Photos: ROLLIING THUNDER Opening Night at New World Stages
The cast includes Drew Becker (Johnny), Cassadee Pope (Linda), Justin Matthew Sargent (Thomas), Daniel Yearwood (Andy), and more.
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Rolling Thunder, featuring a book by journalist/writer Bryce Hallett and direction by Kenneth Ferrone, is now open at New World Stages. See photos from opening night here!
The cast includes Drew Becker (Johnny), Cassadee Pope (Linda), Justin Matthew Sargent (Thomas), Daniel Yearwood (Andy), Courtnee Carter (Nurse Kelly, Andy’s Mother, & others), and Deon’te Goodman (Mike, Jimi, & others). Understudies for this production are Ethan Hardy Benson and Erin Ramirez.
Part rock concert, part documentary, this exhilaration and moving show tells the heartfelt stories of young soldiers caught in the abyss of the Vietnam War and the galvanizing protest movement that sought to end it. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with the fall of Saigon on April 30th, 1975, when NVA tanks rolled through the gates of the Presidential Palace.
Rolling Thunder brings together legendary songs of the period of the ‘60s and ‘70s, raw and potent storytelling inspired by Vietnam veterans and their families. The draft, combat, civil rights movement, and homecoming are evocatively reawakened in this intimate and epic work. At heart, it’s a deeply moving love story of courage, longing, loss, and hope.
Photo credit: Tricia Baron
The Band, Sonny Paladino
Rebecca Blake
Moran Dudley
Ethan Hardy Benson
Drew Becker
Cara Rose DiPrieto
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Kenneth Ferrone, Rebecca Blake, Bryce Hallett
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Erin Ramirez, Ethan Hardy Benson
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Erin Ramirez, Courtnee Carter, Cassadee Pope
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Daniel Yearwood, Courtnee Carter
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Cassadee Pope, Drew Becker
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Cara Rose DiPrieto, Drew Becker
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Sam Wade, Rebecca Blake, John Wade
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