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Gilbert & Sullivan's
Patience
(or Bunthorne's Bride)

April 23, 24, 30 & May 1, 1993 at 8 pm
April 24 & May 1 & 2, 1993 at 2 pm

Directed by Kai Cofer
Music Directed by Larry Gavin

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Cast

Patience - Sheryl Ruppert
Lady Jane - Roberta Mosier
Lady Angela - Diana Fortuna
Lady Saphir - Shirley Friedman
Lady Ella - Xina Lowe
Reginald Bunthorne, a fleshy poet - John Perine
Archibald Grosvenor, an aesthetic poet - Gordon Brigham
Colonel Calverley - Roger Thiel
Major Murgatroyd - Lyle Jaffe
Lieutenant, The Duke of Dunstable - Greg Robertson

Chorus of Dragoon Guards & Love-sick Maidens - Peter Beach, Don Benson, Tim Briceland-Betts, Stephanie Brigham, William G.S. Brown, Lynne Claflin, Eva Esparza, Joy Foust, Virginia Garber, Jack Goldklang, Tom Goode, Leta Hall, Bob Jacobson, Donna Jaffe, Velissarios Karacostas, Kate Lawniczak, Edith Livingstone, Malinda Lloyd, Ron Lloyd, Gina Nowacki, Grant Schmick, Kathryn Scott, Sharon Stewart, Kari Stiles, Rusty Suter, Lou Wiot, Kent Woods

Orchestra

Violin - Bonnie Barrows (CM), Alla Bobrow, Louise Hyde, Allie Laban, Carolyn Larson, Catherine Thompson
Viola - Laura L. Kinkead, Amanda Laudwein, Sylvia Kniel
Cello - Katie Coolbaugh, Barbara Lorton, Liz Luck
Bass - Sue Lyon, Dave Ross
Flute - Pauline Summers, Louise Hill
Oboe - Mary Ann Ruehling
Clarinet - Gene Sober, Jacqueline Grenning
Bassoon -  Bill Sniffin
Horn - Lorin Krusberg, Don Hunter
Cornet - Bernie Rappaport, Tom Gleason
Trombone - Earl Zastrow, Michael Steadman
Percussion - Tom Christy, Bonnie Hilditch

Production Staff

Producers - Gaye Freese & Lyle Jaffe
Artistic Director - Rosalie Santilhano
Stage Manager - Pamela Hodges
Assistant Stage Manager - Chris Beach, Gaye Freese
Lighting Designer - Scott Lord
Set Designer - Kai Cofer
Costume Design - Kai Cofer
Costume Construction - Edith Livingstone, Leta Hall, Sharon Stewart, Lori Wasserman
Technical Director (Rockville Civic Center) - Lewis Dronenburg
Technical Crew - Chris Beach, Gaye Freese, Pamela Hodges, David Kaysen, Scott Lord
Master Carpenter - Tim Briceland-Betts
Set Construction & Painting - John Austen, Tim Briceland-Betts, Bill Brown, Tony Dwyer, Gaye Freese, Pam Hodges, Donna Jaffe, Lyle Jaffe, Bob Jacobson, Jared Jacobson, Judith Rubinstein
Dance Captains -  Bob Jacobson, Kate Lawniczak
Orchestra Managers - Bernie Rappaport, Gene Sober
Rehearsal Pianists -  Jenny Craley Bland, Judy Gardner
Make-Up - Malinda Lloyd, Rusty Suter
Tickets - Gaye Freese
Program - Leta Hall, Pamela Hodges
Additional Word Processing - Leta Hall, Pamela Hodges
House Manager - Susan Canaday, Georgia Townsend
Videotaping - Falls Church Cable Television
Photography - Joel Hoffman, Sarah & Sam Stulberg
Refreshments - The Wooden Shoe Pastry Shoppe
Costume Storage - Donna & Lyle Jaffe
Set Storage - Gordon & Stephanie Brigham, Harry Leet, Rockville Civic Center

Special Thanks - Illustrations from Victorian Pictorial Borders, Carole Belanger, ed. Dover, Publications, Inc. NY; Music stands and lights courtesy of Rockville Musical Theatre and Christ Congregational Church; Bass drum courtesy of the Naval Surface Warfare Center; Tympani courtesy of the Earle B. Wood Middle School.

Victorian Lyric Opera Company is supported by funding from Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County,
​Maryland State Arts Council, and City of Rockville.
Victorian Lyric Opera Company
 PO Box 10391
Rockville, MD 20849-0391
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  • About VLOC
    • Mission, Vision, Values
    • Board of Directors
    • Diversity, Equity, and Expansion
    • Education and Outreach
    • VLOC Hall of Fame >
      • Hall of Ancestors
      • Flowers of Progress
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  • Shows & Events
    • H.M.S. Pinafore
    • G&S Sing Out
    • Health & Safety
    • Archive >
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      • The Zoo & Sweethearts
      • The Brigands
      • El Capitan
      • More... >
        • Iolanthe
        • From Paris to Vienna (2021)
  • Get Involved
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