Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience 2017 - Lamplighters Music Theatre

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April 22 at 8pm, April 23 at 2pm Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

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May 4 at 8pm Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek Tickets: 925-943-7469 • lesherartscenter.org

May 14 at 3pm Menlo-Atherton Center for Performing Arts Tickets: 415-227-4797 • brownpapertickets.com

The fascinating story of the artistic collaboration of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan as told in their own words through their letters and diaries, with musical highlights from all 13 of their comic operas. Conceived, written and directed by Artistic Director Emeritus, Barbara Heroux, this Lamplighters Original will feature a salon orchestra conducted by Baker Peeples, and a cast of familiar and well-loved Lamplighter performers. Longtime fans will learn something new, and it’s a great way to introduce new friends to the world of Gilbert & Sullivan.

Our 2017-18 Season...

Summer 2017

Winter 2018

Lyrics: William S. Gilbert Music: Arthur Sullivan Stage Director: Barbara Heroux Music Director/Conductor: David Möschler

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theatre San Francisco February 3-5, 2017 Lesher Center for the Arts Walnut Creek February 10-12, 2017 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts February 18-19, 2017

15 October, 2017 Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

Spring 2018

Cast

COLONEL CALVERLEY ..................................................................................... Charles Martin / William Neely MAJOR MURGATROYD ....................................................................................................................... Ben Porter LIEUT. THE DUKE OF DUNSTABLE ............................................................ Rob Cadwallader* / Taylor Rawley* REGINALD BUNTHORNE (A Fleshly Poet) ....................................................... F. Lawrence Ewing / Chris Uzelac ARCHIBALD GROSVENOR (An Idyllic Poet) ........................................................ Jacob Botha* / Samuel Faustine MR. BUNTHORNE’S SOLICITOR .......................................................................................... Nicholas Dahlman THE LADY ANGELA ...................................................................................... Molly Mahoney / Cary Ann Rosko THE LADY SAPHIR ........................................................................................ Autumn Allee† / Michele Schroeder THE LADY ELLA ............................................................................................... Katherine Feller† / Lacey Harms* THE LADY JANE ..................................................................................................... Sonia Gariaeff / Anne Hubble PATIENCE (A Dairy Maid) ...................................................................................... Ellen Leslie / Jennifer Mitchell

Chorus of Rapturous Maidens and Officers of the Dragoon Guards Joey Alvarado*, Ariel Andrew*, Magnus Asbo, Kristin Avila, Amanda Renee Baines, Jeffrey Beaudoin, Tim Bessie, Tricia Callero*, Nicholas Dahlman, Peter de Vries, Christopher Focht, Gabrielle Haigh*, Haley Hoffdahl, Paul Hogarth, Jennifer Kiernan, Camille Lake, Charles Monson*, Hana Packard*, Liz Pasha, Richard Pryor, J.C. Quimpo*, Alan C. Roberts, Kathy Rosner-Galitz, Andrew Serrano, Rachel Spund*†, Kristen Tansey, Francis Upton V.

* Lamplighters debut † Gilbert & Sullivan Scenes Program Graduates

The Lamplighters Orchestra

Violin I: Pamela Carey (Concertmaster), Lynn Oakley, Josepha Fath, Baker S. Peeples; Violin II: Laurien Jones, Gregory Sykes; Viola: David Bowes, Kathryn Juneau; Cello: Poppea Dorsam; Bass: Carl Stanley; Flute: Lucy Schoening; Flute/piccolo: Mary Hargrove; Oboe: Kathleen Conner; Clarinet: Diana Dorman (Contractor), Michael Wirgler; Bassoon: Kathleen Johannessen; French Horn: Keith Bucher, Alison Sawyer; Cornet: William Harvey; Trombone: Kurt Patzner; Percussion: Norman Peck

Production & Technical Staff

Stage Director: Barbara Heroux; Music Director/Conductor: David Möschler; Scenic Design: Peter Crompton; Original Costume Design: Melissa Wortman; Costumer: Miriam Lewis; Production Manager: Nicolas Aliaga; Lighting Design: Ellen Brooks; Wig & Hair Design: Kerry Rider-Kuhn; Makeup Design: David Kirby; Stage Manager: Elisabeth Reeves; Props Manager: Frances Silcox; Costume Project Manager: Judith Dara Epstein; Cutter/Draper: Hannah Velichko; Costume Crew: Willa Anderson, George Ashworth, Jim Bull, Eva Carrejo, Amy Chiu, Jan Crago, Summer DeMello, Lee Friedman, Denise Gutierrez, Judy Jackson, Ellen Kerrigan, Claudia Landivar, Jackie Pedota, Kathy Rosner-Galitz, Audrey Shebalin; Dance Captains: Kristin Avila, Nicholas Dahlman; Costume Intern: Dany Felten; Dialect Coach: Lynne Soffer; Assistant Lighting Designer: Brittany Mellerson; Supertitles Manager: Joe Giammarco; Supertitles Operators: Nancy Benson, Judith Dara Epstein, Sarah Vardigans; Graphic Design: Tim Dunn, Dunn@Dunn Graphic Design, Joanne Kay; Photography: David Allen; Publicity/Media Contacts: Joanne Kay, Sarah Vardigans.

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If you want to know who we are...

The mission of Lamplighters Music Theatre is to share our enthusiasm and love for the works of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan through productions of their comic operas and of other works of comparable wit, literacy and musical merit. Our company strives to enrich the lives of current and future theatre-goers with productions of the highest artistic quality, and to offer performance opportunities in the unique style of classic music theatre to established and emerging artists alike. Through youth training, programs in schools and community outreach, the Lamplighters aspire to develop young talent and encourage people of all ages to explore the comic appeal and deep musical rewards of this repertoire.

Board of Trustees

James MacIlvaine, President; F. Lawrence Ewing, Vice President; Richard Drossler, Treasurer; Keith Doerge, Secretary; John J. Vlahos, President Emeritus; Mark Fuller, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Anson B. Moran, Laura Oliphant, Baker Peeples, Christopher M. Sunseri, Trustees; Chris Uzelac: Company Representative.

Honorary Trustees

Ann Pool Mac Nab, Orva Hoskinson, Co-Founders; J. Geoffrey Colton, Gini Stephens Frings, Jill R. Thompson, David Barry Whitehead.

In Memoriam: Spencer S. Beman, Dr. Ronald Cape, Jerry D. Gere, Read Gilmore, John Martin Kahl, Dr. Richard E. LeBlond, Adrian McNamara, Gilbert P. Russak, June Wilkins Searcy, Daniel E. Stone, Bernard E. Witkin.

