Gilbert & Sullivan's
The Yeomen of the Guard
or, The Merryman and his Maid

June 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 & 27, 1998 at 8pm
June 14, 21 & 28, 1998 at 2pm


Directed by Pamela Leighton-Bilik
Music Directed by Larry Garvin

Cast

Sir Richard Cholmondely, Lieutenant of the Tower - Jesse Holt, Jr.
Colonel Fairfax, under sentence of death - Sean Bajkowski
Sergeant Meryll, of the Yeomen of the Guard - Julio Martinez
Leonard Meryll, his Son - Joe Sorge
Jack Point, a Strolling Jester - John Barclay Bums
Wilfred Shadbolt, Head Jailer and Assistant Tormenter - Jeff Breslow
First Yeoman - David Lee Robinson
Second Yeoman - Peter Beach
First Citizen - Tom Lane
Second Citizen - Lyle Jaffe
Elsie Maynard, a Strolling Singer - Beatrice Alexander
Phoebe Meryll, Sergeant Meryll's Daughter - Tracy Davidson
Dame Carruthers, Housekeeper to the Tower - Shirley Friedman
Kate, her Niece -E. Caroline Rogers
Headsman - John O'Neill
Lily the Cat - Herself
Yeomen - Edward Byrdy, Jim Hummel, Lyle Jaffe, Tom Lane
Young Women - Gaye Freese, Lisa Freese, Lauren Friedman, Leta Hall, Emily Wescott
Ladies of the Tower - Virginia Garber, Donna Jaffe, Deborah Prindle, Judith Rubenstein
Tower Staff - Fran Fleming, Rosalie Santilhano, Mary Anna Vineyard

Orchestra

Violin - David Friedlander*, Bonnie Barrows, Chienmo Wu, Martin Brown, Carolyn Larson, Willard Morris, David Zagic
Viola - David Zajic, Amanda Laudwein, Dottie Wayne
Cello - Charles Finney, Sheryl Friedlander
Bass - Sue Lyon
Flute - Louise Hill, Jackie Miller, Juliane Dunn
​Oboe - Gwen Earle, Birgit Koehler
Clarinet - James Bensinger, Emilio Montoya
Bassoon - Brett Louis, David Roney
French Horn - Don Hunter, Lorin Krusberg
Trumpet - Curtis Anstine, Bernie Rappaport, Tom Gleason
Trombone - Christa Pezold, Jim Stewart, Steven Ward
Percussion - George Huttlin

*Concertmaster

Production Staff

Producer - Pamela Hodges
Artistic Director - Rosalie Santilhano
Assistant to the Director -  Eugene Ossa
Assistant Musical Director - Joe Sorge
Vocal Score Editor - Bruce I. Miller
Stage Manager - Pamela Hodges
Assistant Stage Manager - Mollie Toms
Light Board Operators - Les Elkins, Kerry Freese
Sound Operator - John O'Neill
Set Design - Holly Beck
Master Carpenter - Les Elkins
Lighting Design - Harold Burgess
Costume Design - Helen Hester-Ossa
Costumers - Gaye Freese, Lisa Freese, Leta Hall, Alanna Ossa, Eugene Ossa, Helen Hester-Ossa, Mollie Toms
Technical Director (Rockville Civic Center) - Kim Haug
Technical Crew - Tony Dwyer, Antwain Sturgis
Orchestra Manager - Amanda Laudwein
Rehearsal Pianists - Jenny Bland, Michael Tyson
Make-up - The Cast
Tickets and Box Office - Merle Haber
Program - Leta Hall
Publicity - Ira Haber, Pamela Hodges
Set Construction/Painting - Les Elkins, Gaye Freese, Lisa Freese, Kerry Freese, Larry Garvin, Mitch Gillett, Leta Hall, Jim Hummel, Lyle & Donna Jaffe, David Kaysen, Torn Lane, Todd & Katie Long, Steven Mager, Gina Nowaki, Bill Rippey, Mollie Toms
Properties - The Cast
Videotaping - Falls Church Cable Television
Photography - Joel Hoffman
House Management - P. Barry Grinnell, Ira Haber
Refreshments -The Wooden Shoe Pastry Shoppe
Costume Storage - Donna & Lyle Jaffe
Set Storage - Maureen Roult, City of Gaithersburg, Rockville Civic Center

VLOC would like to extend its sincere thanks to:
Christ Congregational Church, Mitch Gillett, Grace Episcopal Church, Hughes United Methodist Church, Bruce I. Miller,
People's Congregational Church, Rockville Band, Rockville Musical Theater, Sudbury Savoyards, WETA, and WGMS for their efforts on its behalf.

Note

VLOC is proud to bring you the D.C. area premiere of "When jealous torments rack my soul," Wilfred Shadbolt's song in Act I. This song was written by Gilbert and Sullivan, but was cut just before opening night and was not printed in any of the vocal scores. It survived in the autograph and in a copyist's score in the New York Public Library, from which the music we are using derives. We hope you enjoy its delayed appearance.