Gilbert & Sullivan's THE MIKADO 1969 | Lamplighters Music Theatre

LIMPLIGHTIB~

SANFRANCISCO'SMUSICTHEATRE

Winners1969Awardfrom the SanFranciscoSponsors

present An Entirely New Production of

by GILBERT'& SULLIVAN

Presentation eatre

2350

TURK STREET (Just West of Masonic) San Francisco

or, THE TOWN OF TITIPU AN OPERETTAIN TWOACTSBY

SIR WILLIAM GILBERT & SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN

DIRECTED BY ANN MAC NAB SETS LIGHTING

DESIGNEDANDBUILTBY

LARRY KLEIN COSTUMES

DESIGNEDANDEXECUTEDBY

RICHARD BARULICH MAKEUP

LESLIE SHERMAN

DESIGNEDANDINSTALLEDBY RICHARD GARRETSON WIGS

DESIGNEDANDEXECUTEDBY

JUDITH DISBROW PIANIST

WILLIAM VENDICE

-··.,iH D R A M A T I S P E R S O N . AB },~·-THE MIKADO OF JAPAN

Walter Matthes ,_.., William Neil

NANKI-POO, His SoN

Michael Epstein':• , ,_.., Orva Hoskinson

KO-KO, LORDHIGH EXECUTIONEROF TITIPU

Norman Roberts ,_.., Gilbert Russak

POOH-BAH, LORDHIGH EVERYTHINGELSE

Eugene Bartlett

PISH-TUSH, A NoBLE LoRD

YUM-YUM 0

PITTI-SING 0

PEEP-BO°

Robert Cortez ,_.., John Vlahos

Merrilee Nolan'... ,_.., Peggy Overshiner

Marie Goff ,,...._,Ann Mac Nab

Valda Claire ,_.., Carol Eaton 0

THREE SISTERS,w ARDSOF KO-KO

KA TISHA, AN ELDERL y LADYIN LOVEWITH N ANKI-POO

June Wilkins

CHORUS OF SCHOOL GIRLS AND NOBLES:

Rita Ballard* - Linden Bauman - Stephen Bauman - Dan Beaulieu''

Mary Belton - Nancy Bentley' ... - Frank Childers - Tom Cook' ...

Robert Decker - Steve Detrick'' - Meg Duncan ,

Mary Flythe* - Christopher Focht - Ann Garfield - Jan . Greuner

Tom Jenson':• - Gunhild Nilsson* - Roger Pierson - Cheryl Dee Pitner

Bobbie Renquist':• - Clair Scott':- - Beverly Snyder~· - Jim Stuart~·

James Talley>:· - Robert Tinker - Bruce Underhill' ... - Mildred Vinson

William Wiggins, - Betty Wilton

GUARDS AND COOLIES:

David Ames - John Blythe - Ron Cramer

Richard Johnston - Louis Rodrigues - Claude Santo Domingo

UNDERSTUDIES:

Nanki-Poo: Frank Childers Katisha: Elizabeth Goodrich/ Jan Greuner

,:. FIRST APPEARANCE WITH THE LAMPLIGHTERS

SETTING: KoKo's Garden in the Town of Titipu.

Intermission of Fifteen Minutes between Acts.

Tonight's Cast is Programmed in the Lobby.

PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL STAFF

SPENCER BEMAN ORV A HOSKINSON

GENERAL MANAGER

Technical Director

Stage Manager

Box Office Manager

Assisted by

Publicity

Photography .

Company

Wardrobe Master

Additional Set Painting Properties .

Rehearsal Secretary .

Costumes: ·

Arthur Sullivan

Bob J. York ·

John Salerno

Da vid Lujan, Jess Brown, Bette Rogers

Kalmar Associates, San Francisco

Wardrobe Master & Asst. to the Designer

Construction

Elwing Studios, San Carlos .

Ronald 0. Cramer

James Scott

Meg Duncan .

Linden Bauman

Ronald Cramer

Mary Belton, John Blythe, Meg -Duncan, Nan Gamache, Carolyn Graham, Virginia Helton, Valerie Howard, Cheryl Dee Pitner, Norman Roberts, Jeanne Santo Domingo, Jean Seabrook

Dressers Louis Rodrigues f5 Mary Anne McCarthy

Stage Hands & Electricians

· P_eterMiller f5 Charles R eiter

Accountant Fred Miller

Mailings

Reproduction

Printing

Jess Brown f5 Marilyn Kopsinis . Ivan Marts

The 'Bindweed 'Press Cast subject to Change without Notice.

No SMOKING PERMITTED IN THIS ScHooL BUILDING. You MAY SMOKE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING ONLY.

In Response to Numerous Requests, Latecomers will not be seated until a Suitable Break in The Performance. Please let The Ushers seat you.

IN EMERGENCY - WALK - DO NOT RUN - TO THE NEAREST EXIT.