Rick Williams, Artistic Director; Baker Peeples, Resident Music Director Barbara Heroux, Artistic Director Emeritus

Staff

Sarah Vardigans, Managing Director; Amy Himes, Development Director; Joanne Kay, Operations Manager; Melissa Wortman, Costume Shop Manager; Phil Lowery, Production Coordinator; Ellen Kerrigan, Education Director; Diana Dorman, Music Librarian; Kissa Mercado, Development Assistant Our administrative offices are located at 469 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-227-4797 ❧ Fax: 415-896-2844 ❧ info@lamplighters.org ❧ www.lamplighters.org facebook.com/Lamplighters ❧ pinterest.com/Lamplighters ❧ twitter.com/LamplightersMT

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Musical Numbers Overture .............................................................................................................................. The Lamplighters Orchestra

Act I Twenty love-sick maidens we ....................................................................................... Maidens, Angela and Ella I cannot tell what this love may be ..................................................................................... Patience and Maidens The soldiers of our Queen / If you want a receipt for that popular mystery ........................ Colonel and Dragoons In a doleful train ................................................................................................................................... Ensemble When I first put this uniform on ....................................................................................... Colonel and Dragoons Am I alone, and unobserved? .............................................................................................................. Bunthorne Long years ago, fourteen maybe ............................................................................................ Patience and Angela Prithee, pretty maiden ..................................................................................................... Patience and Grosvenor Let the merry cymbals sound ................................................................................................................ Ensemble

Act II Silvered is the raven hair .............................................................................................................................. Jane Turn, oh, turn in this direction .............................................................................................................. Maidens A magnet hung in a hardware shop ................................................................................. Grosvenor and Maidens Love is a plaintive song ........................................................................................................................... Patience So go to him and say to him, with compliment ironical ....................................................... Bunthorne and Jane It’s clear that medieval art alone retains its zest ............................................................. Duke, Colonel and Major If Saphir I choose to marry ................................................................... Duke, Colonel, Major, Angela and Saphir When I go out of door ................................................................................................. Bunthorne and Grosvenor After much debate internal .................................................................................................................. Ensemble

Listening Aid Devices are available - please see the House Manager Special Thanks: Roland Feller Violin Makers; The Singer Family sky drop, in memory of Ken Singer.

The Story

The Grand Dukes

All of the neighborhood maidens are hopelessly in love with the aesthetic ‘fleshly’ poet, Reginald Bunthorne, except for Patience, the unpretentious milkmaid, who is not even slightly interested in poetry. When Bunthorne attempts to woo her, she rejects him and asks the aesthetic maiden Lady Angela to explain what love is – how can the maidens possibly be happy when they cry so much? On discovering that TRUE love must be completely unselfish – and therefore a duty – Patience resolves to do her duty and find someone to love. Reluctantly, she rejects the advances of the ‘idyllic’ poet Grosvenor, her handsome childhood love, because it would be selfish to deprive other women of his attentions. Interrupting Bunthorne in the act of raffling himself off to his lady followers, she dutifully and unselfishly sacrifices herself by telling Bunthorne she will marry him. A delighted Bunthorne accepts and the disappointed ladies begin to return their affections to their former boyfriends, the 35th Dragoon Guards, who have just returned after a year’s absence. All seems resolved until the brokenhearted Grosvenor appears and the maidens, finding him even more aesthetic than Bunthorne, decide to fall passionately in love with him instead – much to the horror of everyone else, including Grosvenor.

Bunthorne is furiously jealous of the adulation Grosvenor receives and, with the aid of the ever-faithful Lady Jane, decides to outwit his opponent. Meanwhile, the three dragoon officers adopt “aesthetic” costume in an attempt to win back the hearts of their former lady loves. Grosvenor, upon being threatened by the jealous Bunthorne, drops his aesthetic behavior and, quite happily, becomes an ordinary young man. Patience finds that, since Grosvenor is no longer perfect, she may now love him without guilt. The maidens, following Grosvenor’s lead, also return to being ordinary and to their dragoon partners. In the end, everyone pairs contentedly with a partner to love, except Bunthorne, who has to be contented with a tulip or a lily.

Director’s Note: “You say sympa-thee, I say sympa-thigh…”

In the second act quintet, there is a repeated rhyme:

“In that case unprecedented, single I shall live and die; I shall have to be contented with their heartfelt sympathy.”

That doesn’t seem to rhyme. Gilbert is meticulous about his rhymes; a lot of his humor derives from his rhymes. Are we supposed to mis-pronounce “sympathy” as “sympa-THIGH” to force the rhyme? But why? It’s repeated over and over and over; it doesn’t appear that it’s supposed to be funny.

Then in the second act finale, Bunthorne sings:

“In that case unprecedented, single I must live and die; I shall have to be contented with a tulip or lily.”

Here, Bunthorne is clearly forcing the rhyme for humorous effect. We went round and round in rehearsing the quintet. Should the soloist say “sympa-THIGH” and the rest of the quintet correct it to “sympa-THEE?” Should it always be “sympa-THEE?” But that doesn’t rhyme, and Gilbert clearly intended this couplet to rhyme. What is he doing here?

Luckily I came across an article in the invaluable G&S Archive (www.gilbertandsullivanarchive.org). David Bamberger was also puzzled and frustrated by this problem, and he did some research. He found at least one other instance in Gilbert’s “Bab Ballads” in which Gilbert rhymed “eye” with “sympathy.” Then, in reading Tennyson, he noticed that Tennyson also rhymed “sympathy” with “die,” in a serious verse where clearly there was no comic intent.

I’ll quote Bamberger directly from here on: “Prompted by this research, P.K. Saha, Professor of Linguistics at Case Western University, was kind enough to delve into the question, and discovered that the word 'sympathy' had come into the English language about the time Shakespeare was born. It was a foreign word taken directly from the Greek word simpathia – pronounced 'simpuh-THIGH-uh'. Over time, the final 'a' was dropped, as usual with weak final vowels in English. ...

“But, as the Tennyson poem proves, the Greek-based pronunciation – sympa-THIGH – survived through the 19th century. The modern pronunciation – SYM-pu-thee – evolved, and both pronunciations existed for a period (just as today we can pronounce 'futile' either 'FYEW-tuhl' or 'FYEW-TILE'). The use of 'sympa-THIGH' may have been viewed as poetic by Victorian times; but it was clearly regarded as both comprehensible and normal.

“At last, Gilbert’s choices in Patience made perfect sense. In the Quintet, we were meant to hear, and to regard as unremarkable:

I shall have to be contented with their heartfelt 'sympa-THIGH.' “There was then real wit in forcing the final rhyme of the operetta:

I shall have to be contented with a tulip or 'li-LIGH.'"

- Barbara Heroux

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1776, all with the Willows Theatre, as well as the 2010 Arty Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama (Dodge in Buried Child, with Bay Area Stage). He has appeared with Shotgun Players, Ross Valley Players, 42nd Street Moon, West Bay Opera, Pocket Opera, Berkeley Contemporary Opera, Peninsula Civic Light Opera, Piedmont Light Opera Theater, Hayward Little Theater, and the Palo Alto Players.

MICHAEL WIRGLER (’79) Clarinet. Michael is a retired music teacher from Oakland Public Schools where he taught for more than 30 years. He is currently conductor of The Golden Gate Park Band and the Alameda Community Band. He joined the Lamplighters as a clarinetist in 1979, and it has been an important part of his life ever since.

MELISSA WORTMAN (’80) Original Costume Design.

