The Great
Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Out
A Musical Marathon

Saturday, June 20, 1992, 8am-Midnight
(from Morn to Afternoon, From Afternoon to Night)

F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
Rockville, Maryland

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Trial By Jury

Conductor - Daniel Kravetz
Plaintiff, Angelina - Nancy Davis
Defendant, Edwin - Mitchell Gillett
The Learned Judge - Sylvan Kesilman
Counsel for the Plaintiff - Roger Thiel
Foreman of the Jury - Jim Hummel
Usher - Charles Sheridan

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The Grand Duke (Toronto G&S Societies)

Conductor - Larry Garvin
Julia Jellicoe - Laura Schatz
Princess of Monte Carlo - Laura Lee Downs
Elsa - Melanie Adams
Olga - Anneli Pekkanen
Bertha - Kelly Brannan
Gretchen - Jennifer Taylor
Lisa - Jennifer Friesen-Garde
Baroness - Jennifer Lea
Ernest Dummkopf - John Barber
Ludwig - Len Hendersen
Rudolph, the Grand Duke - John Huston
Prince of Monte Carlo - Roy Schatz
Dr. Tannhauser - Timothy Wright
Herald - Vaughn Adams
Ben Hashbaz - David Garde

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The Sorcerer (Sudbury Savoyards)

Conductor - David Larrick
Aline - Kathy Lague
Constance - Ellen Cog en
Mrs. Partlet - Patricia Brewer
Lady Sangazure - Sara Ballard
Alexis Poindextre - Bill Kuhlman
Dr. Daly - David Kehs
J.W. Wells - Samuel Silvers
Sir Marmaduke Poindextre - Don Delius
Notary - David Brooks

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Utopia, Limited

Conductor - Bill Venman
Princess Zara - Marion Leeds Carroll
Nekaya - Nancy Davis
Kalyba - Frances Yasprica
Phylla - Barbara Naleszkiewicz
Lady Sophy - Diana Fortuna
Captain Fitzbattleaxe - Mitchell Gillett
Lord Dramaleigh - Philip Stemen berg
Tarara - Tim Jerome
Mr. Blushington - John Behonek
Sir Bailey Barre- Richard Freedman
Mr. Goldbury -. Mike Bromberg
Scaphio - Sam Silvers
Phantis - Don Devine
King Paramount - David Elias
Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, KCB - Peter Zavon

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H.M.S. Pinafore

Conductor - Jay Lane
Josephine - Sharon Szymanski
Hebe - Leta Hall
Little Buttercup - Phyllis Wilner
Ralph Rackstraw - Jeff Smith
Captain Corcoran - John Huston
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB - John Behonek
Boatswain's Mate - Dan Kravetz
Dick Deadeye - Jim Felten
Carpenter's Mate - Tom Goode

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The Gondoliers (Troupers Light Opera Company)

Conductor - Larry Garvin
Tessa/Vittoria - Karen McCormick
Gianetta - Susan Marnell
Casilda - Alida Augen
Fiametta/Duchess of Plaza-Toro - Carol Woodman
Giulia - Jennifer Daniels
Marco Palmieri - Timothy H. Trockmorton
Antonio/Francesco - Dexter Anderson
Luiz - David Kehs
Giuseppe Palmieri - Dan Daniels
Duke of Plaza-Toro/Giorgio - Frank Sisson
Don Alhambra Del Bolero - Barry Grinnell

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The Pirates of Penzance

Conductor - Benjamin Keaton
Mabel - Armour Ratcliffe
Edith - Kathy Starks
Kate - Nancy Burstein
Ruth - Sara Ballard
Frederic - Len Hendersen
Samuel - Kent Woods
Major-General Stanley - Ron Fava
Pirate King - Gordon Brigham
Sergeant of Police -Jim Barry

The Yeomen of the Guard

Conductor - Bill Venman
Elsie Maynard - Armour Ratcliffe
Kate - Mattie Condray
Phoebe Meryll - Jennifer Garde
Dame Carruthers - Jennifer Lea
Colonel Fairfax - Ken Davies
1st Yeoman/Leonard Meryll - John Condray
Jack Point - Larry Garvin
Sir Richard Cholmondeley - Charles Sheridan
Wilfred Shadbolt - Gordon Brigham
Sergeant Meryll - Paul Klingenberg
2nd Yeoman - Lyle Jaffe

