RUDDIGORE
Director: Veronica Shea • Music Director: Erin Kennedy
Concerts October 22 - November 18, 2023 • Performances November 10-12, 2023
A satirical take on the Victorian Melodrama genre, Ruddigore’s zany plot has it all--ghosts, witches, curses, disguises, and even a wicked villain who tries to make off with the fair maiden. All of the Baronets of the locale of Ruddigore are under a terrible curse enacted by a witch long ago--each of the successive Baronets must commit some kind of a crime every single day, or else they will die in terrible agony. Robin Oakapple has been living as a farmer for years, working up the courage to ask the beautiful village maiden Rose Maybud for her hand, but he is hiding a secret--he is actually Sir Ruthven, the Baronet of Ruddigore, and has been hiding in disguise while his younger brother Despard assumed the title--and the curse. Betrayed by his foster-brother Richard, Robin is discovered and must take on the responsibility of committing a crime every day in order to appease the curse--and the ghosts of all his ancestors past, who are none too happy with his attempt to shirk his title. Robin must somehow find a way to lead the honest life he loves--but how?
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
CONCERTS
Sunday, October 22 at 2pm - Finkelstein Library
Sunday, October 29 at 2pm - Mahwah Library
Sunday, November 5 at 2pm - Suffern Library
Saturday, November 18 at 7:30pm - G&S Society of NY
FULL PERFORMANCES
Friday, November 10 at 7:30pm - Fair Lawn Community Center
Saturday, November 11 at 2pm - Fair Lawn Community Center
Saturday, November 11 at 7:30pm - Fair Lawn Community Center
Sunday, November 12 at 3pm - Fair Lawn Community Center
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RUDDIGORE CAST LIST
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Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, Disguised as Robin Oakapple, a Young Farmer ....................................................... Dan Drew (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Christopher Silsby (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Richard Dauntless, His Foster-Brother ............................................................................................................... Matt Bader (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Chazmond J. Peacock (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Sir Despard Murgatroyd, A Wicked Baronet ................................................................................................. Frank Skokan (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Andres Perez (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Old Adam Goodheart, Robin's Faithful Servant ......................................................................................... Steven Switzer (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Wolf Elkan (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Sir Roderic Murgatroyd, The Twenty-first Baronet ................................................................................. John B. Holmboe (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Robert Prowse (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Rose Maybud, A Village Maiden ............................................................................................................ Natasha Scheuble (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Nicole Eve Goldstein (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Mad Margaret .................................................................................................................................................. Eileen Mager (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Lauren Cupples (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Dame Hannah, Rose's Aunt .................................................................................................................... Sophia Mortensen (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Hannah Gruendemann (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Zorah, Professional Bridesmaid ................................................................................................................. Emily DeMarzio (November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm)
Meredith Gleason (November 11 at 2pm & 12 at 3pm)
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Ruth, Professional Bridesmaid ..................................................................................................................................................................... Jasmine Jourdain
Chorus of Bridemaids, Bucks and Blades, and Ancestors ................................................... Rakesh Babu, Jeanette Becker, Tim Domini, Jennifer A. Low,
Zachary Morehouse, Maria Rella, Lou Ann Salkin, Tim Schwartz, and Veronica Shea
PERFORMER HEADSHOTS & BIOS
Erin Kennedy
Music Director/Conductor
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Veronica Shea
Director
Chorus
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