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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome..........................................................................5 Annual Fund Donors...................................................6 The James F. Stuart Legacy.................................... 11 The Musical Magic of OLO!.................................... 12 The Fantasticks...........................................................14

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THE OHIO LIGHT OPERA WELCOME 2021 – OLO Light!

A Little Less but So Much More!

Steven A. Daigle Artistic Director

Laura Neill Executive Director

Julie Wright Costa Associate Artistic Director

Wilson Southerland

Music Director/Pianist for the 2021 OLO Light! season

“Try to Remember” was a theme last summer during our 2020 virtual season as we looked back over 41 years of Ohio Light Opera history. Our faithful donors and audience members and the Wooster community are longing to hear the tunes they both remember and hope to discover every summer in Freedlander Theatre. As COVID restrictions start to ease, the company is poised to make its full return to a regular summer festival season in 2022. But the show must go on! We are thus happy to give you “2021 – OLO Light!” a reduced offering in July of five programs, three of which will be produced at Wooster community venues and two of which will be streamed online, but with no audience.

The live shows, at Wayne Center for the Arts and other downtown venues, will feature recognizable music consistent with our usual summer offerings: The Fantasticks, Trial by Jury, and a musical comedy revue titled The Musical Magic of OLO! The streamed programs, designed for true operetta lovers, close and far away, will feature a rare Viennese operetta— with a La Bohème twist—titled The Daring of Diane and a revue titled Operetta: Rare and Well Done.

In the spirit of OLO, a group of 24 company members (twelve production and twelve cast members) will be in residency for a little over three weeks, presenting 15 performances. Due to COVID restrictions, the performances will be accompanied by piano and very minimal stage sets. The five shows will be costumed, staged, and choreographed with the usual high-spirited energy that has established Ohio Light Opera as America’s premier lyric theater festival. Please join us in July as we stand side-by-side with the Wooster community, or bring OLO into your home by way of the internet.

We look forward to seeing you this summer as often as you are able.

Once again, our uniqueness in the world of lyric theater will be highlighted this July 2021.

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THE OHIO LIGHT OPERA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Miller, Chair Steven A. Daigle, Artistic Director and Vice Chair Marlene Kanipe, Treasurer, ex officio Nan Miller, Secretary Sarah Bolton, President, College of Wooster, ex officio

Ron Holtman Ambassador John Ong Sara L. Patton John Schambach Richard N. Seaman Laura M. Neill, Executive Director

Honorary Members Bill & Marilyn Blanchard Jean W. Knorr Boyd & Eloise Mackus Barbara Robinson

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THE OHIO LIGHT OPERA 2021 ANNUAL FUND We are grateful for the generosity of the following donors to the 2021 Ohio Light Opera Annual Fund.

Lord Chancellors ($10,000 and above) Clarence & Connie Drennon Norman Keller Michael & Nan Miller

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Dick & Mimi Lewellen Dwight & Christina McCawley Stephen & Nancy McGraw Gfell, in memory of William R. & Barbara Ward McGraw Julie Mennes, in memory of David Mennes

Gordon Musch John Schambach Sheldon & Rebecca Taft Andrea Traubner, in memory of Richard Traubner Mary Renkert Wendling Dr. Lynn & Cyndy Willett

Michele Anderson, in memory of Elsa Anderson Anonymous Bob Baer & Judy Cohen-Baer Mr. & Mrs. Brian Bishop Anne E. Carey & W. Berry Lyons G. Dann Chamberlin Joel Cohen Joe & Mary Dulle Owen Faut William & Claudette Finke Ann Fox Karen Goshen Robert Goss, in memory of Margaret Goss

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David Nachman Marilyn Nudelman David Ann Olszewski Mr. Jan Opalach Jurgen Pape Steven Pastor James Patton Mr. & Mrs. Donald Poyer Dr. & Mrs. Taylor Prewitt, in memory of Bitsy Loewenstein Susan & Larry Rakow Frank Rasmussen Gordon Rasmussen Sally-Anne Robbins Dr. Michael Salkind H. G. & Barbara Sawyer, in memory of Roger Scott Simmons Mary Carolyn Sawyer, in memory of Bitsy Loewenstein Janice Schenk Dr. & Mrs. Steve Schildcrout David & Barbara Schultz, in memory of Carolyn June Gifford Josephine Scipione Irving Selsley Arthur Seltzer, in memory of Ida Seltzer Barbara Sharp Danielle Shepherd Jane Shilling Ruth Siegfried David Smith Denis & Kristina Smith Lowell & Janice Steinbrenner, in memory of Bitsy Loewenstein Richard Steward Sarah Taylor Mitchell & Nancy Thiel Larry & Carol Thompson Robert & Maryanne Trausch Mary Travers Martina Veigl Paul Warzinski Darla Webster Thomas Weil Jill Weinthal, in memory of Geri Sherman Mary Ann Wellington, in memory of Bitsy Loewenstein Jorene Whitney Robert Williams

The Ohio Light Opera Annual Fund provides essential financing for each OLO season, and we are grateful for the loyal support of so many donors through the years. If you want to help ensure that the unique mission of The Ohio Light Opera continues, we ask that you make a gift to the 2021 Ohio Light Opera Fund. Please contact: Laura Neill at 330-263-2090, lneill@wooster.edu for information on how to make a gift to The Ohio Light Opera Annual Fund.

The donor list includes gifts received prior to June 6th. Please let us know if your name has been inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed.

The Ohio Light Opera would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Wayne County Community Foundation for its 2021-22 grant supporting a College of Wooster Applied Methods and Research Experience (AMRE) project analyzing sales software, social media marketing, and creating a new economic impact study.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Ohio Arts Council is committed to the economic, educational, and cultural development of the state. The Council believes the arts should be shared by the people of Ohio. The arts arise from public, individual, and organizational efforts. The OAC supports and encourages these efforts.

