PATIENCE
Director: Milly Gonzalez • Music Director: Paul Geidel
Concerts March 26 - June 4, 2017 • Performances May 13 - June 2, 2017
All of the maidens in the village are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet, but he has eyes only for the simple milkmaid, Patience. The problem? Bunthorne’s artistic ways are all just an act to attract women to him--he doesn’t even like poetry! Besides, Patience is in love with her childhood sweetheart, who happens to be a real poet named Archibald Grosvenor, but feels she cannot marry him because he is just too perfect. In the meantime, the serious (and decidedly non-poetic) platoon of Heavy Dragoon Guards that were meant to marry the village maidens find themselves dismayed and perplexed by their sudden loss of prospects. One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most successful shows, Patience is a rollicking satire that pits the straight-laced ideals of the Victorian era against the passions and indulgences of the 1870s Aesthetic Movement, ridiculing each side of the spectrum.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
CONCERTS
Sunday, March 26 at 2pm - Finkelstein Library
Sunday, April 9 at 2pm - New City Library
Sunday, April 30 at 2pm - Suffern Library
Thursday, May 4 at 8pm - Five Star Premier Residences of Teaneck
Sunday, June 4 at 2pm - Mahwah Library
FULL PERFORMANCES
Saturday, May 13 at 3pm - Heritage Village
Saturday, May 20 at 7:30pm - Ridgewood United Methodist Church
Sunday, May 21 at 3pm - Ridgewood United Methodist Church
Friday, June 2 at 7:30pm - Fair Lawn Community Center
PATIENCE CAST LIST
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Colonel Calverley (an Officer of Dragoon Guards) ...................................................................................................... John B. Holmboe (May 20 & June 2)
Peter O’Malley (May 13 & 21)
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Major Murgatroyd (an Officer of Dragoon Guards) ....................................................................................................... Tim Domini (May 13, 20, & June 2)
Joe Rothstein (May 21)
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Lieut. The Duke Of Dunstable (an Officer of Dragoon Guards) ..................................................................................................................... Joseph Mayon
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Reginald Bunthorne (a Fleshly Poet) .......................................................................................................................................................... David P. Claypoole
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Archibald Grosvenor (an Idyllic Poet) .................................................................................................................................................... Jonathan Fox Powers
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Mr. Bunthorne’s Solicitor .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Mike Wiley
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Drummer ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... Catherine Wiley
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The Lady Angela (a Rapturous Maiden) ................................................................................................................................ Randi Kestin (May 20 & June 2)
Eileen Karlson (May 13 & 21)
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The Lady Saphir (a Rapturous Maiden) .............................................................................................................................................................. Veronica Shea
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The Lady Ella (a Rapturous Maiden) ..................................................................................................................................................................... Grace Brizek
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The Lady Jane (a Rapturous Maiden) .................................................................................................................................................................. Eileen Mager
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Patience (a Dairy Maid) ...................................................................................................................................................... Christine Nevill (May 20 & June 2)
Katie Carey (May 13 & 21)
Rapturous Maidens ............................................................................................................. Joan Barker, Carol Ciancia, Rhonda Cooperstein, Barbara Domini,
Eileen Karlson, Randi Kestin, Jennifer Low, Kathleen Meagher, Judith Weis
Dragoon Guards ............................................................................. Larry Bogert, Bob Bromberg, Tim Domini, John B. Holmboe, Peter O’Malley, John Ryle
Rehearsal Accompanist ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Laura Ravotti
MAPS TO PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS
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