New Salem Summer Season 1998
1998 · New Salem
This page preserves the summer 1998 performance schedule for Ken Bradbury's work staged at New Salem, the restored historic village associated with Abraham Lincoln's early years. The calendar, drafted as a tentative plan in August 1997, maps out a season that ran from June through late August 1998.
Two productions anchor the summer. Abraham! appears throughout June, July, and into August, with several dates marked as possible private performances. Joseph takes the stage in a concentrated late-July through early-August run. The schedule also notes "Coonridge at New Salem" on August 9 and an alternate "Gospel" offering near the season's close, before the final New Salem show on August 23.
Production Notes
- Venue: New Salem
- Season: Summer 1998 (June through late August)
- Featured productions: Abraham! and Joseph
- Additional offerings: Coonridge at New Salem (August 9); a tentative "Gospel" performance in mid-August
- The schedule is annotated "Tentative as of August '97," indicating it was planned nearly a year in advance.