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2021 MEMORIAL GIFTS In Memory of Lois Freedlander The Henthorne Family Bob & Elizabeth Hooker Steve & Lucy Kaber Dick & Mimi Lewellen

Lowell & Janice Steinbrenner Mary Ann Wellington In Memory of William R. McGraw Marian Cropp Ron & Prue Holtman Bob & Elizabeth Hooker Dick & Mimi Lewellen Stephen & Nancy McGraw Gfell Michael & Nan Miller Gordon Musch

In Memory of Bitsy Loewenstein Charles Faiman Dick & Mimi Lewellen Gordon Musch Dr. & Mrs. Taylor Prewitt Mary Carolyn Sawyer

In Memory of Geri Sherman Howard Eagle Bernard & Judith Greenspan Daniel & Sheila Levine Michael & Nan Miller Jill Weinthal In Memory of Karl R.Warner Don Hurd Stephen Miles

Celebrating Chelsea Miller November 5, 1987 - February 22, 2021 In February, we suffered a devastating loss to our OLO family. Chelsea Miller was one of those performers who epitomized the type of singer/actor any administrator would want to hire, any director would want to work with, any performer to perform with, and every audience would like to see and hear. She was a hard worker who went the extra distance to selflessly support the needs of a cast, production, and company members. When she walked on stage (rehearsing or performing), she always gave 110%. It didn’t matter if she was playing a fairy in Iolanthe or Cunégonde in Candide.

She brought sophisticated musicianship, vocal prowess, and depth of character preparation to OLO’s repertoire. It’s easy to ‘zone out’ with our repertoire. OLO’s founding artistic director (James ‘Doc’ Stuart) at one time considered writing a book called ‘Taking Light Opera Seriously.’ Chelsea and her dedication to the art form could easily have been a case study for Doc’s book. When I learned about Chelsea’s passing, I immediately thought about the live performance opportunities I would miss with Chelsea being taken from us far too soon. How rewarding it would have been to watch her inhabit a role in traditional or contemporary opera or to hear her sing lieder or mélodie.

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“I had long realized that operetta requires no less a commitment to quality than does grand opera, both in front of and behind the curtain. My objective from the beginning with OLO was to return artistic integrity to operetta. Through coaching on the importance of taking light opera seriously, the company has nurtured an audience that has itself gained a new appreciation for a once seemingly moribund art form.”

James F. Stuart

James F. Stuart Founding Artistic Director 1928-2005

When James Stuart, in 1979, began The Ohio Light Opera at The College of Wooster, he had already built a successful career as a musical and theatrical educator, producer, director, and performing artist. Born in Baton Rouge in 1928, he studied at LSU and earned a doctor of musical arts degree at the Eastman School of Music. For seven seasons, he performed the principal tenor roles with Dorothy Raedler’s American Savoyards and the Martyn Green Gilbert and Sullivan Company. Over several decades, he appeared with opera companies in New York, Boston, Cleveland, Chautauqua, Atlanta, and New Orleans. He sang the Husband in the world premiere of Raffaelo de Banfield’s Lord Byron’s Love Letter, opposite Patricia Neway, and performed the title role in the American premiere of Rameau’s Platée. Among the distinguished musical artists with whom Stuart performed are singers Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker, and Robert Merrill; and conductors Franz Allers, Richard Bonynge, Boris Goldovsky, Louis Lane, Julius Rudel, and Robert Shaw.

Under Stuart’s vision and guidance, The Ohio Light Opera evolved into the nation’s premier venue for the presentation of both the masterworks and forgotten gems of the lyric theater repertoire. His translations for the Company include those for Auber’s Fra Diavolo, Lecocq’s La fille de Madame Angot, Hahn’s Ciboulette, Kálmán’s Die Bajadere and Der Zigeunerprimás, Strauss’ Der lustige Krieg, and Offenbach’s Monsieur Choufleuri.

In recognition of his contributions to lyric theater, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by The College of Wooster, and was invested in the College of Fellows of the American Theatre in a ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Stuart was further honored by his inclusion in several standard biographical works: Dictionary of International Biography, International Who’s Who in Music, Who’s Who in America, and International Who’s Who of Intellectuals.

James Stuart in The Gondoliers, 1996

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The Musical Magic of OLO!

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he Ohio Light Opera was founded in 1979 as a Gilbert and Sullivan repertory company. By the turn of the century, the repertoire had grown to encompass 71 works from the operetta canon. Over the past 20 years, OLO has further expanded its repertoire— now at 146 titles—to include stage works of most of the greatest composers and lyricists of traditional American musical theater. Not only did innovators like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Lerner and Loewe

drive the evolution of the Broadway musical, but—quite unlike the musicals of today— many of their show songs became popular hit tunes of their day. Join us in this casual cabaret performance, with full narration, as we look back at some of the most well-known and beloved songs from the mid-century musicals that OLO has produced. Songs featured include “The Impossible Dream,” “You’re Just in Love,” “My Funny Valentine,” “I’ve Got Rhythm,” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.”

Ensemble: Vince Gover, Mark Hosseini, Teryn Kuzma, Joelle Lachance, Elizabeth Perkins, Spencer Reese, Tanya Roberts, Caitlin Ruddy, Adam Wells, Julie Wright Costa Song Programing by Steven A. Daigle Narrations by Spencer Reese Julie Wright Costa, Stage Director Wilson Southerland, Music Director, piano Christopher Plummer, Sound Designer

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(1960) Music by Harvey Schmidt • Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones SYNOPSIS*

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s related by a singing storyteller, two young neighbors, Matt and Luisa—for years nearly oblivious to each other— have grown up and fallen in love. Their feuding parents—Matt’s father and Luisa’s mother— do not approve of this relationship and have constructed a wall between their properties. The young couple have had to conduct their romance in secret. Matt’s father, despite his son’s pleas of independence, has, in fact, chosen a wife for him.