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Patience

Conductor - Jay Lane
Patience - Laura Schatz
Lady Angela - Diana Fortuna
Lady Ella - Lynne Claflin
Lady Saphir - Leta Hall
Lady Jane - Patricia Petiet
Lt. The Duke of Dunstable - John Starks
Archibald Grosvenor - Roy Schatz
Reginald Bunthorne - John Perine
Major Murgatroyd - John Dreslin
Colonel Calverley - Tom Petiet

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Ruddigore

Conductor - Daniel Kravetz
Rose Maybud - Alida Augen
Zorah - Kathy Lague
Mad Margaret - Meredith Schaller
Dame Hannah - Lynne Claflin
Dick Dauntless -Ken Davies
Robin Oakapple/Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd - Tim Jerome
Sir Despard Murgatroyd - John Starks
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd - Philip Stemenberg
Old Adam Goodheart - Charles Sens

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Iolanthe (Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society)

Conductor -Victoria Gau
Phyllis - Sreelakha Hausman
Celia - Frankie Haan
Leila - Mattie Condray
Iolanthe - Lynne Johnson
Fairy Queen - Diana Veilleux
Lord Tolloller - Martin Hubert
Strephon - Kevin Mcintyre
Lord Chancellor - David Elias
Lord Mountararat - Hershel Kleinberg
Private Willis - Larry Garvin

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The Mikado

Conductor - John Dreslin
Yum-Yum - Jennifer Robertson
Pitti-Sing - Debbie Grossman
Peep-Bo - Kathy Starks
Katisha - Rosalie Santilhano
Nanki-Poo - Hugh Harvey III
Pish-Tush - Mike Kostrzewa
Ko-Ko - Ted Wiseman
Pooh-Bah - Robert Gawthrop III
Mikado - Tom Petiet
Go-To - Bill Venman

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Princess Ida (The Victorian Lyric Opera Company)

Conductor - Benjamin Keaton
Princess Ida - Marion Leeds Carroll
Melissa - Diana Fortuna
Lady Psyche - Shirley Friedman
Lady Blanche - Phyllis Wilner
Sacharissa - Joy Foust
Hilarion - Mitchell Gillett
Cyril - Jeff Smith
Florian - J. Michael Koon
King Gama - John Perine
King Hildebrand - Jim Felten
Arac - Barry Grinnell
Guron - Kent Woods
Scynthius - Charles Sens

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The Chorus

Marcy Berman, Tom Brandt, Deb Briceland-Betts, Tim Briceland-Betts, Stephanie Brigham, Jody Bromberg, Jim Burcsu, Rebecca Burstein, Ellen Cardwell, Larry Cardwell ,Donald Carr, James Carroll, Robert Casey, Coulson Conn, MD, John Covert, Jenny Craley Bland, Sue Curtis, Jennifer Daniels, Eleanor David, Merfyn David, Harriet Delius, Eugenie Drayton, Thomas Drucker, Roland Dube, William Dulin, Jean Fava, Don Fluke, Pepper Fluke, Beth Fowler, Paul Freitas, Roland Frye, Jr.,Tom Fuchs, Elizabeth Galbraith, Lisa Gallin, Virginia Garber, Lucy Greene, John Greer, David Hamburger, Caleb Hathaway, L. Hatzilambrou, Sophie Hayes, Tod Hayes, Bob Hewitt, Joyce Hewitt, Sheldon Hochman, Welles Hotchkiss, Caroline Hummel, Inge Hyder, William Hyder, Donna Jaffe, Rollin Jeglum, Dede Johnson, Paul Johnson, Steven Johnson, Sheldon Jones, Jr., Carole Kagan, Maureen Koseff, Louann Krebs, Priscilla Lingham, Donald Lord, Alexander MacPhail, Alice MacPhail, Ralph MacPhail, Karen McCormick, Neil McCormick, Suzanne McDougal, Bruce Monroe, Jean Monroe, Liz Monroe, Elizabeth Morgan, Tom Morris, Margaret Nye, Lin Olsen, Rich Olsen, Sally Osborn, Jim Parmentier. Heather Pierce, Melissa Plotkin, Ivy Reade, Russ Reiff. Cindi Roden. Imogen Rose, Dotti Schaller, Dorothy Schmidt, William Schmidt, Marc Shepherd, Bill Sullivan, Rusty Suter, Jennifer Taylor, David Thawley, Dorothy Thawley, George Tibbetts, Georgia Townsend, Susan Trudeau, Randolph Umberger, Maxy Vincent, Carolyn Waite, Jean Wiseman, Carol Woodman, Ginger Wright, John Wright, Priscilla Yee. Maureen Young

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The Companies

Sponsoring Iolanthe is the Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society (the only known theater group with its own law school). GG&SS was founded in 1973 at Georgetown University as an antidote to the tedium of law school. Their SRO production of Trial By Jury conclusively proved that this was more than (quoting the more serious students) "a waste of studying time." Today, GG&SS is comprised of students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and members of the community. GG&SS's upcoming productions include: Trial By Jury (September '92), Grease (November '92), and, in honor of their 20th anniversary, in March, GG&SS will present a G&S Gala - a collection of the best of Gilbert & Sullivan.

