BEN BUTLER Opening AND Special Event
3/23/2023 to 4/16/2023 (Press opening Sunday, March 26 at 2:30)
Directed by Kasi Campbell, featuring Steven Carpenter
A Union general, a lawyer before the Civil War, commands a fort in not-yet-seceded Virginia. When a runaway enslaved man arrives making an eloquent plea for sanctuary, whose laws must the general follow? When secession happens, he looks for every loophole he can to avoid returning the young man to the Confederacy. Based on a true story and an area premiere.
There will be a post-show discussion following the Sunday matinee on April 2nd with BEN BUTLER’s director, Kasi Campbell, and the production’s historical advisor, Dr. Sharita Thompson.
Cast
Stephen Patrick Martin as Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler
Theodore Sapp as Shepard Mallory
Yury Lomakin as Lieut. Kelly
Steven Carpenter as Maj. John B. Cary
Design Team
Megan Holden, Scenic Designer
Marianne Meadows, Lighting Designer
Sigrid Johannesdottir, Costume Designer
Neil McFadden, Sound Designer
Dr. Sharita Thompson, Historical Advisor
Mark you calendar for the BEN BUTLER Special Event! After the final Bob Butler matinee on April 16th, there will be a reception at the beautiful and classy Henley Park Hotel! Show + reception ticket is $100. For those who already purchased show tickets, or saw the show earlier in its run, we have a reception-only ticket for $50.
Purchase tickets HERE.
L to R – Sharita Thompson (Historical Advisor), Steven Carpenter, Yury Lomakin, Kasi Campbell (Director),
Theodore Sapp, Stephen Patrick Martin, Arthur Nordlie (Stage Manager), Bill Largess (WSG Artistic Director).
Stephen holds a framed picture of the real General Butler.
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Members of the cast rehearse.
Members of the cast rehearse.
