Spring 1990: Patience
Synopsis
Patience satirizes the "aesthetic craze" of the 1870's and '80s, when the output of poets, composers, painters and designers of all kinds was indeed prolific — but, some argued, empty and self-indulgent. This artistic movement was so popular, and also so easy to ridicule as a meaningless fad, that it made Patience a big hit. The topical nature of the story may make Patience somewhat less accessible to some modern audiences, and G&S fans tend to have strong feelings one way or the other about Patience.
All the well-born young ladies in the village, rapturously caught up in aestheticism, are in love with two contrasting aesthetic poets — a "fleshy" poet and an "idyllic" poet. But the poets are both in love with Patience, the simple village milkmaid, who cares nothing for poetry. Patience learns that true love must be completely unselfish--it must wither and sting and burn! The girls' military suitors don't see the point to aesthetics, but they decide to give it a try to win the women's hearts. It is touch and go for awhile, but everyone ends up with a suitable partner, even if it is only a tulip or lily.
Director: Gordon Bastian
Music Director: John Gabriele
Producer: Julia Ferreira
Cast
- The Lady Angela
- Holly Cull
- The Lady Saphir
- Carolyn Cook
- The Lady Ella
- Marcy Long
- The Lady Jane
- Barbara A. Dick
- Patience, A Dairy Maid
- Nancy Terepka
- Colonel Calverley
- Bill Hammond
- Major Murgatroyd
- Jimmie B Lobaugh
- The Duke of Dunstable
- David Raymond
- The Duke of Dunstable
- Brad Gundlach
- Reginald Bunthorne, A Fleshly Poet
- Byron Wilmot
- Archibald Grosvenor, An Idyllic Poet
- Ted Benedict
- Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor
- Rick LaDue
Chorus
Terry Benedict, Beth Bennett, Fran Carlisi-Paxson, Don Cavanagh, Christine Dettman, Peter Dunbar, John A. Ejaife, Alan Evans, Julia Ferreira, Brad Gundlach, Debi Hirsch, Mary Carol Maloney, Molly Moore, David Schafer, Bob Weeks
Crew
- House Managers
- Mary Lynne Conti, Anne Virgil, Peter L. Zavon, Mary Zwierzynski-Slack
- Set Designers
- Bodie McCaffrey, Brian Smith
- Costume Manager
- Brian Smith
- Lighting Designers
- David Smith, Buck Stein, Scot Zaffora-Reeder
- Photography
- Carolyn Cook