Melissa has also designed costumes for ACT, Circus Circus Hotels, KITKA, Abydos Theater, Dance Through Time, Marin Ballet, and numerous private clients. She is resident costume designer for Bracebridge Dinner Theater created by Ansel Adams, and held annually in the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite. Melissa is the recipient of 5 BATCC nominations, 2 BATCC awards, Drama Logue Awards, and one TBA award. Melissa lectured at the Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandising, consulted for the Jarvis Conservatory in Napa, designed the nationally featured PJ for Karen Neuberger’s Pajama Walks for Breast Cancer Cure, and worked in costume construction for Lucasfilm’s Return of the Jedi, Frank Zappa, Oakland Ballet, and others.

Contributors To The Lamplighters The Lamplighters are deeply grateful to our many donors. This list reflects gifts made in the 12 month period ending January 1, 2017. We regret any errors or omissions; please contact us if you have questions or wish to make a change to your listing.

Lamplighters Music Theatre is sponsored in part by generous grants from:

Glossary With thanks to The Gilbert & Sullivan Lexicon by Harry Benford, here’s a little help with some of the more obscure Victorian references you’ll hear in Patience. Mr. Benford’s lexicon is on sale at the Lamplighters store in the lobby along with other fun stuff.

Aceldama: A field of blood or scene of great slaughter.

Early English: The earliest phase of English Gothic Architecture belonging to the 13th century. Also English language and literature between 1250 and 1500.

Pandæan pleasure: Pan, the Greek god of shepherds and their flocks.

Bank-holiday: A civic holiday in Britain.

Elysian Fields: The abode of the souls of the virtuous, in Greek mythology.

Pearly grey: Face powder used to keep the skin pale - a tan was for the peasants.

Calomel: Mercurous chloride, a laxative.

Emetical: Nauseating (or worse).

Chancery Lane: A street occupied by courts and the legal profession. A “Chancery Lane young man” translates as a lawyer’s clerk.

Empyrean: “The highest heaven, or region of pure elemental fire.” Keep in mind that Bunthorne and his admirers are not true aesthetes, but blind followers using the language without really understanding the meaning.

Peripatetics: Wanderings. Also the term given to the philosophy of Aristotle who used to walk about as he taught his followers.

Amaranthine: Unfading.

Asphodel: A plant of the lily family.

Chronos: The Greek word for time.

Colocynth: Plant common in Asia and North Africa whose pulp is used to make a purgative.

Cynosure: Center of devotion.

with additional support from

The Al Garren Fund The Gladstone Family Fund for Artistic Excellence The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation The Bernard Osher Foundation Lost Tree Arts Microsoft

Silicon Valley Bank Foundation Sing For America Foundation

Skoll Foundation Xilinx Community Fund‡

‡Corporate advised funds of Silicon Valley Community Foundation

The Lamplighters receive employer matching gifts from

Apple Matching Gift Program, Chevron Humankind, CSAA Insurance Group, Genentech Matching Gift Program, Google Matching Gift Program, The Hewlett Foundation, IBM, Intuit, Itron, McKesson, and the Millipore Corporation

as well as gifts through AmazonSmile, Benevity, and iGive.

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Daphnephoric: Daphne, a nymph who rejected every lover was pursued by Apollo and was changed into a laurel tree to escape his attentions.

Decalet: A ten-line poem.

Della Cruscan: Affectedly sentimental school of poetry started by Englishmen in Florence in the 18th century, taking its name from the Florentine Accademia della Crusca, an organization founded in 1583 to “purify” the Italian language.

Dragoon Guards: Cavalry soldiers. The term is said to be derived from ‘dragon’ as the soldiers were originally equipped with muskets that “breathed fire like a dragon.”

Paragon: A model of perfection.

Pipkin: A small baked clay pot.

Prithee: Shortening of “pray thee”.

Fleshly: Sensual, carnal, worldly.

Quiddity: Trifling niceties of speech, usually resulting in pompous and boring drivel.

Forsooth: In truth.

Receipt: An old term for recipe.

Francesca di Rimini: An Italian lady of the 13th century who committed adultery with her husband’s brother whose story was immortalised in Dante’s “Inferno”.

Roly-poly pudding: A thin sheet of sponge spread with jam then rolled up and steamed.

Greenery-yallery: Green and yellow were colors much favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites.

Grosvenor Gallery: Gallery where the PreRaphaelites exhibited.

Half-bred black-and-tan: A mongrel dog so coloured.

Hessians: A type of boots worn by troops which were invented in Hesse, Germany.

‘High diddle diddle’: Presumably from the childrens’ nonsense verse “High diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle.”

‘Hops’: Informal dances.

Idyllic: Simple perfection and loveliness.

Jolly utter: A popular bit of semi-meaningless jargon affected by the mindless followers of the aesthetes.

Jullien: Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-60), a French-born eccentric and flamoyant conductor.

Madame Louise: A fashionable Regent Street milliner.

Miminy-piminy: An expression meaning over refined, finicky.

‘Monday Pops’: Popular series of light classical music concerts held in St. James’s Hall.

Sewell & Cross, Howell & James: Highclass drapers and costumiers.

Sodor and Man: A diocese founded in 447, making it one of the oldest in Britain.

Solicitor: A legal advisor.

South Kensington: In the 19th century, an artistic area of London including the School of Design and several museums.

Somerset House: A building erected in 1776 which has housed many Government Departments. A “Somerset House young man” could be a junior Civil Servant.

The Stranger: Tragedy by Benjamin Thompson based on a German tale about a Count who leaves his wife and roams the world.

Swears and Wells: Furriers and costumiers.

Trepan: To cut a circular plug out of someone’s skull, preferably not your own.

Veriest: Most extreme.

The Victory: Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. Still the world’s oldest commissioned warship now at the Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth.

Waterloo House: Regency building near Trafalgar Square which was occupied by another leading drapery firm, Halling, Pearce and Stone.

Meet The Lamplighters NICOLAS ALIAGA (’99) Production Manager. Nicolas is glad to return to the Lamplighters after playing the role of Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance in ‘99. He has worked at Pocket Opera for the last seven years as Production Manager and Stage Director, and was recently named their Associate Artistic Director. He was the Assistant Director for Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Michigan Opera Theatre and has worked as an Assistant Director at San Francisco Opera Center and Opera San Jose. In 2013 he directed Gianni Schicchi for Sacramento Opera. Most recently, he worked as Assistant Director on three productions at San Diego Opera – Madama Butterfly, Cenerentola, and the new Jake Heggie opera, Great Scott.

AUTUMN ALLEE (’08) Saphir. Autumn, soprano, most recently originated the role of Penny Lincoln in the Lamplighters’ 2016 Gala, A Night At The Mint, and performed Pippa in The (New) Mikado. Other roles elsewhere include Musetta in La Bohème, Mary in The King’s Man, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role in Suor Angelica, Edith in The Pirates of Penzance, Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Esmeralda in The Bartered Bride, and Florinda in Into the Woods.

JOEY ALVARADO (Debut) Chorus. Joey, a San Francisco native, is a Senior Business Analyst for a gigantic financial services firm. He caught the musical theatre bug three years ago and has since been blessed with such fun roles as Bobby (Company), Bernardo (West Side Story) and Jacob (La Cage Aux Folles).

