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By Duane Hahn
Music & Lyrics by Richard Adams
SYNOPSIS
The Waynesboro Players will re-stage its popular 2009 musical about D-Day as a fund raiser for the Bedford-National D-Day Memorial.
On the morning of June 6, 1944 nineteen boys from the rural community of Bedford, Virginia died in the first bloody minutes as they hit the beaches of Normandy. Twenty-two sons from this small community eventually made the supreme sacrifice.
Six boys from Bedford tell this poignant story of growing up together, and going off to war together—the twins, the brothers, the married boy, and the leader. This is their story—full of warmth and humor and thought-provoking questions. A quaint Virginia town that went to war on Omaha Beach.
“Think not only on their passing. Remember the glory of their spirit.”
PERFORMANCE PHOTOS
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CAST LIST
| Bedford Hoback | Aaron Crosby |
| Raymond Hoback | Michael Riley |
| Roy Stevens | Caleb Towns |
| Ray Stevens | Storm Burks |
| John Schenk | Scott Hashagen |
| Ray Nance | Dustin Roadcap |
| Chorus #1 | Scott Woofter |
| Chorus #2 | Hollis Wright |
| Chorus #3 | Alex Maneval |
| Woman | Sandi Belcher |
| Chorus #1 | Cassy Maxton |
| Chorus #2 | Rachel Towns |
| Chorus #3 | Victoria Berry |
| Dancer | Victoria Ray |
DEDICATION
We dedicate this production of
Tuesday Mourning
to our friend and colleague,
Duane Hahn
July 8, 1946 – February 3, 2011
A native of Waynesboro, Virginia, Duane returned to the city after college to accept a position in the Waynesboro Public Schools. A man who loved to teach, Duane stayed with the school district his entire career, influencing and guiding many of our area's young people. He was also a very creative person and throughout his life he was involved in numerous arts organizations. We were fortunate that perhaps the most important to him was the Waynesboro Players. For many years he worked with us, most often as an actor or director but also in many other aspects of our work. Whatever needed to be done, Duane did it.
After he retired from teaching he shifted his focus to writing. His efforts resulted in the novel Shenandoah Moon, and a soon-to-be-published personal story, Looking Through the Rain, centered on the three dogs that were such an important part of his life. Much of his other writing was for the theater. He co-authored the book for Shenandoah Moon, a musical based on the research for his novel of the same title, and produced by the Players in 2008. Ever the teacher, he recognized the need for good educational scripts for elementary students and co-authored 16 children's plays, which he used in schools throughout the district. Last year he was commissioned to write The Queen's Fairy Quest, a children's play produced at The Lost Colony in North Carolina.
Many of us feel, however, that his best work for the theater was Tuesday Mourning, first produced by the Players in 2009. Intrigued by the story of the sacrifice of the town of Bedford, Virginia, in the World War II Normandy Invasion, Duane spent months researching the topic until he knew the people who served during the invasion and their families in Bedford. The play combined his passions for writing and educating; it's powerful theater that grips the audience emotionally while teaching the viewer about World War II and the United States that existed before and during the war. Duane wrote it to educate newer generations about that time, and as his way of honoring those brave Bedford soldiers who served and died in World War II, and the families who loved and, too often, mourned them.
When Duane passed away we lost a wonderful, energetic person, a friend passionate about the arts and about education. We are fortunate, however, that he had the time and drive to produce the works he did, but most especially Tuesday Mourning. |