Luisa’s mother intends to supplement the wall with a fence. In truth, this is all part of the parents’ plan to bring them together: forbid children from doing something, and they will do it. Matt’s father hatches a plan to end the fabricated “feud” and hasten the children’s relationship. He has

hired a professional abductor, El Gallo, who will carry Luisa off. She will be gallantly rescued by Matt, with the parents so pleased that all can end happily. The scheme goes according to plan—the wall eventually comes down and all seems to be going swimmingly for both children and parents.

But without the previous sense of adventure and forbidden romance, life has become too easy. Matt and Luisa want something more: he ventures out to validate his heroism and she becomes obsessed with the handsome and alluring El Gallo. It takes a full dose of the “real world” to finally convince the couple of what really matters. *In response to COVID-19 constraints, and with the permission of the music publisher, slight changes in character assignments have been made.

Cast The Narrator (El Gallo)...................................................... Mark Hosseini The Girl (Luisa)......................................................................Teryn Kuzma The Boy (Matt).....................................................................Spencer Reese The Boy’s Father (Hucklebee)....................................... Benjamin Krumreig The Girl’s Mother (Bellomy)...........................................Michelle Pedersen The Old Actor (Henry)............................................................ Vince Gover The Man Who Dies (Mortimer)............................................... Adam Wells The Mute..............................................................................Caitlin Ruddy Understudy for Luisa......................................... Elizabeth Stockton Perkins Steven A. Daigle, Stage Director Wilson Southerland, Music Director, piano Spencer Reese, Choreographer Charlene Gross, Costume Designer Kiah Kayser, Scenic and Props Artisan Christopher Plummer, Sound Designer 14 Box Office: 330.263.2345

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(1875) Music by Arthur Sullivan Libretto by William S. Gilbert SYNOPSIS*

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dwin, engaged to but tiring of his sweetheart Angelina, has fallen in love with another; Angelina takes him to court for breach of promise. The court usher, while enjoining impartiality on the jury, shows a definite partiality himself for the fair plaintiff. Although both jury and judge indicate that, in their own pasts, they have had changes of heart like Edwin’s, they nevertheless have little sympathy for him. After the jury is sworn in, Angelina appears and immediately captivates the entire court. Her lawyer gives a stirring speech, and Angelina falls sobbing on the advocate’s breast.

Edwin proposes various solutions, including marrying Angelina now and his sweetheart later, but her lawyer objects. Edwin tries to dissuade her from wanting to marry him at all, saying that when he is drunk he would beat her. The judge proposes that Edwin be made drunk to see whether he indeed would, but her lawyer again objects. Finally, the judge, disgusted at the proceedings and eager to get away, has his own thoughts on how best to adjudicate the case. * In response to COVID-19 constraints, slight changes in character assignments have been made.

Cast Judge..................................................................Vince Gover Plaintiff........................................................... Caitlin Ruddy Counsel for Plaintiff....................................... Tanya Roberts Defendant...............................................Benjamin Krumreig Foreman of Jury.............................................Mark Hosseini Usher.......................................................... Elizabeth Perkins Participants: Vince Gover, Mark Hosseini, Benjamin Krumreig, Teryn Kuzma, Joelle Lachance, Michelle Pedersen, Elizabeth Perkins, Spencer Reese, Tanya Roberts, Caitlin Ruddy, Adam Wells Julie Wright Costa, Stage Director Wilson Southerland, Music Director, piano Spencer Reese, Choreographer Charlene Gross, Costume Designer Kiah Kayser, Scenic and Props Artisan Christopher Plummer, Sound Designer 16 Box Office: 330.263.2345

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The DARING of DIANE

or The Merry Grisettes (1907)

Music by Heinrich Reinhardt • Original English Libretto by Arthur Anderson New Performance Edition and Revisions by Steven A. Daigle

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uite in the La Bohème fashion, three aspiring artists—the poet Prosper, the musician Severin, and the painter Julien—share a tattered garret in the heart of Montmartre. Prosper and Severin poke fun at Julien’s apparent inexperience with the opposite sex. In his defense, Julien reveals that, two weeks before, an aunt forwarded him 500 francs, with a promise of 2500 more as soon as he completed his art studies … but, under the condition that, during this time, he have no love affair.

Furthermore, he reveals that, three weeks before, he had met at the Louvre a young woman named Diane—very rich and of noble background— who promised to take an interest in his art.

at his easel, he can’t stop staring at the sketch that he has begun of a beautiful woman. No sooner have Carolie and Rosalie departed than Prosper and Severin decide to pay a visit to the Café Momus. Julien declines their invitation to join them. Once his friends have gone, Julien responds to a knock at the door: it is the elegantly dressed Diane, who explains that, ten years before, driven by her quest for high position, she had married a marquis. Despite her incessant attempts to win his love, he continually shunned her. Left with no alternative, she ran away to seek revenge on her husband by pretending to take a lover … namely Julien. She has left a letter for her husband, informing him of her intentions and Voices are heard from outside—it is those of her whereabouts. Julien now fears for his own grisettes Carolie and Rosalie, the girlfriends, safety, even more so when Diane doubles down respectively, of Prosper and Severin. The two by insisting that she will not leave the room until couples rejoice in being together, while Julien her husband has found her there. When Julien laments his unhappy loveless state. Disconsolate cautions her about his aunt’s stipulation of “no romance,” Diane kicks into high gear…

Setting: A garret overlooking Montmartre – 1900s Cast Prosper (poet)...................................Benjamin Krumreig Julien (artist)............................................... Adam Wells Severin (musician).......................................Vince Gover Carolie...................................................Joelle Lachance Rosalie...............................................Michelle Pedersen Diane...................................................... Tanya Roberts Steven A. Daigle, Stage Director Wilson Southerland, Music Director, piano Spencer Reese, Choreographer Charlene Gross, Costume Designer Justin Gibson, Lighting Designer Kiah Kayser, Scenic and Props Artisan Christopher Plummer, Sound Designer 18 Box Office: 330.263.2345

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narration associated, in one way or another, with historical personages and events. Our goal—as with The Daring of Diane—is to chip away at those 10,000 operetta titles that OLO has yet to present on stage. Composers represented include Jacques Offenbach, Franz von Suppé, Arthur Sullivan, and George Gershwin. The historical characters range from queens to sculptors to actors to composers. Make no mistake … these songs, drawn from the French, German, British, and American repertoire, are rare! But you will be humming or knee-slapping the tunes for days.

