Live Performance Theater

The two major shows, Ghosts of the Library and Lincoln's Eyes, remain popular ongoing attractions. Live performances also occur on a semi-regular basis: From My Front Porch is a short presentation performed in the Museum Plaza as a Springfield woman tells stories about living in the 1850s and '60s;

From My Front Porch

Francis Carpenter, an artist who was hired to paint a portrait of Lincoln and his Cabinet, talks to visitors in the Cabinet Room exhibit about the events leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation; and Mrs. Wade talks to visitors in the Ford's Theatre exhibit about the assassination.

Live productions in the Union Theatre have included The Last of Mrs. Lincoln; Having Our Say; Reunion; and Lincolnesque.

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln	Having Our Say
Lincolnesque	Reunion

Richard Hellesen's One Destiny ran for 78 performances in 2009. Check our Calendar of Events for fututre performance dates.

 
One Destiny

The musical The Civil War played to huge crowds outdoors in Union Square Park in 2008 and 2009.


The Civil War

Future plans are to present reader's theater presentations from Doris Kearns Goodwin's bestselling book Team of Rivals in conjunction with the Museum's latest exhibit, opening October 14, 2010.