A play by Saul Levitt
Production Staff
Director: Dwight Watson
Scenic and Lighting Designer: James Gross
Costume Designer: Laura Conners
Stage Manager: Donald Claxon '06
Assistant Stage Manager: Nick Kraynak '08
Cast List
Union Soldier: Janathan Grandoit '06
General Lew Wallace: Peter Wagner '06
Court Clerk: Richard Winters '06
Lt. Col. N.P. Chipman: Brandon Stewart '08
Otis H. Baker: Denis Farr '06
Captain Williams: Matt Olivarez '08
Henry Wirz: Aaron Mann '09
Lt. Col. Chandler: Jacob Peerman '09
Louis Schade: Reynaldo Pacheco '06
Dr. John C. Bates: Travis McLaughlin '09
Ambrose Spencer: Emanuel Harper
Dr. C.M. Ford: Danny Lippert '06
James H. Davidson: Dustin Foster '09
Major D. Hosmer: Ross McKee '06
Jasper Culver: Matt McKay '06
James W. Gray: Ian Bensberg '07
Court Reporter: Tyler Williams '08
Newspaperman: Timothy Closson '09
Production Assistance
Lightboard Operator: Donald Claxon '06
Soundboard Operator: James Boyd '07
Poster Design: Austin Crowder '07
The Andersonville Trial is a striking courtroom drama about
a famous event in American history: the military trial of Henry
Wirz, who was commander of the Confederate prison at Andersonville
during the Civil War. Torn by awful memories and coldly pursued by
his prosecutor, Captain Wirz maintains he ran Andersonville as a
soldier acting under superior orders. The crux of this stirring
play raises the question of when the responsibility of the
individual to the conscience transcends any power of authority.
It should be noted that The Andersonville Trial was
presented by the Wabash College Theater Department as a special
event to celebrate the centennial of General Lew Wallace’s death.
Wallace is renowned for his military actions in both the
Mexican and Civil Wars, for writing Ben-Hur, A Tale of Christ (1880),
and for serving as a member of various military courts, such as
the one depicted in the play. Wallace was a
long time Crawfordsville native and was buried in Oak Hill
Cemetery in 1905. The General Lew Wallace Study
and Museum is also located in Crawfordsville.
A symposium at Wabash College was held on November 4, 2005, to
celebrate the study of Lew Wallace’s life and the 125th
anniversary of his novel. The Andersonville Trial was a precursor
to this event. -Cody D. Grady '10 Summer
2008
This page is part of an ongoing project to document the
history of the theatre productions performed at Wabash College.
If you have information not included on this page, please contact
the Theater Department or Professor Dwight Watson (watsond@wabash.edu).
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