Trial by Jury and Six Characters in Search of Gilbert & Sullivan
Schedule
Fri Sep 23 2022 at 07:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Location
1400 Oakton St, Evanston, IL 60202-2721, United States | Evanston, IL
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The Savoyaires present a delightful double bill of Gilbert & Sullivan one-acts: "Trial by Jury" and the world premiere of "Six Characters in Search of Gilbert & Sullivan" "Trial by Jury" was Gilbert & Sullivan's only one-act, written early in the famed team's career, and is a marvelously constructed send-up of law, grand opera, and human hypocrisy.
The cast includes: Sally Olson, Loucine Topouzian, Aaron Hunt, Jay Morrissey, Bill Chamberlain, Dave Leigh, Tom Campbell, Katarina Bakas, and Karyn Doerfler, with Eugenia Bouboudakis, Paul Canchester, Beth Dempsey, Noah Friedlander, Paul Glick, Lane Halverson, Soren Hurley, Francis Lynch, Jonathan Rivera, Kasey Sliwinski, SarahAnn Sutter, Margot Taylor, Alan Teller, Howard Underwood, and Alesia Wall.
The titular "Six Characters in Search of Gilbert & Sullivan" (by Kingsley Day) are the six regular D'Oyly Carte performers who created the most G&S lead roles for their respective vocal tracks: soprano Leonora Braham (Susan Nelson), mezzo Jessie Bond (Sahara Glasener-Boles), contralto Rosina Brandram (SarahAnn Sutter), tenor Durward Lely (Jay Morrissey), lyric baritone Rutland Barrington (David Roger), and comic baritone George Grossmith (Aaron Hunt). The wisp of a story is set in 1889 during the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's original run of "The Yeomen of the Guard" (which was, significantly, the Savoyaire's final show before the COVID-19 pandemic), just as Gilbert (Kingsley Day) & Sullivan (Bill Chamberlain) were embarking on writing "The Gondoliers." This one-act contains 25 of the greatest solos, duets, trios, quartets, and ensembles from all the G&S shows beginning with "The Sorcerer" through to "The Gondoliers."
Stage Director: Kingsley Day
Music Director: Timothy Semanik
Choreographer: Nicole Holahan
Producer: Laima Day
Performances will be held at the Chute School Auditorium: 1400 Oakton St, Evanston, IL on:
- Friday, September 23 at 7:30 pm
- Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 pm
- Sunday, September 25 at 3:00 pm
- Friday, September 30 at 7:30 pm
- Saturday, October 1 at 7:30 pm
- Sunday, October 2 at 3:00 pm
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