The Gordon College Departments of Music & Theatre Arts present Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado or...

The Gordon College Departments of Music & Theatre Arts

present

Gilbert & Sullivan’s

The Mikadoor

“The Town of Titipu”Jeffrey S. Miller, director

Michael Monroe, music director

Title About Story Cast Orchestra Production

You can also view credits at: www.gordon.edu/mikado

The Lord High Executioner requeststhat you silence your cellphones…OR

You’ll be put on his list!



“Is this a time for airy persiflage?” Ko-Ko urgently exclaims late in Act II. The real world is such a long way from the quaint and quirky town of Titipu, do we have the luxury of making this journey today?

Few writers give us such clever (and silly) lyrics or soaring melodies, few projects demand the best creative efforts of such a committed and gifted team of singers, actors, dancers, musicians, artists, designers and technicians and even fewer are the opportunities we have to stop, relax and revel in the simple beauty of song and story.

“Is this a time for airy persiflage?”

Yes. For a few delightful hours, it might be just the respite we need to prepare and refresh us to go back and do what needs doing way beyond Titipu! Jeffrey S. Miller



W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan formed one of the most famous and successful of all creative partnerships. Though each aspired to great things in his own field, it is as GILBERT & SULLIVAN that they are remembered so well; their fourteen comic operas (including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado) have never fallen out of favor and helped establish the rich musical theater tradition of the 20th century that followed.



Premiered in 1885, The Mikado is set in an imperial Japan that reveals the European colonial fascination with the Far East; but the exotic setting is really just a background for a satirical look at the absurdities of British society, especially the inefficiencies and social inequities that are the inevitable product of a land overrun by ridiculous laws and mystifying bureaucratic processes.



The story hinges on Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, who doesn’t want to marry the terrifying Katisha to whom he’s been promised by his father, a ruler more interested in the amusing peculiarities of the law than in their horrifying consequences.

Nanki-Poo, who’s fled his father’s court and disguised himself as a wandering minstrel, is really in love with Yum-Yum, a young woman who’s obligated to marry her guardian, Ko-Ko. Though absurdly unqualified, Ko-Ko holds the post of Lord High Executioner, which puts a variety of people (including himself) in comically awkward positions.



THE MIKADO, Emperor of Japan

NANKI-POO, the Mikado’s son

KO-KO, Lord High Executioner

YUM-YUM, ward of Ko-Ko

KATISHA, an elderly lady

POOH-BAH, a noble lord

PISH-TUSH, a noble lord

PITTI-SING, Yum-Yum’s sister

PEEP-BO, Yum-Yum’s sister

Ben Tuck

John Cunningham

Ryan Coil

Christiana McMullen

Mary Speta

Daniel Alvarado

Jonmichael Tarleton

Emily DenBleyker

Jennifer Bobzin


(both in love with Yum-Yum)

(both in love with Nanki-Poo)


NOBLES AND GUARDS

David Alvarado, Dan Barbre, Colin Bradley, Drew Cleveland, Joel

Estes, Michael Gaudio, Devereux Geiger, Alec Jones, Joshua

Kaplan, Will Martin, Jacob Padilla, Jonathan Rowe, Nate Stowe

SCHOOL-GIRLS

Xiomara Diaz, Chloe Eaton, Dominique Gobeil, Cristin Gordon,

Sarah Hand, Mary Jacobs, Joanna Martell, Hannah Pentico, Avery

Peterman, Hannah Scaer, Jennie Segal, Megan Sideropolous,

Sarah Stacey, Brianna Stine, Rachel Stigers, Ginny Walker, Marie

Ware, Hilary Webster

RIBBON-DANCERS

Cristin Gordon, Megan Sideropolous

GO-TO, a nobleman

KITTYSHA, assistant to Katisha

Alessio Tranchell

Marie Ware



Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Bass

Sarah Skinner*Sophia PellegrinoRachel BurkeJeannie WoohStephanie MashSuzie HagerVictoria AllisonHyoBeen ShinChristine AllisonMatthew GeorgesKate Harris*Jeff BianchineJonathan WaldronAmy Belhumeur

FluteFlute/PiccoloOboeClarinet

BassoonHorn

Trumpet

Trombone

Percussion

Nicholas SouthwickEmily BartzDanielle KunisMarissa SmithJuliann BoothKevin SchaeferHannah FitzgeraldBrianna MoonanKari FillianWillens Jean-JulesMadeleine BernerKevin NeilGordon Williams*

*denotes guest artist




Director Jeffrey S. Miller

Music Director Michael Monroe

Production Manager Matthew Schwabauer

Stage Manager Kari-Lyn Mayne

Assistant Stage Manager Hannah Logan

Set Designer Carissa Gerber

Costume Designer Christine Alger

Lighting Designer Eric Cade

Assistant Costume Designer Ellie Dixon

Costume Manager Hannah Pentico

Makeup Designer Dominique Gobeil

Publicity/Box Office Greg Lowther



Props Master Molly Sidell

Sound Board Operators Linnet Walker

Amanda Marte-Cruz

Light Board Operator B. David Chamberlain

Spotlight Operators Isabella Isaac

Annika Schultz

Backstage Crew Hannah Logan

Karli Swanson

Carpentry David Alvarado

Luke Miller

Jonathan Nitschke

Jessica Richmond

Hilary Webster



Special Thanks to:

Christine Labbe (headshots)

Pyeongjae Lee (videography & photography)

Jesse Torres (winter housing)

Chris Imming

Physical Plant

Grace Ulrich

Megan Sideropolous

Sarah Hand

Peter Morse


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