ARIEL ANDREW (Debut) Chorus. Ariel has been studying classical voice for four years under the instruction of Jerald Reynolds. She obtained her BA at the University of Tampa and is currently obtaining her MA in Vocal Performance at CSU East Bay. This past summer, Ariel was a part of the International Performing Arts Institute in Kiefersfelden, Germany and performed several roles such as The Third Lady from Die Zauberflöte, Prince Orlofsky from Die Fledermaus, and Katisha from The Mikado.

MAGNUS ASBO (‘12) Chorus. Magnus comes to the Lamplighters from choirs in the North and East Bay, where he sings music with several medieval and classical ensembles. This is his sixth performance of anything as modern as Gilbert and Sullivan.

KRISTIN AVILA (‘14) Dance Captain/Chorus. Kristin has a BA in Theatre from the University of Southern California. Favorite shows include Spamalot, Contra Costa Civic Theatre; On The Town, John Rubinstein, USC. Favorite choreography: Starting Here, Starting Now, The White Barn; Hairspray, Bancroft Musical Theatre. Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Eric, and friends.

AMANDA RENEE BAINES (’12) Chorus. Amanda is thrilled to add Patience to her growing list of Gilbert & Sullivan shows performed. She graduated from San Diego State University with a BM in Professional Studios in 2009.

She thanks her family and friends for their continued support and for always cheering her on.

JEFF BEAUDOIN (‘87) Chorus. Jeff is thrilled to celebrate 30 years with Lamplighters! He has sung in the chorus of all the G&S operas plus The Merry Widow, La Perichole, Where’s Charley? and many Galas. He has also appeared as Yvan (Die Fledermaus), Notary (The Sorcerer), Max (Gala ‘94), Dances With Weasels (Gala ‘96) and as Scynthius in our award-winning Princess Ida in England. Jeff was also seen as Giorgio (The Gondoliers) in NYC, Lane (Importance of Being Earnest) in SF and in Mame in Petaluma.

TIM BESSIE (’15) Chorus. Although he thought singing was ‘for girls’ when he was 13, at 15 Tim nonetheless joined his high school choir, leading to a life-long love of song and singing. Tim has performed in various college and community light opera choruses. In recent years he has sung with the San Francisco Choral Society and the San Francisco Lyric Chorus JACOB BOTHA (Debut) Grosvenor. Jacob is a South African-born baritone from the United Kingdom who now lives in the United States (so generally confused!).

He has worked in theatre in South Africa, Asia, Europe and the UK for the last 16 years and has been fortunate enough to be part of many interesting projects. Favorite roles include Anatoly in Chess, Joe Cable in South Pacific, Lumiere in Beauty And The Beast, Cat in Honk! and Cinderella’s Prince in Into The Woods. Favorite tours include the international tour of Jesus Christ Superstar to Athens and South Korea for The Really Useful Group and Arts Asia Pacific. Jacob made his US debut in June this year in the comedy musical, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change for TheTribe Productions.

DAVID BOWES (’81) Viola. David marked his 35th season with the Lamplighters in 2016, and 20-plus years of happy music-making with stand-partner Katy Juneau! David attended Manhattan School of Music and the SF Conservatory. He became a member of Philharmonia Baroque in 1982 and was with the American Bach Soloists from 1991-2011. David is in training to be a Feldenkrais Practitioner. Dividing his time between San Francisco and Santa Rosa, he and his hubby coddle cats and train tomatoes.

ELLEN BROOKS (’00) Lighting Design. Ellen has over 250 regional credits in lighting design. Her work has been seen at the Marine’s Memorial, the Herbst, Alcazar, and Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, the Dean Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, Livermore Arts Center, Mountain View CPA and Napa Valley Opera House as well as on tour. In 2016 she was nominated for Outstanding Direction of a Musical for her work as Stage Director for our production of The (New) Mikado.

KEITH BUCHER (’77) French Horn. Keith studied at the Northwestern University in Indiana, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and started his musical career in the US Marine Band. From 1978 to 1987 he was a fixture in the pit orchestras for major San Francisco musical theatre productions before returning to South Bend, Indiana for 12 years. He is currently a freelance musician who performs with organizations from the Bay Area to Sacramento.

(Eugene Onegin). Contemporary opera credits include Tobias Picker’s Emmeline (Aunt Hannah), Philip Glass’ Les Enfants Terribles (Dargelos/ Agathe), Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (Reporter), and Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s La Curandera (Dionisia).

KATHY ROSNER-GALITZ (’12) Chorus. Kathy debuted with the Lamplighters in The Sorcerer and is delighted to perform with them again. She was also in Die Fledermaus, Candide, HMS Pinafore, The (New) Mikado and the 2013-2015 Galas.

Last year she won first place in the SF Bay Area NATS Competition, Late Bloomer Category. Previously she sang 8 seasons with Sacramento Opera and other choirs before moving to the Bay Area. When not having great fun with the Lamps, she works in finance.

ALISON SAWYER (’15) French Horn. Alison is a professional horn player, music teacher, and new mother. She has been freelancing on the horn in areas such as Chicago, LA, Minneapolis and the Bay Area since 2003 and has been teaching music for four years with Berkeley Unified School District. Alison is a graduate of the SF Conservatory of Music, and holds a masters degree in horn performance from Northwestern University as well as a masters in teaching music from USC. LUCY SCHOENING (’74) Flute. Lucy was principal flute for the Artea Chamber Orchestra and performed with the San Francisco Symphony, Pocket Opera, San Francisco Chamber Players, Oakland Opera and many chamber music groups.

She teaches fifth grade and is the mother of two sons.

MICHELE SCHROEDER (’09) Saphir. Mezzo-soprano Michele is thrilled to play the role of Lady Saphir in Patience. Performances with the Lamplighters include: Pizzi (The (New) Mikado), Lisa (The Grand Duke), the title role in Iolanthe, Edith (The Pirates of Penzance), Melissa (Princess Ida), Cousin Hebe (HMS Pinafore), Phoebe Meryll (The Yeomen of the Guard), and Paquette (Candide). Michele received her Bachelor of Music at SF State University (2010) where she performed the role of Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte). In 2012 Michele attended BASOTI where she performed La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica), and opera scenes as Dame Quickly (Falstaff), Angelina (La Cenerentola), and Carmen (Carmen).

ANDREW SERRANO (’16) Chorus. Andy has performed with numerous Bay Area theaters including Hillbarn, Los Altos, Curtain Call and Pacifica Spindrift. He holds a Minor in Music from Cal State Northridge. Andy has also shared the stage with the comedy trio Culture Clash, worked with Academy Award nominated director, Lourdes Portillo and completed his fifth season with Her Majesty’s Royal Opera at the Dicken’s Christmas Fair as the Primo- Don- Tenor.

RACHEL SPUND (Debut) Chorus. Rachel is currently a senior at the SF Conservatory of Music where she has participated in productions such as Don Giovanni and L’elisir d’amore. She is thrilled to perform in her first show with the Lamplighters, and hopes to take part in many more in the future.

CARL STANLEY (’73) Bass. Carl performs professionally with orchestras and theater groups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He first played bass with the Lamplighters Orchestra in the mid 1970s. He currently serves as Orchestra Personnel Manager and Education

Coordinator for the Oakland East Bay Symphony. He was an instrumental music teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District for many years.

