Auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 18-19 at the Parkersburg Actors Guild for the special presentation of “1776” in the Parkersburg’s 250th Celebration of the nation being organized by Downtown PKB.

“1776,” a musical, dramatizes the debate and events leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The show will be presented at 8 p.m. July 3 on the stage at Bicentennial Park.

The production will be a fully costumed, semi-staged version where scripts will be used on stage. Memorization is not necessarily required.

Five actors from the previous productions of the show by the Actors Guild have already been cast, spokesman Barbara Full said. They are: from the 1972 production, David Rexroad as Edward Rutledge; from the 1986 production, Jeff Haught as John Adams, Full as Abigail Adams, and Steve Goers as John Dickinson to honor his late father’s, Bob’s, performance as Dickinson in that production; and from the 2002 production, Charlie Matthews as John Hancock.

Roles remaining to be cast are:

Benjamin Franklin, delegate from Pennsylvania, major role, baritone

Thomas Jefferson, delegate from Virginia, major role, tenor

Richard Henry Lee, delegate from Virginia, supporting role, baritone

Martha Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson, supporting role, mezzo-soprano

Roger Sherman, delegate from Connecticut, supporting role, tenor

Robert Livingston, delegate from New York, supporting role, baritone

Dr. Lyman Hall, delegate from Georgia, supporting role, baritone

Joseph Hewes, delegate from North Carolina, supporting role, baritone

Lewis Morris, delegate from New York, supporting role, baritone

George Read, delegate from Delaware, supporting role, baritone

Courier, a message runner from Washington’s army, supporting role, tenor

Dr. Josiah Bartlett, delegate from New Hampshire, supporting role

Samuel Chase, delegate from Maryland, supporting role

Stephen Hopkins, delegate from Rhode Island, supporting role

Col. Thomas McKean, delegate from Delaware, supporting role

Andrew McNair, official custodian of the Continental Congress, supporting role

Caesar Rodney, delegate from Delaware, supporting role

Charles Thomson, official secretary to the Continental Congress, supporting role

James Wilson, delegate from Pennsylvania, supporting role

Rev. Jonathan Witherspoon, delegate from New Jersey, supporting role

Leather Apron, young apprentice, supporting role, baritone

For more information, contact Full at fullhousepkb@icloud.com or Rexroad at davidpburg@outlook.com.