The Judge Strikes Back:
The Next Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off
An original topsy-turvy G&S show
based on last summer's hit
August 8 at 7:30PM;
August 9,15, and 16 at 2:00PM
at the Saratoga Civic Theater
13777 Fruitvale Ave,
Saratoga, CA 95070
Three theater companies compete in a Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, but there’s a problem: the judge thought this was an opera competition, and she doesn’t like Gilbert & Sullivan! The companies band together to show that their performances are worthwhile, no matter whether they are G&S purists, topsy-turvy non-traditionalists, or the unlucky group that disaster befalls every time. Then the judge decides to try to prove that G&S singers are inferior ... !
Come help us celebrate the works of Gilbert & Sullivan and the joy of community theater – of any type – with both love and humor, entertaining those new to G&S and those who know every song by heart!
Story by: Doreen Finkelstein
Written by: Doreen Finkelstein and Cordelia Willis
Based on “The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off” by Doreen Finkelstein, Cordelia Willis, and Ronan Beltracchi
CAST
Dee Baily, Ronan Beltracchi, Miriam Blatt, Selina Chih, Ken Cioffi, Jacob Finkelstein, Elinor Gates, Beverly Hansberry, Logan Jenkins, Lydia Kivrak,
Lucas Leary, Andy Leary, Maria Leonetti, Shelly McCarthy, Bob McIntosh,
Eric Mellum, Leslie Oesterich, Carol Ann Parker, Yahya Rouhani, Tom Saunders, Jessica Shannon, David Simon, Linda Solis, Miles Spielberg, Diane Squires,
Gloria Stanley, Kim Van Tran, and Cordelia Willis
ORCHESTRA
Brian Anderson, Sean Aodha, Judy Beck, Ann Byler, Silin Chen, Guy Clark, Alan Cooper, Tim Dowd, Rosemarie Eurgubian, Joel Greene, Linda Jansen, Christina Kolotouros, Ann Marotta, Jill Miller, Karmen Peng, Alison Sciobor, Jordan Selbuirn, Laura Shea-Clark, Julianne Stafford, Liz Tan, Matt Volkar, Claire Wilson, Bob Yaeger, Jeff Yaeger, May Yoneyama, and Yvonne Zhang
REHEARSAL PIANISTS: Bruce Herman, Brian Kemper, and Paul Zawilski
STAFF
Director: Doreen Finkelstein
Music Director: Mike Halloran
Choreographer: Cordelia Willis
Conductor: Paul Zawilski
Producer: Dan Zulevic
Production Manager: Steve Austin
Projections Designer: Don Nguyen
Lighting Designer: Helyx Belew
Sound Designer: Alan Chang
Supertitles & Videography: Larry Byler
Costumes: Kathleen O'Brien
Props Designer & Master: Stef Contreras
Stage Manager: Samantha Schroeter
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