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    Playing Abe is 26-year old Will Morris of Allentown, Civic's Technical Director; his acting experience at Civic includes the lead roles of Mitch in Tuesdays With Morrie, Bruce in The Full Monty and Homer Wells in Cider House Rules. "Learning to view [Abe Lincoln] and know him as a human being rather than this heroic larger than life presidential figure has been the hardest part of playing him ... when someone mentions the name of Abraham Lincoln, we get this iconic image of a man who was in reality very different from the persona we see him as." Lincoln's name was mentioned often during the elections of 2008, and this year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth, both of which pushEd Sanders towards producing a show he had been considering for quite some time. Full Article at Broadway World
    Learning to view [Abe Lincoln] and know him as a human being rather than this heroic larger than life presidential figure has been the hardest part of playing him ... when someone mentions the name of Abraham Lincoln, we get this iconic image of a man who was in reality very different from the persona we see him as.
    SOURCE: Broadway World 2 months ago
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Civic Theatre Of Allentown Presents ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS 10/9-25
  1. This is an excellent time to mount this rarely-done work ... it is a show that will leave you full of a new admiration for the spirit of fairness, equality and even-tempered, rhetoric-free governing that looked to the Declaration of Independence and not to political affiliation for inspiration and guida...
    – William Sanders SOURCE: Broadway World 2 months ago

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