The Sudbury Savoyards was founded in 1961 by a group of Sudbury Methodists as a means of raising money for the new church buildings then under construction. The group's first production, Trial By Jury, was staged in the Parish Hall and costumed largely with choir robes. An invitation was extended to the community and throughout the 1960s,the stage in the town hall provided the setting for the annual Savoyard production. The group drew from the surrounding communities, until expansion onto the stage of the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School was necessary for the second staging of The Mikado in 1969.

The singers you will hear today in The Grand Duke are drawn from four of the five G&S performing troupes in Toronto. They are:

• St. Anne's Music and Drama Society: The oldest G&S performing troupe in Toronto. For their 30th production (The Gondoliers - January '93), Assistant Director Laura Schatz will assume the directorial mantle from founding director, Roy Schatz.
• North Toronto Players: second only to St. Anne's in longevity, NTP ranges from the traditional to the unusual. This year NTP will stage Herbert's The Fortune Teller.
• Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Toronto: is celebrating its silver anniversary with its production of The Pirates of Penzance. Affiliated with the London Branch, G&SST is the only Canadian group to perform all 13 extant operas.
• St. Pat's Players: Toronto's newest G&S troupe specializes in reviving "lost" music and obscure operas. They are currently three shows away from completing the entire Savoy canon with a repeat and will stage Canada's first Thespis in 1993.

Troupers Light Opera Company has been entertaining Connecticut audiences for the past 46 years. We have performed all of the Savoy operas many times. In fact. our production of The Gondoliers in April was the sixth Gondoliers since 1946. Our membership is 200-strong with enthusiastic participation in all facets of G&S production. We anticipate continuing the G&S tradition for at least 46 more years and are delighted to be a part of this Musical Marathon. From TLOC to VLOC -Thank you for your inspiration and great work. Victorian Lyric Opera Company, we HAIL the Poetry you have made this weekend.

Victorian Lyric Opera Company was founded in 1978 and is devoted to producing works of W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, collectively or individually. It presents two G&S productions annually (except when it does three). VLOC remains faithful to a traditional, but lively. approach to the operettas. Based in Rockville, VLOC draws performers and audience members from throughout the metropolitan Washington area. Upcoming VLOC productions include Ruddigore (October '92) and Patience (April '93).

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Production Staff

Planning Committee - Lynne Claflin, Diana Fortuna, Larry Garvin, Leta Hall, Kent Woods
Stage Managers - Pamela Hodges, Kate Lawniczak
Lighting Design - Jonathan Lawniczak
Technical Director - (Rockville Civic Center) Lewis Dronenburg
Technical Assistance - Scott Lord
Accompanists - Jenny Bland, John Dreslin, Larry Garvin, Victoria Gau, Debbie Grossman. Barry Hamilton, Jay Lane, Steve Tran
Program - Leta M. Hall, Pamela Hodges
Reception Catering - Robert & Lori Wasserman
Sing-Out Catering - Hofberg's Delicatessen
Refreshments - The Wooden Shoe Pastry Shop
Set Storage - Gordon & Stephanie Brigham, Harry Leet, Rockville Civic Center

Schedule

• Trial By Jury - 8:00 - 8:30am
• The Grand Duke - 8:30 - 9:55am
• The Sorcerer - 9:55- 11:05am
• Utopia, Limited - 11:05am - 12:35pm
• H.M.S. Pinafore - 12:35 - 1:45pm
• The Gondoliers - 1:45 - 3:15pm

• The Pirates of Penzance - 3:15 - 4:30pm
• The Yeomen of the Guard - 4:30 - 5:50pm
• Patience - 5:50 - 6:55pm
• Ruddigore - 6:55- 8:00pm
• Iolanthe - 8:00 - 9:20pm
• The Mikado - 9:20 - 10:35pm
• Princess Ida - 10:35 - 11:50pm