GREGORY SYKES (’93) Violin II. Gregory holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from UC Berkeley and has studied privately with Mariko Smiley, Charles Meacham and Elizabeth Gibson. He has performed classical music and pops with the Berkeley, Napa, Oakland East Bay, Santa Rosa and Vallejo Symphonies and has played in the pit accompanying musical theater productions for numerous dramatic troupes, most especially the Lamplighters! Thanks for all the memories!

KRISTEN TANSEY (’15) Chorus. Kristen received her Bachelor of Music degree from UC Santa Barbara in 2013. Past shows range from musicals to operas and favorites include Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy), Poppea (Damigella), and Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna).

Kristen made her Lamplighters debut last year in the chorus of Ruddygore and is thrilled to be returning for her second production.

FRANCIS UPTON V. (’15) Chorus. Francis is studying at CSU East Bay and will achieve a BA in Music. He has been in many productions including The Threepenny Opera (Mr. Peachum), Sweeney Todd (Mr. Fogg/ensemble), and Beauty and the Beast (Mon. D’Arque). This is Francis’ seventh show with the Lamplighters and he’s thrilled to be a part of it.

CHRIS UZELAC (‘04) Bunthorne. Lamplighters: Ko-Ko, Grosvenor, Jack Point, Boatswain, Giuseppe, Florian, John Wellington Wells, Samuel, Grand Duke Rudolph, Sir Joseph Porter, Despard. Galas: Harry Patter, Datum, Jekyll/ Hyde, Sherlock, D’arth Vader. Recordings: Princess Ida, The Sorcerer, The Pirates of Penzance, The Grand Duke, HMS Pinafore.

Elsewhere: Cat in the Hat, ‘Seussical’ (Ray of Light), Charley Kringas, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ (Altarena), Charles Guiteau, ‘Assassins’; Anatoly, ‘Chess’ (Custom Made). Chris has helped write eight Galas.

SARAH VARDIGANS (’06) Managing Director. For 27 years Sarah worked as Company and Touring Manager for numerous performing artists from all over the world, including Luciano Pavarotti, Boston Ballet and Rudolf Nureyev, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Moscow Circus, Astor Piazzolla, and 10 years with San Francisco Ballet. She has also managed international touring Broadway productions of A Chorus Line, Evita, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, and The American Dance Machine. She currently moonlights as Stage Manager for the Music at Kohl Mansion Chamber Music series and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

RICK WILLIAMS (’78) Artistic Director. Rick has performed every G&S patter role with the Lamplighters, often multiple times. He won a Bay Area Critics Circle Award for Ko-Ko (The Mikado) and appeared as Gama in our award-winning Princess Ida. He performed Higgins (twice) in My Fair Lady and Fredrik in A Little Night Music, for each of which he was nominated for BATCC Awards. Other roles with the Lamplighters include Dick Deadeye (HMS Pinafore), Baron Zeta and Njegus (Merry Widow), Pangloss (Candide), Andy (Show Boat), Frosch (Fledermaus), Horace (Hello, Dolly!), Spettigue (Where’s Charley?), Lutz and Toni (Student Prince) and George Grossmith in Gilbert & Sullivan à la Carte. Rick is the winner of three other BATCC Awards for Best Actor in a Musical, for the title role of Man of La Mancha and twice for John Adams in

the Bay Area such as Cinnabar, Berkeley, Livermore, West Bay, North Bay and Pocket Operas, in such roles as Sweeney Todd, Man of La Mancha, Don Giovanni; Voltaire/ Pangloss, Scarpia, Count Almaviva, Sharpless, Escamillo, Ford and Malatesta. Bill teaches his online music appreciation course, Adventures in Classical Music, at Udemy.

LYNN OAKLEY (’80) Violin I. Lynn is a violinist in the Villa String Quartet, Villa Chamber Orchestra, Marin Oratorio and other groups. She and her husband Roy are founders of the Villa Sinfonia Foundation, a non-profit organization for students of all ages and abilities which has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, toured Europe and Hawaii and will tour to Budapest and Vienna in 2017. They have won municipal awards and were presented with the Governor’s Award at the 2001 Grammys.

HANA PACKARD (Debut) Chorus. A native of Kyoto, Japan, Hana graduated from Mills College, receiving five Biggerstaff scholarship Awards and the Donna Petersen Vocal Prize. She pursues performances around the SF Bay Area and summer studies in Italy including “Cieli Vibranti,” in Breno.

LIZ PASHA (’07) Chorus. After six years and many adventures, Liz is proud and grateful to be back on the boards with the Lamplighters clan, having recently performed as the criminal Misty Foggerton in our 2016 Gala, A Night at the Mint.

KURT PATZNER (’77) Trombone. Originally from Palm Springs, Kurt has performed with every major orchestra in the Bay Area, is currently a member of the Santa Rosa, Berkeley, and Marin Symphonies, and is on the faculty at The College Preparatory School in Oakland. He has a wife and three sons, all of whom are musicians.

NORMAN PECK (’77) Percussion. Norman currently holds the Principal Percussion Chair with the Santa Cruz Symphony and West Bay Opera. He plays jazz with a big band every Monday night when he isn’t working, teaches a large class of private students, and provides instrumental contracting services to a variety of clients. Norman is passionately fond of science fiction, cooking and his cat Alex.

BAKER PEEPLES (’75) Resident Music Director. Baker has sung almost all the G&S tenor leads, as well as Eisenstein/ Alfred (Fledermaus), Tassilo (Countess Maritza), Paris (La belle Helene), and Karl Franz (Student Prince). He has conducted every Gala since 1986, as well as hundreds of operettas and musicals. He sang with SF Ballet in Balanchine’s Liebeslieder Walzer. A favorite of Pocket Opera audiences, he has appeared with numerous other groups. Baker was voted best male singer in the 1995 and 1997 International G&S Festivals for his portrayals of Hilarion and Alexis.

Baker and his wife Ellen Kerrigan oversee the SF Opera Guild’s Opera a la Carte program, which takes live opera to 130 schools. He is music director for the Lamplighters/SF Conservatory G&S scenes program, and maintains an active voice studio in SF. BAKER S. PEEPLES (’04) Violin. “Little” Baker has been a G&S addict since the womb, obviously. While some Lamplighter offspring have graced the stage, he is the only one to fall into the pit. Baker regularly performs with Symphony Silicon Valley, Oakland Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic. He teaches at Reeder Music Academy in Danville, and has played 10 of the G&S shows, but Patience? Never! Well, hardly ever.

BEN PORTER (’16) Major. Ben is incredibly happy to return to the Lamplighters stage in his first principal role.

After years of singing with barbershop quartets and choruses, he celebrated his first theatrical performance with last year’s The (New) Mikado. In the world of competitive barbershop, he’s won at the division and district levels and finished in the top ten at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s International competition. He would like to thank his ever-supportive partners, Alex and Cameron, and his long-suffering neighbors on Langton Street for the “sometimes slightly off-key singing.”

RICHARD PRYOR (‘83) Chorus. Rich has been seen in each of the G&S operettas done by Lamplighters. He appeared as the Solicitor (Patience), MacGrave (Czardas Princess), and performed elsewhere as Bert Healy (Annie), Jamie (My Fair Lady), and Allen (Play It Again Sam). A retired middle school teacher of orchestra, Rich remains active as a clarinetist, proprietor of RL Pryor Antiques, a board member of the Haviland Collectors International Foundation, and as contributing editor of the Haviland Quarterly.

