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Gilbert & Sullivan's
Iolanthe
or, The Peer and the Peri

Feb. 22 & 23 and Mar. 1 & 2, 2013 at 8pm
Feb. 24* and Mar. 3, 2013 at 2pm

Directed by Alan Paul
Music Directed by Joseph Sorge


*Community Outreach matinee
Picture

Cast

The Lord Chancellor - Gary Sullivan
George, Earl of Mountararat - Tom Goode
Thomas, Earl Tolloller - Robert Teachout
Private Willis, of the Grenadier Guards - Stephen Herring
Strephon, an Arcadian Shepherd - Bennett Umhau
Queen of the Fairies - Denise Young
Iolanthe, a Fairy, Strephon's mother - Carla Rountree
Celia, a Fairy - Teal Ruland
Leila, a Fairy - Brittany Stranathan
Fleta, a Fairy - Amanda Jones
Phyllis, an Arcadian Shepherdess & Ward in Chancery - Courtney Kalbacker

Fairies - Lena Goldweber, Tuyet Gunter, Sarah Martin, Marianna Martindale,             Jane Maryott, Stevie Miller, Francisca Moreno, Deborah Peetz,
            Pamela Sears-Rogan, Barbara Semiatin, Maria Wilson

Peers - David Bradley, Les Elkins, Joshua Herstein, Chuck Howell,
            Rand Huntzinger, Ralph Johnson, Carlton Maryott, Josh Milton,
            Ed Vilade, Kent Woods, Timothy Aaron Ziese

Production Staff

Producer - Denise Young
Assistant Music Director - Jenny Craley Bland
Choreographer - Felicity Ann Brown
Audition Pianist - Jenny Craley Bland
Rehearsal Pianist - Jenny Craley Bland
Scenic Designer - Rebecca Meyerson
Master Carpenter - William Kolodrubetz
Costume Designer - Denise Young
Props - Jane & Carlton Maryott
Lighting Designer - A. Dawson Smith
Photography - Harvey Levine
Surtitles - Douglas Maryott
Graphic Design - Erika White Abrams
House Management - Cassandra Stevens

Special thanks to:
City of Rockville & Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Musical Selections

Act I
  • Overture
  • Tripping hither, tripping thither (Celia, Leila, and Chorus of Fairies)
  • Iolanthe! From thy dark exile thou art summoned (Queen, Iolanthe, Celia, Leila, and Chorus of Fairies)
  • Good-morrow, good mother (Strephon and Chorus of Fairies)
  • Fare thee well, attractive stranger (Queen and Chorus of Fairies)
  • Good-morrow, good lover (Phyllis and Strephon)
  • None shall part us from each other (Phyllis and Strephon)
  • Loudly let the trumpet bray (Chorus of Peers)
  • The law is the true embodiment (Lord Chancellor and Chorus of Peers)
  • My well-loved Lord / Of all the young ladies I know (Phyllis, Lord Tolloller, and Lord Mountararat)
  • Nay, tempt me not (Phyllis)
  • My lords, it may not be (Phyllis, Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, Strephon, Lord Chancellor, and Chorus of Peers)
  • When I went to the Bar (Lord Chancellor)
  • Finale Act I (Ensemble)


Act II
  • When all night long a chap remains (Private Willis)
  • Strephon's a member of Parliament (Chorus of Fairies and Peers)
  • When Britain really ruled the waves (Lord Mountararat and Chorus)
  • In vain to us you plead (Leila, Celia, Chorus of Fairies, Mountararat, Tolloller, and Chorus of Peers)
  • Oh, foolish fay (Queen with Chorus of Fairies)
  • Though p'r'aps I may incur thy blame (Phyllis, Lord Mountararat, Lord Tolloller, and Private Willis)
  • Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest / When you're lying awake (Lord Chancellor)
  • If you go in you're sure to win (Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, and Lord Chancellor)
  • If we're weak enough to tarry (Phyllis and Strephon)
  • My lord, a suppliant at your feet (Iolanthe)
  • It may not be (Lord Chancellor, Iolanthe, and Chorus of Fairies)
  • Soon as we may, off and away (Ensemble)
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