Ben Butler

Performance Dates
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Opening Performance

A Union general, a lawyer before the Civil War, commands a fort in not-yet-seceded Virginia. When a runaway slave 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.

Production Information

Show Type
Drama
Approximate Running Time
120 minutes

Cast

Performer
Role
Major General Ben Butler
Shepard Mallory
Major John B. Cary
Lieutenant Kelly

Creative Team

Playwright
Set Designer
Sound Designer
Lighting Designer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Dramaturg