Ensemble: Mark Hosseini, Benjamin Krumreig, Teryn Kuzma, Joelle Lachance, Michelle Pedersen, Elizabeth Perkins, Spencer Reese, Tanya Roberts, Caitlin Ruddy, Julie Wright Costa Narration Text and Song Selections by Michael Miller Julie Wright Costa, Stage Director Wilson Southerland, Music Director, piano Spencer Reese, Choreographer Justin Gibson, Lighting Designer Kiah Kayser, Scenic and Props Artisan Christopher Plummer, Sound Designer

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FESTIVAL ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL TEAM STEVEN A. DAIGLE, artistic director, is professor of opera and artistic director of Eastman Opera Theatre at The Eastman School of Music. His experience as a stage director—for companies from coast to coast—encompasses over 150 titles and a wide range of opera and lyric theater repertoire: from Handel’s Serse to Massenet’s Manon, from Copland’s The Tender Land to Philip Glass’ Hydrogen Jukebox, from Kern’s Zip! Goes a Million to Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot. Steve has served on the faculty of Kent State University and as assistant and acting director of the Opera Theater program at the Oberlin Conservatory.

Steve began with Ohio Light Opera in 1990 and in 1999 was appointed artistic director.

During this tenure, he has introduced 75 new titles to OLO’s repertoire, supervised OLO’s highly acclaimed series of CD and DVD recordings, created English translations for five Emmerich Kálmán operettas, and received critical acclaim for his commitment to researching, reconstructing, and producing neglected operettas and early musicals. Articles and reviews of Daigle’s work have appeared in Opera News, Opera London, American Record Guide, Gramophone, Fanfare, Classical Singer, and Opera Now. In May of 2015, Steve received the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester.

Opera. She can be heard on recordings for the Newport Classic, Albany Records, and Operetta Archives labels. Julie resides in Salt Lake City with her husband, composer John Vasconcelos Costa, and their dachshunds, Freddie, Rose, and Tiny Tim. She is a tenured professor of voice, and voice area head, at the University of Utah School of Music.

WILSON SOUTHERLAND, music director/piano, is in demand throughout the United States, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He first appeared as rehearsal pianist at OLO from 2006-08 and has since traveled the world: he served as pianist, coach, assistant conductor, and recitalist at Opera Africa in Pretoria, the New Israeli Opera, AIMS Graz in Austria, and The Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman. He made his conducting debut with Philip Glass’ Les enfants terribles at North Carolina Opera in 2012. For six years, Wilson was the senior coach and primary pianist under Lorin Maazel at the Castleton Festival, and he went on to accompany the esteemed conductorviolinist in recital at the Kennedy Center. In the fall of 2015 he joined the faculty of the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa as the first faculty opera coach in the university’s 184-year history. In 2016 Wilson joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music as assistant professor of opera, where he conducted the revised world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Out of Darkness in 2017. Wilson is JULIE WRIGHT COSTA, as- also artistic director of the Rochester Gay Men's sociate artistic director, is held Chorus, alongside his duties at Eastman. He in high regard as an interpreter holds degrees in piano from Vanderbilt University and director of operetta. She is and The Juilliard School. celebrating her 31st season with SPENCER REESE, choreograOhio Light Opera, for which pher/tenor, is overjoyed to return she has sung in over 100 differfor his eighth summer with Ohio ent productions, performed over Light Opera. Having worked 80 roles, and directed more than 20 titles. This on more than 40 shows with season, she staged The Light on the Horizon OLO, recent onstage favorites for Utah Opera and created a virtual recital of include Frederic in The Pirates British art song for Opéra Louisiane with colof Penzance, Danny Churchill in laborative pianist/conductor Michael Borowitz. Girl Crazy, Valentine Lamar in Babes in Arms, Career highlights include performances with the and Billy Crocker in Anything Goes. While 2020 opera companies of Nevada, Cleveland, Michi- was largely a year of hibernation for live perforgan, Carolina, and Utah. Favorite performances mance, he was delighted to stay connected with include leading roles in Don Giovanni, The Turn so many wonderful friends and colleagues as we of the Screw, Bitter Sweet, La Rondine, Count- traded tap shoes for tech skills. He performed ess Maritza, Camelot, and the title role in Hello, three selections for OLO’s virtual season and Dolly! As stage director, she has collaborated taught countless Zoom voice lessons. He also in productions for the Moab Music Festival, served as music director for Where the Good Nevada Opera, Opera Southwest, The Eastman Songs Go, a new group headed by Ian Silverman School of Music, The University of Utah, Utah and Steven Daigle that researched and recorded Opera, Opéra Louisiane, and Western Plains the earliest shows of important musical theater 22 Box Office: 330.263.2345

composers. Spencer holds a DMA degree from the University of Connecticut, where he studied with Connie Rock, as well as a master’s degree in stage directing from the Eastman School of Music, where he first studied with Steven Daigle.

Equally at home in the styles of musical theater, operetta, and opera, he serves as the artistic director for the Connecticut Gilbert and Sullivan Society, as well as a teaching artist for Goodspeed Musicals.

Rep Theatre, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Royal Theatre, The Public Theater (NYC), and The Ingenuity Festival. Designs for dance include GroundWorks, The Yard, The Juilliard School, Gibney Studios, Dance Space, and Kunningham Studios. Academic designs include work with the Pennsylvania State University, Eastman Opera Theatre, Baldwin Wallace, New York University, Ashland University, Columbia University, University of Memphis, and The College of Wooster. Charlene is an assistant professor of costume design at Penn State School of Theatre.

