H.J. Byron's
Our Boys
A Comedy in Three Acts

At Capital Fringe:
Mountain - at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC 20001
Saturday, July 13 at 2:45pm
Wednesday, July 17 at 8:30pm
Sunday, July 21 at 6:30pm
Thursday, July 25 at 6:45pm
Sunday, July 28 at 6:15pm

Directed by Felicity Ann Brown
The Victorian Lyric Opera Company returns to Capital Fringe with yet another Victorian-era comedy. Our Boys was first performed in London on 16 January 1875 at the Vaudeville Theatre. Until it was surpassed by the run of Charley's Aunt in the 1890s, it was the world's longest-running play, up to that time, with 1,362 performances until April 1879. It also ran in the U.S. at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, the whole Centennial summer June 26 - November 18, 1876. The show has since slipped away into history...until now.
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"...so, with many thanks for past favours, 'bye-bye, Bacon'"
This production is presented as a part of the Capital Fringe Festival - July 11 to 28, 2013
A program of the Washington, DC non-profit Capital Fringe.
Press

DC Metro Theater Arts preview article
The Gazette's preview article
Washington City Paper's review of Our Boys
DCMetroTheaterArts' review of Our Boys
The Washington Post's review of Our Boys

DCMetroTheaterArts rates Our Boys as "Best of the Fringe" with 4 1/2 stars!

"The Victorian Lyric Opera Company brings a delightful bit of British style, flair, and savoir faire to this largely forgotten but highly pedigreed play, whose author was a onetime collaborator of W.S. Gilbert, the lyricist half of Gilbert & Sullivan."  
​-DCMetroTheaterArts

"Playwright H.J. Byron ought to be smiling in his grave: His work lives on." - Washington City Paper

"Were she alive today, Clarissa would, like this reviewer, doff her hat to the Victorian Lyric Opera Company for reviving “Our Boys,” an interesting and likable bit of theater history." -The Washington Post

Cast

Sir Geoffrey Champneys, a county magnate - Chuck Howell
Talbot Champneys, his son, a washed-out youth - Rameen Chaharbaghi
Perkyn Middlewick, a retired butterman - Eric Henry
Charles Middlewick, his aristocratic-looking son - Timothy Ziese
Penelope, Middlewick's maid - Wendy Stengel
Kempster, Sir Geoffrey's servant - Carlton Maryott
Violet Melrose, an heiress - Jessica Powers-Heaven
Mary Melrose, her poor cousin - Erin Gallalee
Clarissa Champneys, Sir Geoffrey's sister, an elderly spinster - Sally Frakes Cusenza
Belinda, a lodging-house servant - Wendy Stengel

Production Staff

Producer - Denise Young
Technical Director - Noam Lautman
Sound Design - Kenny Neal
Costume Designer - Denise Young
Dialect Coach - Gary Sullivan
Marketing - Courtney Kalbacker
Graphic Design - Erika White Abrams
Props - Carlton & Jane Maryott
Graphic Design - Erika White Abrams