Playwright - Jim Leonard

Director - John Langs

2009

Dates: January 17-March 7, 2009

Location: (Inside) the Ford at the Ford Amphitheatre

Cast

Martha - Suzy Jane Hunt

Henry, et al - Bill Heck

Ambrose, et al - William Salyers

Primbody, et al - Robert Manning Jr.

Lanford, et al - John Short

Production Team

Produced by Tim Wright,Jennifer A. Skinner

Associate producers - Camille Schenkkan, Diana Wyenn

Directed by John Langs

Assistant Director - Jen kays

Set & Lighting design - Brian Sidney Bembridge

Scenic Painting - Jen Kays

Costume design - Dianne K. Graebner

Sound design - Cricket S. Myers

Original score - Michael Levine

Properties - Ali Hisserich

Projection design - Jason H.Thompson

Stage manager - Kathleen Ressegger

Assistant projection design - Matthew Melinger

Makeup and Hair - Emily McDonald

Scenic painting - Jen Kays, Lauren Horowitz

Master electrician & Assistant lighting design -Jeff Davis

Assistant stage manager - Cate Cundiff

Program design - Kevin Fabian

Backstage Crew - Mary Lou Ahlenius,Diana Wyenn,Jenny Bokoch

Awards

LA Weekly Awards:

Play Writing: Jim Leonard

Original Music: Michael Levine

LA Weekly Nominations:

Production of the YearEnsemble

Costume Design: Dianne K. Graebner

Lighting Design: Brian Sidney Bembridge

Set Design: Brian Sidney Bembridge

Ovation Nominations:

Sound Design - Intimate Theatre: Michael Levine & Cricket S. Myers

Lighting Design - Intimate Theatre: Brian Sidney Bembridge

GLAAD Nomination:

Outstanding Los Angeles Theatre

Press

"Refreshingly original, smart and engaging... a perfect match for Circle X Theatre Company's signature whimsical staging and inventive visual flair." - Philip Brandes, LA Times

"This is among Circle X's most exhilarating offerings - a sinfully rich theatrical adventure infused with profoundly resonant social satire that produces visceral wonderment." -- Les Spindle, Backstage West

"Watching parts of the Lincoln Memorial concert last Sunday afternoon, I wondered if theater could deliver entertainment that would be equally appropriate for this moment.Battle Hymn answered my question." - Don Shirley, LA City Beat

"The cast is outstanding, John Lang's direction is inspired and tech credits are uniformly superb. Leonard's writing is rich and often humorous, and he's skilled at creating memorable characters." - Terry Morgan, Variety

"A compendium of symbols that add up to a century of clashes between America's founding principles and the betrayals of those principles that show up through history - from slavery to gay rights to religious hypocrisy. This land is our land? Hardly. And yet the prevailing symbol is that of birth, and re-birth, of ourselves." - Steven Leigh Morris, LA WeeklyNAACP Nomination:Best Supporting Male - Local: Robert Manning, Jr.