Always one to stay busy, she is an innovator-inresidence at Penn State’s Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design, chair of faculty council for the College of Arts & Architecture, and a faculty senator, as well as a proud member of United Scenic Artist, Local 829.

TYLER BENSON, technical director, is excited to return to the Ohio Light Opera for his third season. His last time in Wooster, he was master carpenter in 2017. Since then, he has enjoyed traveling the country as a touring assistant carpenter, assistant pyrotechnician, and head carpenter DANIEL HOBBS, costume with Feld Entertainment’s Disney on Ice. He and wardrobe specialist, is a also spent a summer as master carpenter at the scenic and costume designer Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY, where he and in the fall will be visiting had the pleasure of working with artistic director professor of scenic design for the Scott Schwartz. Tyler holds a degree in technical University of South Florida. He theater with a minor in German studies from the has worked as a designer in New University of Pittsburgh. Tyler is ecstatic to be York, Los Angeles, and across back in Wooster and is thrilled to bring back the the country, as well as teaching design at the joy of live entertainment.

College of Wooster, Ashland University, and the JUSTIN GIBSON, lighting University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He is excited director, is excited to be returning to return for this special season with the Ohio to Ohio Light Opera for his sixth Light Opera. Past shows with OLO include Into year, after being away since 2017. the Woods, South Pacific, The Pajama Game, A Raleigh, NC native, Justin holds Anything Goes, The Student Prince, and One a BFA in lighting design/stage Touch of Venus.

MARK HOUSER, video and stream engineer, has been technical director for Eastman Opera Theatre since 2015, has been an IATSE local 25 member since 1983, and has worked in all professional venues in Rochester, NY. He has also worked hundreds of traveling productions in all areas of stagecraft, traveled for CMI communications as an AV technical manager for corporate events across the country, and has served as the general CHARLENE GROSS, costume manager for the full service contractor of the designer, is thrilled to be back Meadowlands Exposition Center. with her opera family for this DANIEL HUSTON, production summer season. As the resident manager, is excited to be back costume designer of Ohio Light for his tenth season with the Opera, she has designed 55+ titles Ohio Light Opera. Daniel lives and was production manager in New York City, where he for over a decade. Designs for works as a freelance lighting theater, dance, and opera have been seen on designer, production manager, and off Broadway in New York City, across the and educator. A native Ohioian, country, and on the West End London stage. Daniel graduated from Mount Union College, Theater credits include work with the Cleveland before receiving his MFA in lighting design from Playhouse, Florida Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Michigan State University. He has designed management from East Carolina University. He is currently the resident lighting designer at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN, where he has worked for four years. Favorite designs of his include The Music Man (Ohio Light Opera), Tuck Everlasting, Once: a New Musical, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Playhouse on the Square).

When Justin isn’t working, he can often be found outside with his dog, Emma. He would like to thank his friends, family, and fiancée for all of their love and support.

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opera, theater, dance, and event lighting around the country. Some of his recent lighting designs with the Ohio Light Opera include: Perchance to Dream, Candide, and Iolanthe. In addition to his design work, Daniel has taught lighting design and technology at multiple universities across the Midwest and in New Jersey. Since 2016, he has also been working and designing retail and display lighting around New York City.

Theatre Technology (USITT) and is currently co-chair of Education for the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA), as well as the editor of the USITT Teaching Archive.

MAYA RICKARD, wardrobe assistant, is beyond thrilled to be working with the Ohio Light Opera for her third season.

She studied musical theater at Ashland University, gaining nominations for the Irene Ryan award, as well as coming home a finalist from the MTI competition. As a singer, actress, scenic designer/artist, technician, she is happy with any opportunity to create art for the audience. Some previous roles include Meg (Little Women), Gertrude (Seussical), and Fiona (Shrek the Musical). Scenic design experience includes Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Euripides' The Trojan Women.

KIAH KAYSER, scenic and props artisan, is a freelance scenic designer/artist originally hailing from Minnesota. Her recent design credits include: Decision Height, Curious Incident (Hollins University); The Taming, Peter Pan, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and School House Rock Live! (Playhouse on the Square); Girl Crazy, Music in the Air (Ohio Light Opera), As Is (Regeneration Theatre), A Piece of My Heart (Onomatopoeia Theatre), It’s a Wonderful Life (TheatreSquared). She received ABBY SCHNECK, production her MFA in scenic design form University of stage manager, is excited to Arkansas. In addition to her design work, Kiah be back at OLO this season, had also worked as a scenic artist for Irish especially after a year of no Repertory Theatre, Infinite Scenic, Variety theater. Recently, she has worked 57, The Ohio Light Opera, Opera Memphis, with Cape Fear Regional Theatre Repertory Theatre of Iowa, Prairie Repertory in North Carolina, The Wick Theatre, and Cedar Rapids Opera. When she is Theatre and Costume Museum not teaching at Hollins or designing around the in Florida, The Hippodrome State Theatre in country, she loves sitting with her dog and fiancé Florida, The Lyric Theatre in Utah, and the while reading a good book on the couch.

Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont. Productions CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, include: South Pacific (OLO), Into the Woods sound designer, developed the (OLO), Downstairs (Dorset Theatre Festival), sound degrees at Michigan Shrek the Musical (CFRT), Murder For Two Technological University and (CFRT), A Chorus Line (The Wick Theatre), has experience in theater and Mamma Mia! (CFRT), Peter and The Starcatcher film sound design, recording, live (The Lyric Theatre), Let The Right One In (The sound reinforcement, theater Hippodrome), No Child Left Behind… (CFRT), directing and devising, sound and Sense and Sensibility (The Lyric Theatre). system consulting, and broadcast sound for Abby holds a bachelor’s degree in theater sporting events. He recently worked on the stage management from Northern Michigan National Endowment for the Arts funded University. project Listening to Parks, which features, in an MARK ROBERT SNYDERimmersive multimedia installation, soundscapes SCHULTE, wardrobe master, and images from the five National Parks is thrilled to be returning to live surrounding Lake Superior. This last year he theater. He has been a part of created sound design training videos for a project OLO since 2004. Over the years, funded by the Japanese Ministry of Culture, Mark has worn many hats here collaborated on the sound design for a virtual at OLO, including cast member, reality experience with faculty at the Rochester costume designer, and wardrobe Institute of Technology, and supervised student master. He looks forward to keeping the cast sound design of nine video games designed looking their best, as they perform for you this and programmed by University of Wisconsin summer. He is a proud member of the IATSE Stout students. Christopher is a past sound Cleveland Wardrobe Union Local 883. commissioner for The United States Institute for

