Spring 2010: 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: David Raymond
Assistant Director: Byron Wilmot
Music Director: Susanna Adams
Assistant Music Director: Charles Palella
Producers: Suzanne Bell, Amanda Lobaugh, Greg Wright
Cast
- The Lady Angela
- Lory Love Restivo
- The Lady Ella
- Tania Beghini
- The Lady Saphir
- Helen Moore
- The Lady Jane
- Barbara A. Dick
- Patience, A Dairy Maid
- Carla Cogliandro
- The Major
- Albert Young Jr.
- The Colonel
- Bob Gorski
- The Duke of Dunstable
- Andrew DenBleyker
- Reginald Bunthorne, A Fleshly Poet
- Tracy Burdick
- Archibald Grosvenor, An Idyllic Poet
- Bob Osgood
- Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor
- Sarajane Fondiller
- Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor
- Eric Stratton
- Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor
- David Raymond
Chorus
Linda Allen, Chip Attwood, Suzanne Bell, Terry Benedict, Sharon Brugger, Nan Burgess-Whitman, Melisa Claxton, Zarha Dillon-Zuppelli, Laura Ehrlich, Audrone Gecas, Kurt Griffen, Bill Hammond, Don Kelley, Forrest Kelley, Marshall Kelley, Skye Kelley, Tamara Kelley, Jordu Kelly-Sutliff, Becca Kennedy, Melinda Laurin, Zachary Laurin, Victoria Mark, Kathy Moore, Charles Palella, Brad Rivers, Emily Sawdey, Paul Scheib, Laurel Schneiderman, Anne Vander Byl, Wayne Vander Byl, Bob Weeks, Greg Wright, Kathryn Wright
Orchestra
- Bass
- Paul Towsley
- Cello
- Michael Adams
- Clarinet
- Stephen Lurie, Heather Paradis
- English Horn
- Kathleen Holt, Kathleen Suher
- Flute
- Donna Mero
- Horn
- Alison Currie, Erin Noble
- Oboe
- Kathleen Holt, Kathleen Suher
- Percussion
- Eriks Zurovskis
Crew
- Props
- Zarha Dillon-Zuppelli, Zachary Laurin
- Set Designers
- Lynette Blake, Kelly Flegel, Emily Sawdey
- Lighting Designer
- Chris Nimmick