JOHN CHARLES QUIMPO (Debut) Chorus. Born and raised in the Philippines, JC performed multiple principal roles in the yearly Santo Niño Seminary Daigon Musical.

He joined English Declamation and Vocal Solo Classical competitions, which he won multiple times. JC earned his Bachelors in Philosophy at the Seminary where he held positions such as Music Director, Choir Coordinator and Tenor Section Leader. He is thrilled to be back on stage and to be part of the Lamplighters family.

TAYLOR RAWLEY (Debut) Duke. Taylor is elated to be making his Lamplighters debut. Roles in the 2016 season include Ferrando (Così fan Tutte), Mr. Rushworth (Mansfield Park), and Gonzalve (L’Heure Espagnole) with the Opera Academy of California. A specialist in Benjamin Britten, Taylor has performed the title role in Albert Herring, Jemmy Twitcher (Beggar’s Opera), and The Prologue (The Turn of the Screw). He graduated with a double major from Carnegie Mellon, and will graduate in May from the SF Conservatory of Music, where he is a student of Patricia Craig.

ELISABETH REEVES (’13) Stage Manager. Elisabeth works as an Assistant Consultant for Celerity Consulting in Walnut Creek and sings with the Vocal Art Ensemble in Davis. She has worked on the crew of several Lamplighter shows - in particular Die Fledermaus (‘14), Candide (‘15) and Ruddygore (‘16). She is excited to be working with Pocket Opera in the spring.

ALAN C. ROBERTS (’12) Chorus. Alan sang his first solo at age ten. He has been involved with multiple musical theatre troupes and performed in productions of The Mikado (his Lamplighters debut in 2012), Amahl and the Night Visitors, Die Fledermaus, Three Penny Opera, Les Mamelles de Tirésias, and Princess Ida, to name a few.

CARY ANN ROSKO (’06) Angela. Mezzo-soprano Cary is delighted to appear with the Lamplighters once again. Previous roles include Dame Hannah (Ruddygore), Old Woman (Candide), Fairy Queen (Iolanthe), Lady Blanche (Princess Ida), Tessa (The Gondoliers), Phoebe Merrill (The Yeomen of the Guard), Lady Angela (Patience), Iolanthe (Iolanthe), Katisha (The Mikado), Cousin Hebe (HMS Pinafore), and Julie (Show Boat).

Favorite operatic roles include Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Siebel (Faust), and Olga

ROB CADWALLADER (Debut) Duke. New to the Bay Area from Massachusetts, Rob is diving into the San Francisco performing arts scene. Rob has been an actor and singer for most of his life, having performed in everything from oratorio to one-act straight plays. By day, Rob develops iPhone apps for Raizlabs Corporation.

TRICIA CALLERO (Debut) Chorus. Tricia is thrilled to be in her first production with the Lamplighters. Favorite roles include Princess Winifred in Once Upon a Matteress, Rapunzel in Into the Woods, Guinevere in Camelot, and Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly. She has also been seen as a soloist at Dickens Fair and represented her hometown as Miss Pacifica 2008.

PAMELA CAREY (’91) Violin I/Concertmaster. Pamela is Director of Music at Saint Hilary Parish where she also teaches music in their elementary school. She is on the faculty at Dominican University. Pamela is a freelance violinist performing throughout the Bay Area. She has several dogs and 2 cats named Gilbert and Sullivan.

KATHLEEN CONNER (’73) Oboe. Kathleen has performed with Monterey, Santa Rosa, Berkeley and Napa Symphonies and Pocket Opera. She coaches woodwind ensembles at Benjamin Franklin Middle School and is artist-in-residence at School of the Arts. She is on the faculty at both the Capp St. and Richmond branches of the Community Music Center.

NICHOLAS DAHLMAN (’12) Solicitor/Dance Captain/Chorus Nicholas has played a role in fifteen of the last eighteen Lamplighters productions, most recently as Nick Elendime (the new security guard) in the 2016 Gala, A Night at the Mint. He will shortly appear in The Doctor In Spite of Himself, Pocket Opera’s March production. He lives and works in Walnut Creek.

PETER DE VRIES (’97) Chorus. Peter has now performed in ten Lamplighter productions: The Yeomen of the Guard (’97), Ruddygore (’00 & ‘16), The Mikado (’08), Patience (’10), Trial by Jury (’11), Princess Ida (’12), The Sorcerer (‘13), and two Galas (‘14 and ‘15). He is the proud father of Sophia, also officially a Lamplighter (G&S Scenes ‘15 & '16).

Thanks to his loving wife, Shelly, for putting up with both of them.

DIANA DORMAN (‘72) Clarinet/Music Librarian/Contractor.

Since joining us for our first Ernest in Love, Diana has played principal clarinet in all our productions. She performs with Berkeley Symphony and Pocket Opera, has performed with SF Opera, including the video recording of R Strauss’ Capriccio for London/Decca and has toured nationally with Western Opera Theater since 1989. Diana restored the Broadway orchestra parts for our 2008 The Secret Garden and is faculty of Dominican University.

POPPEA DORSAM (‘00) Cello. Poppea is an adjunct cello faculty member of USF and teaches at the SFCMC and her private studio. She received the Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters degrees from Boston University where she studied with Michael Reynolds and George Neikurg and was a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society. Undergraduate studies were completed at Oberlin Conservatory under Andor Toth Jr.

F. LAWRENCE EWING (’89) Bunthorne. Over 28 years with the Lamplighters, Lawrence has played many roles from the G&S canon – several in multiple productions. He is thrilled to be performing as Bunthorne again – truly one of his favorite characters. Other favorites include Coco (The (New) Mikado), Lord Chancellor (Iolanthe), Sir Joseph (HMS Pinafore), MajorGeneral (The Pirates of Penzance), Robin (Ruddygore), Jack Point (The Yeomen of the Guard), Cornelius Hackl (Hello Dolly!), Charley (Where’s Charley), as well as a variety of roles in Lamplighters’ own A Song to Sing, O! As a dancer, Lawrence toured for 12 years with Dance Through Time, an historical dance company. He has set choreography for ACT, Marin Theatre (BATTC Award nomination for Syncopations), Pocket Opera, SF Opera’s Opera a la Carte, and for several Lamplighter productions.

Lawrence also enjoys performing as part of Lamplighters’ Education program, Get On Board, which provides assembly performances in schools throughout the Bay Area. Lawrence serves as VP of the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, and is Executive Director of Marin Ballet.

JOSEPHA FATH (’90) Violin I. Josepha is so happy (Modified, Rapture!) to be a violinist with the Lamplighters since the 1990’s. She currently performs with the California Symphony, SF Opera’s Merola, and can be seen and heard in many other symphony orchestras in and around the Bay Area. Josepha teaches at both the SF Community Music Center, and the French American International School. She is an avid chamber music player, with both the Fath Chamber Players, and the Liberty Street Trio.