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FESTIVAL CAST VINCENT GOVER, baritone, from Clarksville, MD, is known for his comic portrayals in opera and musical theater. In Winter 2019 he was an apprentice artist at Sarasota Opera, performing the Third Slave in Die Zauberflöte, and joined Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre for the world premiere of Michael Ching’s 8 Woods and a Van. He joined the Ohio Light Opera in 2019, where he performed Commander Harbison in South Pacific, one of The Foursome in Girl Crazy, and Sir Amayas Wendell in Perchance to Dream, and understudied Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance. Previous roles include Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opera in the Ozarks, Betto in Gianni Schicchi, Father in Hänsel und Gretel, Tobias Mill in La cambiale di matrimonio, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the Learned Judge in Trial by Jury. Additionally a composer and librettist, he recently wrote Lend Me a Roll, a comic operetta that pokes fun at life in the early weeks of the COVID-19 quarantine.

A video production can be found online on YouTube, featuring alumni of Ohio Light Opera.

Fleming Endowed Scholarship, and a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University, where he was given the Music, Theatre, and Dance Department Award for “Outstanding Student in Voice Performance.”

MARK HOSSEINI, baritone, is a frequent performer of stage and concert works ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century.

Recently, he was seen as part of the virtual performance troupe Where the Good Songs Go, where he performed in premiere recordings of musical comedies by Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart, George Gershwin, and Sissle and Blake. Favorite stage performances include Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Opéra Louisiane, the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with College Light Opera Company, Pandolfe in Cendrillon with Eastman Opera Theatre, and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus with Oakland University Opera. He has appeared as soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Bachfest Malaysia, and the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. Mark has been a semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, a winner of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and has received four first-place awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition. He holds a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a recipient of the Renée

TERYN KUZMA, soprano, is a Ukrainian-American hailing from Hartford, CT, where she studies voice with Constance Rock. She is thrilled to be returning to OLO for a second exciting season as Luisa in The Fantasticks and as a featured performer. Ms. Kuzma is a part of the Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North America, for which she is an ensemble member and serves on the artistic committee. She has performed with the Ohio Light Opera, the Ukrainian Art Song Project, and the Hartford Opera Theater. Teryn is a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance, and she looks forward to continuing her studies in the fall of 2021 in the graduate vocal arts program at Bard College-Conservatory.

BENJAMIN KRUMREIG, tenor, is excited to be returning to OLO for a seventh summer. A native of Cleveland, Benjamin received his BM from the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.

He then earned his MM from the University of Illinois School of Music. Well-versed in opera, operetta, and musical theater, Benjamin’s roles include Arcadio in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, Marco in The Gondoliers, Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady, Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff, and Pluto in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld.

Previous roles at OLO include the title role in Candide, Rodney Hatch in One Touch of Venus, Freddie Falls in Primrose, Charlie Dalrymple in Brigadoon, Gardefeu in La vie parisienne, NankiPoo in The Mikado, and Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore.

JOELLE LACHANCE, mezzo soprano, is excited to return to OLO for her third (in person, fourth total) season as Carolie in The Daring of Diane and as a featured performer in The Musical Magic of OLO! and ohiolightopera.org 25

Operetta: Rare and Well Done. Last season, you may have glimpsed her on your computer as Tessa in The Gondoliers and Trixie Flynn in Let ‘Em Eat Cake. You saw her in past seasons as Clorinda in Into the Woods, Flora James in Girl Crazy, and Joyce Wheeler in Fifty Million Frenchmen. Recent roles include Ernesto, a goat who tackles bullying in The Three Billy Goats Gruff, a candy-eating Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, and an energetic First Spirit or flirtatious Third Lady in various productions of The Magic Flute. While she calls Cooperstown home, she has only been to the Baseball Hall of Fame once and credits the Glimmerglass Festival for her love of all things opera. Joelle received her BM and MS in music education from Nazareth College in Rochester, NY and her MM in historical performance from Boston University. She is a student of Constance Fee. When not singing, she enjoys Marvel superhero movies, pub trivia nights, reading copious books, and spending time with her family.

MICHELLE MARIE PEDERSEN, soprano, is thrilled to be part of this year’s 2021 Ohio Light Opera season. Michelle’s debut season with OLO was in 2019 in the production of South Pacific, playing the beloved and boisterous role of Bloody Mary. She has recently performed the role of Gilda in Rigoletto with the University of Utah’s Lyric Opera and Musetta in La Bohème with the St. George Opera. Other recent performance credits include Madame Lidoine (Dialogues des Carmélites), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), The Old Lady (Candide), and Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors). Michelle holds a BA in both vocal performance and music education from Oregon State University and an MM in vocal performance from the University of Utah. Ms. Pedersen has been a visiting professor of musical theater voice at the University of Memphis Theatre & Dance Department, and is currently working on her DMA in vocal performance with a secondary emphasis in stage directing at the University of Utah.

