The Sudbury Savoyards were pleased to present for their 50th Anniversary a double-bill production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury, directed by Joe Stallone, and H.M.S. Pinafore, directed by Kathy Lague, with both operettas conducted by Steve Malionek.
Performances were at 8 pm on February 25 & 26, and March 11 & 12, with matinees on Sunday, February 27 at 3 pm and Saturday, March 12 at 2 pm at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Theater, 390 Lincoln Road, in Sudbury, MA.
Trial by Jury was first produced in London in 1875 and is the oldest, and shortest, of the surviving comic operas. The Sudbury Savoyards first staged Trial by Jury in 1961 as a Sudbury Methodist Church fundraiser and was performed on the parish hall stage and costumed with choir robes. This unusually short (40-minutes) operetta reveals Victorian social hypocrisy while highlighting the ridiculous as well as the raucous, all with great music. As one cast member puts it: "A G&S version of Jerry Springer, but with nicer language"!
Trial By Jury Chorus
Brad Amidon, David Baldwin, Marilyn Carr, Phyllis Clopper, Janie Cron, Janice Dallas, Meryl Eisenstein, Susan Elberger, Janine Gauntt, Lissa Gilbert, Sophie Glasser, Marcia Goldensher, Beth Goldstein, Jane Graham, Bill Johnson, Alessandra Kingsford, Eleni Kisty, Neil McCormick, Rich Olsen, Tom Porcher, Nancy Powers, Jon Saul, Ellen Simmons, Erin Van Speybroeck, Marla Zucker
H.M.S. Pinafore was originally presented in 1879 and is one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s first full-length operettas. The story reveals 19th century English class conflicts and complicit snobbery when one person loves another "below his station" as the character of Buttercup sings "Things are seldom what they seem". With a cast of 56, the Savoyards have quite a crew of "strong and sober sailors" and actually can "reckon up the cousins by the dozens"!
H.M.S. Pinafore Chorus
Brad Amidon, David Baldwin, Peter Boettcher, Marilyn Carr, Phyllis Clopper, Jamieson Cobleigh, Janie Cron, Graham Daley, Randy Divinski, Art Dunlap, Thomas Durgin, Meryl Eisenstein, Susan Elberger, Erinn Farmer, Ed Fell, Lissa Gilbert, Sophie Glasser, Marcia Goldensher, Beth Goldstein, John Gorgone, Jane Graham, Fred Hughes, Bill Johnson, Barbara Johnson, Susannah Kay, Eleni Kisty, Dave Lopshire, Marylee Marsh, Laurel Martin, Neil McCormick, Larry Millner, Dennis O'Brien, Rich Olsen, Tom Ostrowski, Tony Parkes, Mei-Lin Po, Tom Porcher, Karen Powers, Nancy Powers, Jon Saul, Susan Schultz, Ellen Simmons, Kerry Teman, Erin Van Speybroeck, Katy Weeks, Peter Welsh, Marla Zucker
The show poster!
2011 Trial By Jury/H.M.S. Pinafore Poster, 8 1/2 x 11 in PDF Format.
The Sudbury Savoyards, known for presenting Gilbert and Sullivan "On a Grand Scale", is an all-volunteer organization still sponsored by the Sudbury United Methodist Church, and donates all of its proceeds to the Relief of World Hunger. Thanks to our audiences and patrons since the late 1970’s, over $185,000 has been donated to this worthy cause. We hope to reach a goal of $200,000 in our 50th year!
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