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Cast in order of appearance, subject to change.
Narrator: James Krieger
Waoroneck Tribe: Hilda Rivera-Asencio, Brian Babcock, Shivawn Fahey, Marie Fredericks, Kate
Murphy, Stephanie Stach & Cub Scout Pack # 6
Henry Hudson: Village Mayor Joe Gross
First Mate Robert Jouet: Brett Kolfrat
Cabin Boy John Hudson: Paul Hudson Erwin
Shipmates: Adam Gorman & Michael Gorman
Col. Patrick MacGregorie, wife Margaret & Family: Grant Nunnally, Jenny Krieger, Rourke Bywater &
Seth Bywater
Luis Moses Gomez & Family: Steven Sirota & Family
Sarah Wells: Nicole Napolitano
William Bull: Bobby Watson
Stacy Family: Jacob Harrell, Jenny Krieger & Cub Scout Pack # 6
Chief Naoman: Sal Barbera
Murderous Braves: Tomas Kerr, Nelson Singh & Will Tapia
Jane Colden, Col. and Mrs. Cadwalader Colden: Laurel Schuster, David & Maureen Terwilliger
Nathaniel Sands, Mercy & David: William Towers, Jane & John Doe
Clergy: Father Tom Margrave
Fiddler: Jacob Harrell
Piper: Grant Nunnally
Sam Adams: Eric Growney
John Adams: Ken Growney
Gen. George Washington: Peter Erwin
Haym Solomon: Steven Sirota
Marquis de Lafayette: Whitney Schuster
Abigail Adams: Mary Beth Greene Krafft
Thomas Jefferson: Peter Ogden Erwin
Spirit of ’76: James Leahy, Kaylee Veneziale & Darcie Sirota
Betsy Ross: Town Clerk Elaine Tilford Schneer
Brig. Gen. George Clinton: James Kline
Jonas Williams: Corey Tenhagen
Singers: Cathrine Kaczar & Tomas Kerr
Col. Lamb: Matt Terwilliger
Sir Henry Clinton: Rafael Ortiz
British Spy: Matt Bigby
Dr. Moses Higby: Josh Hawthorne-Madell
Deborah Sampson/“Robert Shurtliff”: Darcie Sirota
Lucy Knox: Kate Erwin
Martha Washington: Patty Gorman
Sgt. Elisha Churchill: Matt Terwilliger
Sgt. William Brown: Dan Thurau
Statue of Liberty: Kathy Beckvermit; Vocalist: Cathrine Kaczor
Waoroneck Tribe, Sailors, Settlers, & Soldiers: Roxy Aguilar, Matt Annan, Adrian Asencio, Edsel
Asencio, Hilda Rivera-Asencio, Bryce Babcock, Erin Beckvermit, Kayla Beckvermit, Colin Brogowski,
Jack Byrne, Jimmy Byrne, Sam Byrne, Rourke Bywater, Seth Bywater, Alex Carter, Andrew Carter,
Steve Carter, Nicolas Dugan, Paul-Hudson Erwin, Andrew Fredericks, William Fredericks, Brynne
Growney, Cameron Growney, Jacob Harrell, Joseph Hart, Justin Hart, Alec Hydos, Douglas Indzonka,
Aidan Janus, Leland Janus, David Jarer, Melissa Jarer, Corrina Kirkland, Kyle LaGuardia, Kaitlyn
Matthews, J’lyn McFall, James McGill, Aidan Murphy, Ethan Osbourne, Katie Rolon, Scott Rolon,
Bradley Schewtschenko, Vincent Southwell & William Towers
Dancers: Dance Design School students (Aggie Coyman, Director); Maypole: Girl Scout Troop 31
British Grenadiers: Allen Ortiz, Christian Ortiz, Diana Ortiz, Angel Martinez & Matthew Martinez
Chorus: Matt Bigby, Dylan Burns, Gabby Chamberland, Liz Chiero, Elise Cuevas, Cathrine Kaczor,
Lydia Adams Davis, Josh Hathorne-Madell, Alex Ho, Tomas Kerr, Jeff Knight, Jeremy Kolodeiojski,
James Leahy, Michelle Lujan, Nikki Lujan, Sarah Miller, Nicole Napolitano, Sarah O’Dell, Nolan
Padilla, Priscilla Pitt, Robert Reuhl, Khadijah Ross, Whitney Schuster, Nelson Singh, Corey Tenhagen,
Marion Thomas, Austin Weinburge & local church choir & school chorus members
Sound: James Stoffa
Pageant Steering Committee—Sally Faith Dorfman Sirota, Producer/Director; Peter A. Erwin, Co-
Producer; Joanne Hurley, Hilda Rivera-Asencio, Jim Kline, Tom Margrave, Mary Lou Correa & John
Lujan
Production Assistants: Peter O. Erwin, Elan Riggs, Bobby Watson, Patty Gorman & Kate Murphy
Special thanks to: Lynette Scoles & Bill McGrath of PRG Scenic Technologies; Cornwall Central
School District Superintendent Tim Rehm, Principals, Faculty, Staff and Advisors, Walter Moran,
Cornwall Elementary School at Lee Road; American Legion Post 353, Cub Scout Pack # 6, Bill Rolon,
Angelo Schembari, David Carnright, Paul Korykora, Jim Clearwater/Jones Farm, Ken Cashman, Nancy
Peckenham, Nannini & Callahan, My Valet Dry Cleaners, the Ortiz family and friends, Marjorie
Schempf, Ruthanne Schempf, Jim Niblo, Rhonda Growney, Mary Beth Greene Krafft, Sheldon Stowe,
Gary Hoffman; Joe Ryan, Barbara Ness, Chris DiPasquale, Gen. Ray Bell, & The Living History
Education Foundation; Chief Todd Hazard, Sgt. Phil Sinagra, Town of Cornwall Police Department.
Script based upon pageants written and compiled by Dolce Stern Dorfman, performed in Cornwall from
the 1950s up to 1976, resumed in 2000.