ELIZABETH STOCKTON PERKINS, soprano, made her stage debut in OLO’s 2011 production of Jubilee and is thrilled to be back for her sixth season. She is a rising sophomore at Vassar College and studies voice with Susan 26 Box Office: 330.263.2345

Eichhorn Young and OLO alum James Ruff. IG: @elizabethstocktonperkins TANYA ROBERTS, soprano, is overjoyed to return for her sixth season as Diane (The Daring of Diane), Counsel for the Plaintiff (Trial by Jury), and featured performer in The Musical Magic of OLO! and Operetta: Rare and Well Done. She hopes you remember her as Anna (The King and I), Lilli (Kiss Me, Kate), Frieda (Music in the Air), Eliza (My Fair Lady), Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods), Dolly (Have a Heart), and the title role in Countess Maritza. Tanya has performed over 75 roles worldwide. She has appeared with Lyric Opera Chicago, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera, Edmonton Opera, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Lyrique-en-Mer, Teatro Grattacielo, Banff Centre, Charlottesville Opera, Sound of Austria, and the Tel Aviv Festival, among many others. She is a founding member of the opera crossover quartet Prosecco. An avid traveler, Tanya has visited 65 countries, half of which while performing with Azamara Cruises, appearing in cabarets, her solo show “Hostess with the Mostess,” and as Micaela (Carmen). Tanya is also the founder of Tanya Roberts Creative, a boutique video editing and graphic design studio for performing artists. She is a native of Toronto and graduate of McGill University.

CAITLIN RUDDY, soprano, is a versatile singer-actress with a passion for opera, operetta, and classic music theater. She is thrilled to be back with the Ohio Light Opera, after being a Young Artist in both 2015 and 2018. In 2018 she performed the title role in Franz Lehár’s Cloclo. Other favorite roles at OLO include Paquette (Candide), Berginella (La Périchole), Poopsie (The Pajama Game), and Jane Ashton (Brigadoon). In 2019 Caitlin was an Emerging Artist with St. Petersburg Opera, and covered the role of Valencienne in The Merry Widow. In NYC, she originated the role of Perketta in the workshop and presentation of Under the Overture, a “hilarious musical comedy/ operatic romp” that features music by Rossini, and was directed by Gerard Alessandrini (creator of Spamilton and Forbidden Broadway). Also in NYC, she performed with the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project LIVE! Other favorite roles include Rosabella (The Most Happy Fella), Baker’s

Wife (Into the Woods), Natalie (White Horse Inn), Hodel (Fiddler on the Roof), and Anytime Annie (42nd Street). Caitlin graduated with her BM in vocal performance from the University of Florida, and her MM in voice performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music. She currently resides on Long Island.

ADAM WELLS, baritone, returns to Ohio Light Opera for his second summer. Wells has performed a multitude of roles in 20th-century operas and musicals ranging from Paul in Philip Glass’ Les Enfants Terribles to the title role in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.

He was featured, as the innocent and naïve Karl, in OLO’s 2019 production of Music in the Air

by Jerome Kern. He received the 2016 Linda Candler Award for Outstanding Opera Student at the Janiec Opera Company, for which, in the world premiere of Falling Angel by J. Mark Scearce, he received accolades from the Wall Street Journal. Wells is a 2013 YoungArts winner in classical voice and a 2019 South Carolina Metropolitan National Council district winner.

He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Oberlin Conservatory.

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Founded in 1866, Wooster enrolls approximately 2,000 students, who choose from more than 50 academic programs in the sciences, humanities, business and the arts.

Wooster offers an excellent, comprehensive liberal arts education, culminating in a rigorous senior project, in which each student works one-on-one with a faculty mentor to conceive, organize and complete a significant research project on a topic of the student’s own choosing.

Through this distinctive program, every Wooster student develops abilities valued by employers and graduate schools alike: initiative, selfconfidence, independent judgment, creative problem solving, and strong written and oral communication skills.

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THE OHIO LIGHT OPERA 2021 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR

S JULY S SUNDAY 4

MONDAY 5

TUESDAY 6

WEDNESDAY 7

THURSDAY 8

FRIDAY 9

SATURDAY 10 The Musical Magic of OLO!*** Wooster’s Historic Public Square 1PM

SUNDAY 11

MONDAY 12

TUESDAY 13

WEDNESDAY 14

THURSDAY 15

The Fantasticks!* Outdoors Wayne Center for the Arts 2PM

The Fantasticks!* Outdoors Wayne Center for the Arts 2PM

FRIDAY 16

Trial by Jury* Outdoors Wayne Center for the Arts 2PM

The Musical Magic of OLO!*** City Square Steakhouse 7:30PM SUNDAY 18

MONDAY 19

DOUBLE BILL† Outdoors Wayne Center for the Arts Trial by Jury† 2PM

TUESDAY 20

WEDNESDAY 21

The Fantasticks!* Outdoors Wayne Center for the Arts 2PM

Trial by Jury* Outdoors Wayne Center for the Arts 2PM

The Fantasticks!† 4PM

The Daring of Diane** Live Streaming 8:30PM

THURSDAY 22

SATURDAY 17

The Musical Magic of OLO!*** Grigio/ St. Paul Hotel 7:30PM

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SATURDAY 24

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Operetta: Rare and Well Done** Live Streaming 8:30PM

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If it isperformance, raining at we will evaluate the delay for no more than one hour after the scheduled curtain. If the rain stops by 2:45, it will take 15 minutes to prepare the performance curtain time of a ticketed performance, and the rain stops within 45 minutes, it will take 15 minutes to prepare the space. Otherwise, we will start the performance at 3:00 inside the Wayne Center for the Arts building.

performance space. Otherwise, the performance will start inside the Wayne Center for the Arts building one hour after

The outdoor performances of The Fantasticks and Trial by Jury are in the afternoon. There is limited shade for our audience. We encourage you the scheduled curtain. to bring lawn chairs, wear hats, sunscreen, and sunglasses, and bring water to keep you hydrated. OLO will also be supplying bottled water for all those in attendance. Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 South Walnut Street, Wooster, OH 44691

The outdoor performances of The Fantasticks and Trial by Jury are in the afternoon. There is limited shade to bring lawn chairs, wear hats, sunscreen, and sunglasses, and bring *** Celebrate the Musical of OLOOLO will also be supplying bottled water for all those in attendance. water to keep you Magic hydrated. **for Available to watch online, to follow.you our audience.

