Gilbert & Sullivan's
The Mikado
or, The Town of Titipu

Feb. 19, 20, 26 & 27 at 8pm
Feb. 21 at 3pm

Directed by Marion Scodari
Music Directed by Bob Davis

Performed at
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville Civic Center
Rockville, Maryland

In memory of our colleagues Fred Houghteling and David Jackson.

Cast

The Mikado of Japan - Michael Consoli
Nanki-Poo - Robert Kimball
Ko-Ko -  Daniel Lyons
Pooh-Bah - James E. Felton
Pish-Tush - Michael Kostrzewa
A Nobleman - Barry Grinnell
Yum-Yum - Amanda Raphaelson
Pitti-Sing - Shirley Santilhano
Peep-Bo - Syril Lessans
Katisha - Rosalie Santilhano

Chorus of Noblemen, Women, and Schoolgirls - Darlene Allen, John Anderson, Tim Briceland-Betts, Deb Briceland-Betts, William Brown, Ruth Burdette, Chris Corbliss, Petra de Bruin, Marsha Diakova, Fran Fleming, Barry Grinnell, Susan Holleran, Stephanie Kline, Helene Kram, Roy McGhee, Joseph Monto, Gary Pricer, Jenny Ryan, Helene Siegel, Angie Thompson, Kathryn Villa, Ed Wiot, Lou Wiot

Supers - David C. Harris (The oldest citizen of Titipu), Mary Sue Merritt (his nurse), Anna Kostrzewa (Pooh-Bah's servant), Lyle Jaffe (The Mikado's attendant), Victor Hugo Porras (Guard)

Orchestra

Violin - Bonnie Barrows*, Dieter Brill, Carolyn Larson, Eun Kyung Lee,             Sarah O'keefe, Catherine Thompson, Rosemary Zschunke
Viola - Amanda Laudwien, Louise Lerner (2/26, 2/27), Susan Mulroney,             Aaron Temkin (2/19, 2/20, 2/21)
Cello -  Liz Luck, Andrew Rice, Mark Sawyer
Bass - Dave Ross, William Zschunke
Oboe - Carl Gardner
Bassoon - Bob Rusk
Flute - Louise Hill, Pauline Summers
Clarinet - Susan Braun, Gene Sober**
Trumpet - Andrew Leech, Bernard Rappaport
French Horn - Don Hunter, Lorin Krusberg
Trombone - Don Allen, Earl Zastrow
Percussion - Tom Christy, Bonny Hilditch

*Concertmistress
**Orchestra Manager

Production Staff

Producer - David Jubb
Chorusmaster - Lynn Marshall
Choreographer - Dee Carlstrom
Stage Manager - Dennis Jelalian
Set Design - David Jubb
Costume Design - Mary Sue Merritt
Lighting Design - Dennis Jelalian
Assistants to the Director - Michael Kostrzewa, Lou Wiot
Assistants to the Producer - The Board of Directors
Rehearsal Pianists - Melanie Smith, Judy Gardner
Costume Construction - Donna Jaffe, Mary Sue Merritt,
                                    Edith Livingstone, Marion Scodari, Lou Wiot
Set Construction - David Jubb, Ed Wiot, Lyle Jaffe, Michael Kostrzewa,
                            Gary Pricer
Lighting Execution - Sean Doherey, David Jubb
Orchestra Manager - Gene Sober
Graphics for fliers - Dot Laoang
Program Cover Design - Steve Behrens
Hair & Make-up Design - Judy Burke
Katisha's Wig - Stephen Welsh
Women's fans painted by - Stephanie Kline, Marion Scodari
Properties - Lyle Jaffe
Refreshments - Al Santilhano
Tickets - Caroline Hummel
Publicity, Public Relations - Deb Briceland-Betts, Ruth Burdette,
                                         Micahel Kostrzewa, Marion Scodari
Program - Marion Scodari, Gary Pricer, Melanie Smith, Helene Kram,
                Helene Siegel
House Manager - Susan Frampton
Set & Costume Storage - Mr. & Mrs. Al Rupel
Photography - David C. Harris

Special Acknowledgements - Rainie Broad,  Robert Giesy,
David Lashof, Mary Sue Merritt, Omar Pancoast,
Thornton Friends School, Trio Copy, Rockville Music Theatre,
Wooden Shoe Bakery

Our very special thanks goes to Ms. Renee Popkin of the Children's
Learning Center, whose generosity in providing us with rehearsal
facilities made it possible to mount this production

Synopsis

Act I - Courtyard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence
Nanki-Poo , son of the Mikado of Japan, enters Titipu disguised as a tattered musician . Seeking his beloved Yum-Yum, he is dismayed to find her on the verge of an arranged marriage to Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner. Ko-Ko, until recently condemned to be beheaded for flirting, had been reprieved on condition that he not execute anyone else until he cuts off his own head.

Advised by Pooh-Bah , a ponderous aggregation of conflicts of interests, Ko-Ko wrestles with the problem of how to satisfy the Mikado's demand for an execution. Ko-Ko and Nanki-Poo cut a deal allowing Nanki to marry Yum-Yum for 30 days, after which Ko-Ko will decapitate the unfortunate minstrel and wed his widow. The general rejoicing at that compromise is interrupted when Katisha -- the distasteful cause of Nanki's hasty flight from the Imperial Court -- arrives to claim Nanki for herself.

Act II - Ko-Ko's Garden
Through the timely intervention of the chorus, the young lovers escape Katisha, only to fall victim to a legal technicality. Under the Mikado' s law, when a man is beheaded, his wife is buried alive. Yum- Yum's ardor for wedded bliss rapidly cools . Ko - Ko and Pooh-Bah wriggle out of the difficulty by faking a death certificate for Nanki, who marries Yum-Yum and prepares to leave town.

The Mikado and Katisha arrive . After explaining his theory of justice and hearing a highly creative description of Nanki's "execution" from Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Pitti- Sing, the Mikado discovers that the allegedly slain minstrel was his son . The Mikado promptly condemns Ko-Ko and his cohorts to an amusing death . To save his skin, Ko-Ko gingerly persuades Katisha to marry him. Relieved of the threat of Katisha, Nanki-Poo reappears and Ko-Ko's sentence of death is commuted to life with Katisha. For everyone else, the opera ends joyously.