Our gallant crew awaits...the first rehearsal!

We are just 10 days away from our very first rehearsal for The Pirates of Penzance. We have an incredible amount of talent lined up for this show, and we're looking forward to working with all of them. 

This is The Victorian Lyric Opera Company's 35th Anniversary Season (check out our archive to find out more about our past productions), and this is going to be a very exciting Pirates, with one of the largest casts VLOC has had in years (just look at all of the men we have!). We will be using this blog to document the experiences of the cast and crew, and hopefully shed some light on all of the behind the scenes work that goes on to put on a production.  

For now, let's introduce our cast and crew!

Cast
Major-General Stanley - George Willis
The Pirate King - Jeffrey Gates & Chris Overly
Samuel, his Lieutenant - Rick Dupuy
Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice - Timothy Ziese
Sergeant of Police - Tom Goode
Mabel - Keely Borland & Courtney Kalbacker
Edith - Rachel Ackerman
Kate -  Amanda Jones
Isabel - Stevie Miller
Ruth - Wendy Stengel

Chorus of Pirates, Police and General Stanley's Daughters (& their governesses)
Helen Aberger, Brian Beard, Kristin Brown, Denise Cross, Kris Devine, Tuyet Gunter, Tara Hockensmith, Chuck Howell, Rand Huntzinger, Ralph Johnson, Joanna Jones, Josh Katz, 
Erik Kreil, Carl Maryott, Jane Maryott, Josh Milton, Rowyn Peel, Brian Polk, Bill Rogers, Kevin Schellhase, Sara Seider, Barbara Semiatin, Ed Vilade, Maria Wilson, Kent Woods

Production Staff
Director - Felicity Ann Brown
Music Director - Joseph F. Sorge
Producer - Denise Young
Assistant Music Director - Jenny Craley Bland
Choreographers - Felicity Ann Brown & Amanda Jones
Assistant to the Director - Helen Aberger
Stage Manager - Douglas Maryott
Master Carpenter - Devin Work
Lighting Design - Andrew Dawson Smith
House Manager - Cassandra Stevens

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