Dartmouth on Location in Washington D.C.
Ford’s Theater presents: 1776
Join us on Friday, March 27th for a memorable Dartmouth evening at the Ford’s Theater, featuring the award-winning musical 1776, and a pre-performance talk by Paul Musselwhite, associate professor of history at Dartmouth College.
Held at the historic Ford’s Theater, 1776, is a vibrant and humorous take on the events and debates leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Tony Award-winning musical, written by Peter Stone with music by Shermon Edwards, celebrates the Founding Fathers and the ideas that continue to define our country’s identity 250 years later.
The evening will begin with a reception at the Riggs Washington DC, with time to meet and mingle with Dartmouth alumni, family, and friends. Before moving to Ford’s Theater to enjoy the musical, Professor Musselwhite will share his reflections on the nation’s 250th anniversary and the founding characters from our early history.
Program:
5:15 – 6:00 pm: Registration opens and reception begins with heavy bites and complimentary bar serving beer, wine, and soft drinks
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Presentation by Paul Musselwhite
7:30 – 10:30 pm: Performance of 1776 at the Ford’s Theatre
Pricing:
Tier 1 Ticket + Reception: $126
Tier 2 Ticket + Reception: $107
Reception Only: $50
Young Alumni Reception Only (Class of 2015-2025): $25
Location:
Reception:
Riggs Washington
900 F St NW
Washington, DC 20004
Play:
Ford’s Theater
511 10th St NW
Washington, DC 20004
Faculty Speaker:
Paul Musselwhite, Associate Professor of History
Paul Musselwhite is a historian of early America with a particular focus on the political economy of early plantation societies in North America and the Caribbean. He received a B.A. in Modern History from Lady Margaret Hall in the University of Oxford, and a PhD from the College of William and Mary. At Dartmouth he offers a range of courses that focus on the emergence of European empires in the Atlantic world, the construction of colonial societies in the seventeenth century, and the evolution of political and economic thought in British America.
Much of Professor Musselwhite's research has focused on the history of the Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland and the evolving political structures of the early English empire in North America. His first book, Urban Dreams, Rural Commonwealth: The Rise of Plantation Society in the Chesapeake is a study of the repeated efforts on the part of colonists and English officials to establish towns and cities in the Chesapeake colonies throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Professor Musselwhite has been awarded fellowships by the Huntington Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library, and portions of his research have appeared in edited collections and the William and Mary Quarterly.