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Main Street Wooster Second Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 1:00PM, Wooster Public Square-Historic District, Wooster OH

** AAvailable details to your follow. free concert to on watch Wooster’sonline, public Square—bring lawn chair! Ohio Light Opera was founded in 1979. Over the past 20 years, OLO has further expanded its repertoire—now at 146 titles—to include stage works of most of the greatest composers and lyricists of traditional American musical

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A Main Street Second Saturday A free&concert—bring chair!drive Please see page 12 Broadway for a Not only did Wooster innovators like Cole Porter, Irving event.

Berlin, Rodgers Hammerstein, andyour Lernerlawn and Loewe the evolution of the concert description. musical, but—quite unlike the musicals of today—many of their show songs became popular hit tunes of their day. Join us in this casual cabaret performance as we look back at some of the most well-known and beloved songs from the mid-century musicals that OLO has produced. Songs Friday, July“The 16,Impossible 2021, atDream,” 7:30PM, City 140 S “I’ve Market Street, and Wooster OH Mountain.”

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Reserve your complimentary tickets now by calling 330-263-2345 or44691 email: ohiolightopera@wooster.edu.

Friday, July 16, 2021, at 7:30PM, City Square Steakhouse, 140 S Market Street, Wooster OH Thereyour is limited ticket availability in City SquareorSteakhouse’s event center adjacent to theticket restaurant.

Reserve complimentary tickets now by calling 330.263.2345 email: ohiolightopera@wooster.edu.

There is limited availabilityJoin in City Steakhouse’s event centerOpera adjacent singers to the restaurant. the wonderful Ohioof Light Opera singers as they present playlists of familiar theSquare wonderful Ohio Light as theyJoin present playlists familiar musical theater numbers and theater musical numbers and swing tunes in an intimate setting.

Consider dining at City Square prior to the show and/or enjoy a cocktail from the swing tunes in an intimate setting. Consider dining at City Square prior to the show and/or enjoy a cocktail cash bar during the event. from the cash bar during the event.

Saturday, July 17, 2021, at 7:30PM, Grigio Wine and Cocktail Bar/The St. Paul Hotel, 211 South Market Street, Wooster OH 44691 Saturday, July 17, 2021, 7:30PM, Wineor and Cocktail Bar/The St. Paul Hotel, South Reserve your complimentary ticketsat now by calling Grigio 330.263.2345 send an email: ohiolightopera@wooster.edu.

There 211 is limited ticketMarket availability onStreet, the patio and indoorOH seating.

Event will be held indoors in the event of inclement weather. Join the wonderful Ohio Light Opera singers as Wooster 44691 they present playlists of familiar theater musical numbers and swing tunes in an intimate setting.

Enjoy wine, craft cocktails and delicious Reserve your complimentary tickets now by calling 330-263-2345 or send an email: ohiolightopera@food while you listen to the music.

wooster.edu. There is limited ticket availability on the patio and indoor seating. Event will be held indoors

“double bill”of performance afternoon with Join a hearty from LocalOhio Roots Café Kitchen † Special in the event inclement weather. thesnack wonderful Light Opera singers as they present playlists of plus beverage between shows: $50 per person

familiar musical theater numbers and swing tunes in an intimate setting. Enjoy wine, craft cocktails and delicious food while you listen to the music.

† S pecial “double bill” performance afternoon with a hearty snack from Local Roots Café Kitchen plus beverage between shows: $50 per person

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TICKET INFORMATION & PRICES Ordering Tickets: Beginning June 1, 2021, you will be able to call the box office at 330-2632345 or email ohiolightopera@wooster.edu to purchase tickets for the two shows labeled “outdoors” on the calendar. As you might expect, there will be limited availability, as social distancing protocols will need to be followed.

The three Musical Magic of OLO! concerts will be free and open to all, as spacing constraints permit.

Please do not hesitate to visit our website regularly, as we will continually update it as event scheduling and availability become finalized. And don’t forget to take note of when the live streaming performances will occur.

Tickets for Trial by Jury and The Fantasticks will be general seating and $20 each.

Ticketed Events: Please call the Box Office at 330-263-2345 for tickets and information. If it is raining at curtain time of a ticketed performance, and the rain stops within 45 minutes, it will take 15 minutes to prepare the performance space.

Otherwise, the performance will start inside the

Wayne Center for the Arts building one hour after the scheduled curtain.

The outdoor performances of The Fantasticks and Trial by Jury are in the afternoon. There is limited shade for our audience. We encourage you to bring lawn chairs, wear hats, sunscreen, and sunglasses, and bring water to keep you hydrated. OLO will also be supplying bottled water for all those in attendance.

Box Office Location & Hours: The Ohio Light Opera The College of Wooster Westminster Church House 353 East Pine Street (Corner of College Ave and E. Pine St.) Wooster, OH 44691 Monday-Friday.......................... 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Parking Information: Parking in downtown Wooster is available near the square and Wayne Center for the Arts. Spaces fill up quickly so please plan to arrive early.

2021 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Over the last 42 years, the staff at the College of Wooster has been instrumental in Ohio Light Opera’s success. Without their enthusiasm and support of our endeavors, the Company would not function as seamlessly as it does. The “in kind” services and “hidden assets” over the years have made it possible for OLO to exist as a unique part of the educational mission at Wooster.

We acknowledge them with grateful hearts for their support and assistance.

HEARTFELT THANKS go out to: Mark Houser, Technical Director for Eastman Opera Theatre and Video Director for 2021 – OLO Light!/Eastman School of Music S Main Street Wooster Grigio Wine & Cocktail Bar S S Wayne County Convention The St. Paul Hotel and Visitors Bureau S S City Square Steakhouse Wayne Center for the Arts S S

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In keeping with the tradition established at the Savoy Theatre in London, we will sing God Save the Queen before each Gilbert & Sullivan performance.

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Queen Victoria attending a performance of The Mikado.

Photo by Matt Dilyard, from the 2012 Ohio Light Opera production.

God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen: Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save the Queen.

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God Save The Queen