Pursuit of Honor
The Rise of George Washington

The Cast

Bryan C. Cunning
as
George Washington

Bryan Cunning has appeared in the
Paladin productions, WHEN THE FOREST RAN RED and GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FIRST WAR. He has also appeared as Washington in many historical reenactments and educational programs. He
posed for artists John Buxton and Andrew
Knez Jr., and is the subject of a sculpture
that will soon be placed in Pittsburgh.

Theresa Hune
as
Martha Custis Washington

Theresa Hune is a theater teacher and
actress. She has appeared in numerous
stage productions as well as regional
television and a national appearance in the CBS drama, The Guardian. Theresa's daughter Sophia portrays two-year-old Patsy Custis in the
sequence depicting the Washington-Custis wedding. This is Theresa's first appearance
in a Paladin production.

Christine Fallon
as
Sally Cary Fairfax

Christine Fallon first appeared on camera at age 3, doing printwork for Little Tikes.  When she was 6, she was cast in her first stage production, as young Briar Rose in Sleeping Beauty. Her credits include Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Marianne in Tartuffe. She has also appeared in music and industrial videos, including Night Owls of Coventry and The Year that Trembled. Summer 2006 finds Christine in New Hampshire doing Shakespeare. This is her
first appearance in a Paladin production.

The Supporting Players

George William Fairfax....................Christian Fearer
Patsy Custis (age 12-17).................N. Valerie Sloan
Lord Thomas Fairfax............................David Kuder
Col. William Crawford.....................Richard J. Baker
Christopher Gist..................................Mickey Davis
Thomas Jefferson............... ...............Robb Warren
Molly.................................................Crystal Baird
Benjamin Franklin.......................Richard T. Fox, Jr.
Patrick Henry.......................................David Biser
John Adams................................Timothy McCarthy
Continental Congressman.... ....................Rob Fusia
Virginia Burgess...................Edmond N. Gaudelli, Jr.
Continental Congressman...........Larry Gene Gorecki
Continental Congressman......................EdMcCarthy
Alexander Hamilton.......................Joshua Doncevic
Gen. Charles Lee............................Robert L. Morris
Capt. Legardeur St Pierre.................Lance R. Wilson
Chief Pontiac.....................................Jerry Ramsey
Pontiac's Lieutenant.........................Wayne Jackson
Red Hawk...........................................Joe Merenda
Young Red Hawk.................................James Blake
Guyasuta...........................................Roger Moore
Pleading Redcoat................................Rob Jenness
Fearsome Savage.................................Ron Pinson
Haughty Redcoat Officer......................Wade Stoner
Mounted Redcoat Officer...........................Eric Tapp
Virginia Lighthorse.............................Heather Tapp
Virginia Lighthorse.............................Tyler Martsolf
Wounded 44th Officer......................Robert Defazio
Handless Redcoat.............................Frank Defazio
Brave Corporal for Braddock..................Jeff Brown
Collapsing Redcoat................................Ben Brown
Cynical Redcoat....................................Jason Lash
Gutshot Redcoat....................................John Wray
Face-down Redcoat.................................Will Wray
Jacky Custis (age 12).......................Daniel Thakur
Jacky Custis (age 4).........................Kinton Thakur
Patsy Custis (age 2)...................Sophia Rose Hune
Field Foreman.....................................Scott Baker
Field Hand......................................Emmanuel Ojie
Field Hand..............................James Louis-Charles
The Reverend......................................Noel Moebs
Martha Dangerfield Bland.............Barbara Bockrath
Nurse.............................................Shirley Mayton
Wedding Fiddler...............................Chuck Krepley
Wounded 1st Virginia Soldier.........Brandon Cunning
Provincial Commander.........................Mike Slease
Continental Congressman..Theodore Thomson Flynn
Continental Congressman................Roger Lynnette
Trevor the Headshot Redcoat......................Himself

Click on a link below to see scenes from the film in progress:

First in war

First in peace

First in the hearts of our country

Our cast

Our historians

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