The Great Gilbert and Sullivan Sing-Off
We're sorry you missed "The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off,” last summer's fundraiser for Lyric Theatre.
However ...
The sequel, "The Judge Strikes Back: The Next Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off,” comes to the Saratoga Civic Theater this August.
DON'T MISS IT!
The plot: Three fictional theater companies competed in a Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, performing musical numbers drawn from throughout the Gilbert & Sullivan canon. One company was very traditional in their presentations, while another company was very non-traditional, indulging in things like gender-swapped characters, updated lyrics, and modern references. The third company was unlucky; somehow or other, everything they tried to do went wrong in some way: the lead forgot the lyrics, or the supertitles operator went rogue, or the choreography turned into a train wreck. Tension built between the three companies throughout the show until the final winner was chosen through an uproarious audience vote.
We're delighted to report that the show was a sell-out and garnered rave reviews!
"The whole show was performed with enormous joy and vigor,
and the audience was enraptured." -- blog by David Bratman
Story by Doreen Finkelstein
Script and new lyrics by
Doreen Finkelstein,
Cordelia Willis, and
Ronan Beltracchi
August 9 at 2:00 and 7:30PM;
August 10 at 2:00PM
at the Saratoga Civic Theater
13777 Fruitvale Ave,
Saratoga, CA 95070
Producer: Kim Van Tran
Stage Director: Doreen Finkelstein
Music Director: Jeff Yaeger
Vocal Director & Music Coordinator: Paul Zawilski
Choreographer: Katelin Foley
Costumes: Kathleen O'Brien and Eileen Stein
Stage Manager: Sarah Terman
Assistant Stage Manager:
Natalie Kenyon
Props: Shirley Benson
Lighting: Ed Hunter
Projections: Don Nguyen
Supertitles: Larry Byler, Alex Kou, and Kay Parkin
Production Manager: Steve Austin
Box Office Manager: Chris Frye
Marketing: Dennis Gaushell
ORCHESTRA
- Violin: Ann Byler, Silin Chen, Alan Cooper, Rosemarie Eurgubian, Jill Miller, May Yoneyama, Yvonne Zhang
- Viola: Goetz Leonardt, Claire Wilson
- Cello: Karmen Peng
- Bass: Clark Cox
- Flute: Alison Sciobor, Eileen Wickemeyer
- Clarinet: Bob Yaeger, Sue Biskeborn
- Oboe: Joel Greene
- Bassoon: Matt Volkar
- Trumpet: Guy Clark, Laura Shea-Clark
- Horn: Brian Anderson, Tim Dowd
- Trombone: Saranya Sethuraman
- Percussion: Griffin Levine
REHEARSAL PIANISTS:
- Angela Cheng, Bruce Herman, Peter Spicer, Paul Zawilski