SAMUEL FAUSTINE (’14) Grosvenor. Samuel, a San Francisco native, performs a variety of genres ranging from baroque opera to modern musical theater. He has recently performed the roles of Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors (Ray of Light Theatre) and Curly McLain in Oklahoma (Broadway by the Bay). His most recent Lamplighters credits include Candide in Candide, Robin Oakapple in Ruddygore, and Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore. Sam is an active member of the Bay Area’s choral and sacred music communities, most notably performing with Volti, Gaude, and Grace Cathedral where he sings counter-tenor in addition to tenor.

He received his Masters in Music at the SF Conservatory of Music.

KATHERINE FELLER (’10) Ella. Kat is a local soprano, born and raised in San Francisco. She has Musical Theater and Vocal Performance degrees from CSU Chico. Some of her favorite roles have been Adele in Die Fledermaus, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Despina in Cosi fan tutte, and Clothilde in Norma. She has been a Lamplighter since summer of 2010. The (New) Mikado, Ruddygore, and The Grand Duke have been recent Lamplighter appearances.

CHRISTOPHER FOCHT (‘67) Chorus. After joining the company as a teenager, Chris is now into his 50th year and has performed in every G&S show multiple times. He has been seen as Francisco (Gondoliers), St. Brioche (Merry Widow), Sir Rupert (Ruddygore), Toni (Student Prince), Dr Blind (Die Fledermaus) as well as in a variety of roles in our annual Gala productions. Chris is a Doctor of Audiology and teaches at SF State.

SONIA GARIAEFF (‘03) Jane. Sonia made her Lamplighters debut in 2003 as the title role in Iolanthe. Since then, she has performed extensively throughout the United States. Other Lamplighters roles include Little Buttercup, The Duchess of Plaza-Toro, Katisha and the Fairy Queen. Additional career highlights include the role of Nicklausse with Virginia Opera, her

Young Artist Apprenticeship with Portland Opera, and her Bay Area professional opera debut as a roller-skating Cherubino with Berkeley Opera. She was a three time Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist.

JOSEPH GIAMMARCO (‘05) Supertitles Manager. Joe has performed numerous supernumerary roles with SF Opera, where he was recently seen as the Foreman in Show Boat.

His Lamplighters debut was as Headsman in the 2005 The Yeomen of the Guard, in which his wife, Claire Kelm, played Elsie. Joe also appeared as William in The Secret Garden in 2008.

Joe creates, and often runs, the supertitle projections at Lamplighters.

GABRIELLE HAIGH (Debut) Chorus. Gabrielle recently sang Angel (Handel’s Joshua) with Philharmonia Baroque.

She earned her BA from Cambridge University in 2014, where she sang solos in Bach’s St. John Passion and Handel’s Birthday Ode to Queen Anne with the EU Baroque Orchestra.

Favorite roles include Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance) and Julia (The Grand Duke). She will earn her Masters from SF Conservatory in 2018.

MARY HARGROVE (‘90) Flute/Piccolo. Mary is principal flute with Nederlander Broadway productions in San Jose as well as the Masterworks and Stanford Chorales.

She plays flute and piccolo for Opera San Jose, Ballet San Jose, and the San Francisco Opera Merola program.

LACEY HARMS (Debut) Ella. Lacey is thrilled to be making her Lamplighters debut. Previously, she performed Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), Adele (Die Fledermaus), and Carolina (Il Matrimonio segreto). She has also appeared in the ensembles of Les Mamelles de Tirésias, L’Enfant et les sortilèges, and La Rondine. A Kansas City native, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree at Oberlin, and Master’s Degree at the SF Conservatory of Music.

WILLIAM HARVEY (’95) Cornet. William has been tootling on the Cornet-a-pistons with the Lamplighters for two decades. He also serves at Principal Trumpet with both Oakland Symphony and Opera San Jose, and is an adjunct faculty member at UC Berkeley. William lives in Oakland with his wife, fellow Lamplighters musician Josepha Fath and their little cat Charlie. Much of his time is enjoyably spent on home renovations.

BARBARA HEROUX (‘74) Stage Director. In 40+ seasons with the Lamplighters (which is astonishing since she’s only 39), Barbara has played virtually every role, from chorus to General Director and everything in between. She is delighted that directing Patience completes the set: she has now directed all 13 G&S comic operas. Favorite Lamplighter roles include Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), Josephine (HMS Pinafore), Rose Maybud and Mad Margaret (Ruddygore), Phoebe (The Yeomen of the Guard), Donna Lucia (Where’s Charley?), and the title roles in Patience and Hello, Dolly! The winner of four BATCC awards, Barbara has also performed and/or directed for Midsummer Mozart, Cinnabar, West Bay Opera, 42nd Street Moon, Livermore Valley Opera, BBBay, DLOC and others, and has been one of the guiding forces behind at least 30 Lamplighter Galas. She is Executive Director of Volti, the award-winning 20-voice professional chamber chorus specializing in leading-edge contemporary music.

AMY HIMES (’12) Development Director. Amy is a Certified Fundraising Executive who has provided fundraising leadership and support for Bay Area cultural organizations for over a decade. She is also a singer and theatrical director, and holds a BA and MA in Theatre

Arts from Florida State and San Jose State Universities, respectively.

She lives in San Jose and enjoys taking the train to work.

HALEY HOFFDAHL (’15). Haley is a graduate of Boston University who is thrilled to return to the Lamplighters.

She has performed in numerous musicals with Stockton Civic Theatre and Delta College including A Year with Frog and Toad, Side by Side by Sondheim, Cabaret, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Kiss Me Kate and The Full Monty.

PAUL HOGARTH (’15) Chorus. Paul is thrilled to be doing his second Lamplighters show, after Ruddygore. A lawyer by training who works for the political blog Daily Kos, Paul started pursuing musical theater two years ago.

Other stage credits include Sound of Music (CCCT), West Side Story (Mountain Play) and Chess (Custom Made Theatre.)

ANNE HUBBLE (’84) Jane. Anne debuted as Lady Jane in 1984. During the next few years she performed regularly: Dame Hannah (Ruddygore), Dame Carruthers (The Yeomen of the Guard), The Duchess of Plaza-Toro (The Gondoliers), as well as many Galas. Following professional advice Anne advanced her vocal studies, and transitioned into the Dramatic Soprano Fach. She performed professionally with various companies, both domestic and international. In recent years she retired from professional pursuits, and acted as her father’s caregiver. She “returned to the fold” in the role of Catisciá in The (New) Mikado last summer.

KATHLEEN JOHANNESSEN (’77) Bassoon. A Bay Area native, Kathleen is a freelance musician. She received a BA in Music from College of Notre Dame and an MA in Musical Performance from CSU Humboldt. Her interest in Gilbert & Sullivan began when she saw her piano teacher as Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance.

LAURIEN JONES (‘90) Violin II. Laurien has performed with Diablo Ballet, Pocket Opera, Western Opera, Masterworks Chorale, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and the California Symphony. She is a chamber musician and soloist.

KATY JUNEAU (’87) Viola. Katy received her BM from the SF Conservatory of Music. She enjoys playing with a myriad of music groups in the Bay Area including orchestra, chamber music, music theatre and opera. Katy comes from a family tradition of music and Gilbert & Sullivan. In 2011, the tradition was extended as her daughter played flute for a G&S production in Sacramento, and her son joined the Lamplighters’ chorus.

