Victor Herbert's
The Red Mill
Book by Henry Blossom
New Performing Edition by Quade Winter

June 6*, 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2013 at 8pm
June 9** & 16, 2013 at 2pm

Directed by Felicity Ann Brown
Music Directed by Joseph Sorge

*June 6th is a special $12 preview. Get tickets online or by calling the box office.
**June 9th is our community outreach matinee, including backstage tours and a craft project for kids starting at 12:45pm. A talk back session will follow the performance.
Tickets: Adults $24, Seniors $20, Students $16

Don't see the seats you want online? Call the box office for more seating options at: 240-314-8690. View the Theatre Seating Chart

F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
603 Edmonston Dr.
Rockville, MD

Cast

"Con" Kidder, An American "doing'' Europe - Brian Polk
"Kid" Conner, An American "doing" Europe - Timothy Aaron Ziese
Jan Van Borkem, Burgomaster of Katwyk-ann-Zee - Tom Goode
Tina, Willem's Daughter - Amanda Jones
Gretchen, The Burgomaster's Daughter - Emma Jensen
Franz, The Constable - Blair Eig
Bertha, A Wealthy Widow - Jennifer Rutherford
Willem, An Innkeeper - Chuck Howell
Captain Christian Van Damm, A Ship's Captain - Patrick Philip Becker
The Governor of Zeeland - Stephen Herring
Comtesse de Ia Fere - Tracy Davidson
Her Sons - Alphonse - Rameen Chaharbaghi
                Pierre - Noah Friedlander
Joshua Pennyfeather, Esq., A Lawyer - Kent Woods
His daughters - Heather - Stevie Miller
                       Rose - Tuyet Gunter
Artists Models - Flora - Guenevere Spilsbury
                       Dora - Lucia Schaefer
                       Lora - Marianna Martindale
Piet, an Artist - Josh Katz
Gaston, A Servant - Carlton Maryott

Ensemble - Denise Cross, Tiara Hairston, Mary Ellen Hood, Rand Huntzinger, Ralph Johnson, Erik Kreil, Jane Maryott, Barbara Semiatin, Julie Stevens

Production Staff

Producer - Denise Young
Choreographers - Amanda Jones, Felicity Brown
Stage Manager - T. Tamura Gardner
Assistant Stage Managers - Noam Lautman, Tony Dwyer
Set Designer - Rebecca Meyerson
Costume Designer - Sarah Martin
Lighting Designer - A. Dawson Smith
Makeup/Hair Design - Renee Silverstone
Master Carpenter - Brian Polk
Carpenters -  Felicity Ann Brown, Sara Daniel, William Kolodrubetz,    
                     Timothy Ziese
Scenic Artist - Rebecca Meushaw
Audition Pianist - Jenny Craley Bland
Rehearsal Pianists - Francine Krasowska, Jenny Craley Bland
Props - Carlton & Jane Maryott
Surtitles - Douglas Maryott
Program - Courtney Kalbacker
Cover & Poster Art - Erika White Abrams
House Management - Cassandra Stevens
Set Storage - Rockville Civic Center

About the Show

Two broke American vaudevillians, “Kid Conner” and “Con Kidder” have been touring Europe, but find themselves in Holland, attempting to dodge the innkeeper and their bill. The innkeeper’s daughter, Tina, is a lousy cook, but longs to become an actress on the stage. In the meantime, the Burgomaster plans for his daughter, Gretchen, to marry the Governor of Zeeland…but she is in love with Christian, a lowly ship’s captain. Furious, the Burgomaster locks Gretchen in the allegedly haunted red mill. Con, Kid, and Tina plot to help Gretchen escape, in exchange for passage back to “Old New York.” With a cast of artists, models, and aristocrats, this precursor to the modern American musical is not to be missed!

Musical Selections

Act I
  • Overture
  • By the Side of the Mill  (Chorus of Artists and Models)
  • Mignonette (Tina and Girls)
  • You Never Can Tell About a Woman (Burgomaster & Willem)
  • Whistle it (Kid, Con & Tina)
  • The Isle of our Dreams (Christian & Gretchen)
  • Go While the Goin' is Good (Con, Kid, Tina & Bertha)
  • When You're Pretty and the World is Fair (Comtesse, Tina,
  • Pennyfeather, Daughters, Sons & Chorus)
  • Finale I, Moonbeams (Gretchen, Christian, Burgomaster, Franz & Chorus)

Act II
  • Rag for In Old New York
  • Why This Silence (Bertha & Chorus)
  • The Legend of the Mill (Bertha & Chorus)
  • Reprise: Moonbeams, The Isle of our Dreams (Gretchen, Christian)
  • lf You Love But Me (Tina & Chorus)
  • Every Day is Ladies' Day With Me (Governor & Men)
  • Because You're You! (Bertha & Governor)
  • In Old New York (Con & Kid, Gretchen, Bertha, Christian)
  • Wedding Chorus: We Come Every Guest in His Best (Governor & Chorus)
  • Entrance of Kid and Con
  • Finale II (All)