It is Forbidden to Photograph or R ecord without Prior Written Approval.

AR TIS TIC DIRECTOR

Repertoire to Spring, 1971 SPRING 1970 THE LAMPLIGHTERS

PROUDLY ANNOUNCE

THEIR PRODUCTION OF LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS ·

under the direction of George Felker III, opening in the spring of 1970 at Presentation Theatre; This rol'licking musical was first produced in London a few years ago, and has since been performed happily at Ashland, and Stanford. Recently written, it is set in the style of the 1700's, and has received marvelous reviews.

SUMMER 1970 COX AND BOX

BY BERTRAND & SULLIVAN

ROSENSTEIN & GILDENSTERN

BY GILBERT

TRIAL BY JURY

BY GILBERT & SULLIVAN

In response to hundreds of letters we bring back our famous Trial by Tttry an d Cox and Box; and to give you a truly remarkable evening, we will stage the hilarous comedy iru one act which Sir William wrote.

FALL 1970 PIRATES OF PENZANCE

Our well-known Pirates of Penzance will be on the boards with the Pir ate Band spiriting away M ajor Stanley's daughters and the doughty Policemen thwarting them in the best Gilbertian 'English tradition.

WINTER-SPRING 1971 DIE FLEDERMAUS

An entirely new production of Die Fledermaus, whi ch was so brilliantly directed by Orva Hoskinson, our Artistic Director . H e will direct it again, in his own English version of this delightful Viennese comedy with its beautiful music.

THE FOURTH O F THESE GREAT PRODUCTIONS! THE 1969 CHAMPAGNE GALA

SATURDAY EVENING, D ECEMBER 6TH, 1969, AT 8:30 P.M.

All the members of our Choruses All your favorite Principals

The great Gilbert & Sullivan songs from many of the operas CIHIAMIPAGNIE * for

Everyone at

the Finale!

ALL TICKETS

$5

Our Box Office will take orders before the production and at intermission. Ti ckets also available at M acy's, Stockton at O 'Farrell (397-7447) and TICKETRON. ,:.Soft drinks for those who prefer them and those under 2 I.

Adri

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

an McNamara, Jr. • President Spencer S. BemaO!III - Executive Vice President

John Vlahos - Secretary Cha-rles Fracchia • Treasurer

Gregoire Calegari, Ann Mac Nab, A. John Latona • Trustees

CONTRIBUTORS

THE LAMPLIGHTERShave been selected as the recepient of the 1969 • 1970 San Francisco Sponsors Award, and we are proud to receive this honor. Present plans are for this money to go to an entirely new production.

This Award will tremendously benefit The ,Lamplighters. Yet we will always have to continue our efforts to bridge the gap between production costs and box office ,income.

We still need six new 1lighting instruments {$125) each, a new table saw ($250), a new router ($75) and a new sabre saw ($90). All contributions received from The Mikado and The Gala will go to help purchase these.

As in the past, your contributions are thus always used: for •permanent improvements and perpetuated through the theatrical generations who use this equipment to create new productions. tA. year's membership is: Regular $10; Sustaining $25; Supporting $50; Donor $100; Benefactor $1,000; Life Patron $2,500 or more. Contributions are entirely deductible from bol.ihState and Federal tax returns; names are included in our programs. Please send your contributions to The Lamplighters Production Center, 68 Julian Avenue, San Francisco 94103.

LIFE PATRONS: Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Robinson; Anonymous; Anonymous.

PAITRONS: Mrs. Margaret C. Rosenblatt.

SUSTAINING: Dr. & Mrs. Hugh Stanford Baker; Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Charles Elliott; Miss Marian Huntington; Mr. & Mrs. Hobart Lovett; •Alberta M. Shiras; Robert E. Zang.

REGULAR: W. L. Bishop; G. Bowers, Leliah B. Cain; Mr. & Mrs. James Cason; Mrs. W. K. Elledge; Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Frankel; William D. Grishaw; Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hayes; G. Ketron; Mr. & Mrs. Earl E. Larson; Mrs A!llan Mori; Jerry & Eleanor Mitchell, Mr. & Mrs. WiHiam J. Nelligan, Obie Oberhausen; Mr. & Mrs. Daniel T. Ruggles; Miss Jessie L. Saunders; Mr. & Mrs. H. Russell Saunders; Wayne Sichi, Teubert Smith, William & Helene Whitson; Barbara Garfinkle; Marian Gould.

THE LAMPLIGHTERS is the performing company of the OPERAWEST FOUNDATION,. a non-profit tax-exempt corporation. The Lamplighters Business Office and Production Center is at 68 Julian Avenue, San Francisco ( 415) 621-2112.

After having enjoyed 11The Mikado" you will want to see~

DAMES AT SEA at the New Hungry i Theatre

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at The Ghirardelli Theatre THE FANTASTICS at The Ghirardelli Theatre