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"Sit Down, John"
"Is Anybody There?"
"The Lees of Old Virginia"
"Cool Considerate Men"
Process Materials
Rendering, Morning in the Chamber
Rendering, "Is Anybody There?"

Production Credits

Produced at the
Croswell Opera House
Adrian Michigan
Summer 1998

Directed by Mark Standriff
Costumes by Barb Stone
Lighting by Gion DeFrancesco

 

Design Approach

Franklin says "We've spawned a new race here - rougher, simpler, more violent, more enterprising, and less refined." So while the set has touches of Independence Hall, the walls are made of lath, lending it a rough, less refined appearance. It also allows light through the walls, creating streaks of red, white and blue light for Adams' "I see fireworks" aria.

The chamber tracked upstage and was hidden by a panel of lath for the non-chamber scenes. Small pieces flew and tracked in left and right to represent the other locations.