Cast of MMA Stage Production
Files
Title
Cast of MMA Stage Production
Subject
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Glunt, Leroy E. (1895-1963)
Benchoff, Guy Anderson (1889-1966)
Teachers - Virginia - Woodstock
Benchoff, John Milton "Jack" (1926-2014)
Description
Photograph of the cast of a stage production at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). The picture is taken at the Lantz Hall stage.
It appears the school put on a version of "HMS Pinafore", originally a Gilbert and Sullivan light opera.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Front Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, John "Jack" Benchoff, Unidentified, Unidentified.
Second Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified (with Eye Patch).
Third Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Leroy Glunt, Guy Benchoff, Unidentified, Unidentified.
It appears the school put on a version of "HMS Pinafore", originally a Gilbert and Sullivan light opera.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Front Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, John "Jack" Benchoff, Unidentified, Unidentified.
Second Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified (with Eye Patch).
Third Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Leroy Glunt, Guy Benchoff, Unidentified, Unidentified.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
SCHS originally identified this as Camp Lupton, however, the MMA staff in the back row makes this unlikely.
Identification of location and production confirmed in 2025 by Zachary Hottel.
Identification of Guy Benchoff and Leroy Glunt provided by library staff in 2025 utilizing photographs of the other subjects.
Jack Benchoff identified in 2026 by Kate Schindler, niece of the subject.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Leroy Glunt is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004826, 007336, 007496, 012313, 015375, 018552, 020066, 020067, 020068, 020073, 020087, 020088, 020094, 020095, 020099, 020107, 020109, 200116, 020120, 020128, 020131, 020135, 020137, 020142, 020156, 020160, 020161, 020163, 028084, 040052, 040054, 040056, 040067, 040088, 040091, 040221, and 040222.
Guy Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 017098, 040049, 040091, and 040217.
John "Jack" Milton Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collecton numbers 004463, 012068, 029770, and 040091.
Identifier
040091
Original Format
Film Negative
Physical Dimensions
8x10 Film
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Cast of MMA Stage Production,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 6, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/74407.
Comments
Kate Schindler
My Uncle Jack, John Milton Benchoff, is in the front row, third from the right. Uncle Jack wrote a post about this production for our family blog. Would you like me to share it with you?