
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  Molly Schreiber

  Raz, Anna Surratt, Nicolay, Clara Barton, Mule

  Molly Schreiber appeared at the Huntington in Two Men of Florence. Regionally, she has appeared in A Christmas Carol at Trinity Repertory Company, Travesties at the Publick Theatre, Gary at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, ...

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• Alanna T. Logan Jessa (at select performances) Alanna T. Logan Jessa (at select performances)
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  Alanna T. Logan

  Jessa (at select performances)

  Alanna T. Logan previously appeared in A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the Huntington. She has studied with Nina Pillar and Deborah Mason at the Deborah Mason School of Dance.

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• Hyacinth Tauriac Jessa (at select performances) Hyacinth Tauriac Jessa (at select performances)
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  Hyacinth Tauriac

  Jessa (at select performances)

  Hyacinth Tauriac previously appeard in The Luck of the Irish (2012), A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009), and Fences (2009) at the Huntington.

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• Paula Vogel Playwright Paula Vogel Playwright
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  Paula Vogel

  Playwright

  Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas (2009)has been produced by the Huntington. Ms. Vogel's play How I Learned to Drive received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Drama Critics Awards for Best Play, as well as her second OBIE Award.

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• Jessica Thebus Director Jessica Thebus Director
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  Jessica Thebus

  Director

  Jessica Thebus previously directed A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the Huntington. She is an associate artist with Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she has directed Intimate Apparel; Dead Man’s Cell Phone; No Place Like Home; When the Messenger is Hot (also at 59E59 Theaters in NYC); Sonia Flew; Sex With Strangers; A Tale of Two Cities; Winesburg, Ohio; and The Water Engine.

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• Andrew Resnick Music Director, Pianist Andrew Resnick Music Director, Pianist
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  Andrew Resnick

  Music Director, Pianist

  Andrew Resnick previously music directed A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009) at the Huntington. He is a New York-based music director, pianist, and conductor. Broadway credits include the upcoming Bridges of Madison County, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Book of Mormon, and Wicked.

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• Daniel Ostling Scenic Designer Daniel Ostling Scenic Designer
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  Daniel Ostling

  Scenic Designer

  Daniel Ostling has designed the sets for The Jungle Book (2013), Candide (2011), and A Civil War Christmas (2009) for the Huntington. An ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago, he designs extensively for Mary Zimmerman including Metamorphoses on Broadway (2002 Tony Award nomination) and La Sonnambula and Lucia di Lammermoor at The Metropolitan Opera.

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• Miranda Hoffman Costume Designer Miranda Hoffman Costume Designer
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  Miranda Hoffman

  Costume Designer

  Miranda Hoffman designed A Civil War Christmas, Well, and Mauritius for the Huntington. She also designed the Broadway production of Well.

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• Ben Emerson Sound Designer Ben Emerson Sound Designer
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  Ben Emerson

  Sound Designer

  Ben Emerson recently designed sound for Tartuffe (2017). He has been the sound supervisor at the Huntington for the last 20 years. He has designed over a dozen productions at the Huntington, as well as many shows in Boston’s small theatre community and New England regional theatres.

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• Daryl Waters Music Supervisor, Arranger, and Orchestrator; Incidental Music Daryl Waters Music Supervisor, Arranger, and Orchestrator; Incidental Music
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  Daryl Waters

  Music Supervisor, Arranger, and Orchestrator; Incidental Music

  Daryl Waters was the Music Supervisor, Arranger, Orchestrator, and created incidental music for A Civil War Christmas (2009) at the Huntington. He received Tony and Grammy Award nominations for his original music in Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk.

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• Alaine Alldaffer Casting Director Alaine Alldaffer Casting Director
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  Alaine Alldaffer

  Casting Director

  Alaine Alldaffer is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), and Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting).

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• Gail P. Luna Production Stage Manager Gail P. Luna Production Stage Manager
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  Gail P. Luna

  Production Stage Manager

  Gail P. Luna previously production stage managed A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (2009), Pirates! (Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd) (2009), Two Men of Florence (2009), and The Cry of the Reed (2008) at the Huntington. 

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• Leslie Sears Stage Manager Leslie Sears Stage Manager
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  Leslie Sears

  Stage Manager

  Leslie Sears has worked on the Huntington premieres of Sons of the Prophet, Vengeance is the Lord’s, A Civil War Christmas, The Miracle at Naples, and How Shakespeare Won the West, as well as Invisible Man, Private Lives, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined, Bus Stop, Prelude to a Kiss, All My Sons, Fences, The Corn is Green, and The Rivals. Ms. Sears is a graduate of Boston University where she teaches stage management.

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