ELLEN KERRIGAN (’70) Education Director. Ellen serves as artistic coordinator of SF Opera Guild’s in-school Opera à la Carte program, as Program Director for the Lamplighters/SF Conservatory of Music’s Gilbert & Sullivan Scenes Program, and as Education Director for the Lamplighters, creating the assembly program, HMS Pinafore: Get on Board with Gilbert & Sullivan, and the popular mini-residency of The Pirates of Penzance.

JENNIFER KIERNAN (‘88). Jen attended Lamplighters shows as a child in the 1970s, and joined the company as soon as she was able, as dresser, makeup artist/designer, and eventually as a member of the cast. She sings with the choir at the Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, and spends as much time as she can with her awesome teenagers, Ben, Rachel, and LJ.

DAVID KIRBY (’98) Makeup Designer. David was born at an early age and has been trying to atone for it ever since.

To this end, he paints faces (and sometimes bodies) for several theatre and opera companies in the Bay Area, most recently Madama Butterfly with West Bay Opera, The Music Man with Lyric Theatre of San Jose, and A Night at the Mint with the Lamplighters. During the day, he sells whoopee cushions.

CAMILLE LAKE (’16) Chorus. Camille, a Mezzo-Soprano, a student of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, a Musical Theater Lover, and a Jazz Singer, is thrilled to be performing in her third Lamplighters production since debuting in The (New) Mikado.

ELLEN LESLIE (’14) Patience. Winner of the 2016 Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions in San Francisco, Ellen is delighted to be returning to the Lamplighters, having sung last season the roles of Josephine (HMS Pinafore) and the bun-haired Princess Ida (Gala ‘15). She spent most of the year living and singing in Germany, where she made her debut as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Rosane (La verità in cimento). Other recent roles include Micaëla (Carmen), Lady Billows (Albert Herring), Damigella/Amore (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) and workshop performances with Santa Fe Opera. Born in San Francisco and raised as a liveaboard on an Irwin 37 sailboat, Ellen completed a circumnavigation with her family before studying voice at the University of Denver, San Francisco Conservatory, and Hochschule für Musik Leipzig.

MIRIAM LEWIS (’04) Costume Designer. Miriam has worked in theater as long as she can remember; she has costumed many shows for the Lamplighters, including The Yeomen of the Guard, The Gondoliers, The Grand Duke, The Pirates of Penzance, and The (New) Mikado.

Other work includes A Little Night Music (Goat Hall Productions), The Paris Letter, Salomé, Dance for Me, and Sagittarius Ponderosa (NCTC), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SFSU), Sweeney Todd and Rocky Horror Show (Ray of Light Theatre), She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange and Truck Stop (Crowded Fire), and Harry Thaw Hates Everybody (Shotgun Players). She received her MFA in Theatrical Design from San Francisco State University, where she currently lectures in costume.

PHIL LOWERY (’94) Production Coordinator. Phil has enjoyed a decades-long affiliation with the Lamplighters as director, production/stage manager, Lord High Janitor, and occasional performer. He directs operas, operettas and musicals for other Bay Area companies; he teaches middle school theatre at Children’s Day School, and he is a Resident Artist with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, where he appeared in last summer’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of The Winter’s Tale.

MOLLY MAHONEY (’12) Angela. Mezzo-soprano Molly returns as Lady Angela after being seen with the Lamplighters as Melissa (Princess Ida), Pitti-Sing (The Mikado) and the title role in Iolanthe. Upcoming in 2017, see Molly in West Edge Opera’s Snapshot and in the summer festival as Clizia in L’arbore di Diana. Molly has been singing with Big Bands since she was ten years old and continues her love of this musical era with her debut album, Two for the Road, featuring familiar favorites and rare gems from the Great American Songbook.

CHARLES MARTIN (‘97) Colonel. Charles first appeared with the Lamplighters as Pish-Tush in our 1997 Mikado, and has since performed many bass-baritone roles with the company including Private Willis, Arac, Senator Jones, Horseman War, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Dick Deadeye, the Mikado, the Ducato, the Sergeant of Police, Jigger Craigin, the Pirate King, the Usher, and the Zombie Rapper in our 2010 Gala. He has also appeared with CCMT and Pocket Opera.

Charles studies voice with Baker Peeples, and enjoys the romance of travel and the occasional extreme athletic event.

BRITTANY MELLERSON (’15) Asst. Lighting Designer. A graduate of Point Park University with a BFA in Theatrical Lighting & Sound Design, some of Brittany’s recent design credits include lighting design for Occupy+Menace at Dance Mission; Absolutely Fabulous! with the Royal British Theater Co and US Drag at The Dragon Theatre. She is also acting as the Resident Master Electrician for the Berkeley Playhouse, and was lighting designer for our last two Galas and our recent The (New) Mikado.

JENNIFER MITCHELL (’13) Patience. Jennifer is delighted to perform with the Lamplighters again! Her credits include Le nozze di Figaro (Barbarina) at Opera San José, Così fan tutte (Despina) at Pocket Opera, Oklahoma!

(Laurey) at Broadway by the Bay, The Most Happy Fella (Rosabella) at Cinnabar Theater, Master Class (Sophie) at Jewel Theater Company, The Light in the Piazza (Clara) and Carousel (Julie) at Spreckels Theatre Company, The Boy Friend (Polly) at 42nd Street Moon, and Les Misérables (Cosette) at Woodminster Summer Musicals. Jennifer also currently plays Snow White with Beach Blanket Babylon.

CHARLES ELLIOTT MONSON (Debut) Chorus. Charles gleefully makes his Lamplighters debut as a member of the Dragoon Guard, and you’ll easily recognize him as the tallest.

Charles is a Bay Area native with varied interests in the performance arts, from clowning around as ‘Redwood’ in the SF drag scene to studying the classical repertoire as both a singer and pianist.

DAVID MÖSCHLER (’15) Music Director/Conductor. David is an award-winning freelance conductor and musical director. Recent credits include ACT and Guthrie Theater (Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play), SF Playhouse (Promises, Promises), Mountain Play (West Side Story), Douglas Morrisson (Candide), West Edge (Hydrogen Jukebox), San Jose Rep (One Night with Janis Joplin), Shotgun Players (Woyzeck, Assassins, Threepenny Opera), Ray of Light (Rocky Horror Show, LIZZIE, Into The Woods, Assassins), BBBay (Evita), and Center REP (Spring Awakening), among others. David has won two BATCC Awards and The American Prize for Conducting, as well as a 2015 TBA Award for Oustanding Musical Direction for HMS Pinafore with the Lamplighters. He is Resident Musical Director for YMTC Berkeley, has worked on the music staff for College Light Opera in Cape Cod, and has served on the faculty at Academy of Art University and SF Conservatory of Music. In 2013 he founded the Awesöme Orchestra Collective, which he conducts every month.

WILLIAM NEELY (’78) Colonel. Recently seen with the Lamplighters as the Prince of Monte Carlo (The Grand Duke) and Sir Roderic (Ruddygore), Bill has sung most of the baritone roles in the G&S repertoire, as well as Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Danilo (Merry Widow) and Carl-Magnus (A Little Night Music). He has also performed with many groups around