Spring 2025: Princess Ida
Performances
May 9, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
May 10, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
May 11, 2025, 2 p.m.
May 16, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
May 17, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
May 18, 2025, 2 p.m.
All performances held at Downtown United Presbyterian Church (DPC).
Synopsis
Prince Hilarion has been waiting for this day for twenty years. He is about to meet the girl he was betrothed to as a baby. Unfortunately, this girl, Princess Ida, has decided that she does not want to honor the commitment and instead has gone off and started a women's college. In an attempt to woo her, Hilarion and his friends Cyril and Florian decide to dress up as maidens in order to sneak into the women's compound. Once the 'maidens' are in the compound, various girls attending the college discover the 'maidens' secret. These girls attempt to keep their knowledge secret, but eventually, Princess Ida discovers the intruders. After it looks like violence is sure to erupt, in the original version Ida finally relinquishes her position and agrees to marry Hilarion. In our 2025 suffragist version, the ending is going to be a little different...
Director: Wayne Vander Byl
Music Director: Emily Mills
Producers: David Raymond, Tae Smith
Cast
- Princess Ida, Gama's daughter
- Holly Thérèse Corcoran
- Lady Blanche, Professor of Abstract Science
- Carla Cogliandro
- Lady Psyche, Professor of Humanities
- Rachel Lockhart
- Melissa, Lady Blanche's daughter
- Sarah Scarpulla
- Sacharissa, a student at Castle Adamant
- Morena Heyden
- Chloe, a student at Castle Adamant
- Regan Welkey
- Ada, a student at Castle Adamant
- Tae Smith
- Hilarion, Hildebrand's son
- Ron Herman
- King Hildebrand
- Bill Hammond
- Florian, Hilarion's friend
- Sean Maher
- Cyril, Hilarion's friend
- Jeffery Snarr
- King Gama
- Albert Young Jr.
- Arac, Gama's son
- Edward Medina-Torres
- Guron, Gama's son
- Steven Howe
- Scynthius, Gama's son
- David Raymond
Chorus
Terry Benedict, Tristan Berlet, Billy Fox, Marshall Kelley, Tamara Kelley, Amanda Lobaugh, Aaryn Miller, Patti Anne Montrois, Charles Palella, Laurel Schneiderman, Martin Schneiderman, Leslie Seltzer
Orchestra
- Clarinet 1
- Marianthi Stakos
- Clarinet 2
- Suzanne Bell
- Flute
- Debbie Deane, Karen Seidel
- Horn
- Mary Ann Conley
- Oboe
- Susan Kieren
- Piano
- Emily Mills
- Trumpet, Horn 2
- Michele Farnung
Crew
- Stage Manager
- Julie Kittel-Moseley
- Costume Manager
- Anne Vander Byl
- Costume Construction
- Suzanne Bell, Maryanne Lettis
- Dramaturge
- David Raymond