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Production Staff:
Producer: Janell Lovelace;
Artistic director and choreographer: Derrick Ivey
Music Director: Jackson Cooper
Set designer: James Vollers
Technical director: Ben Morgan
Costume designer: Karen Guidry
Lead Costumer: Marian Anders, Assistants: Lisa Hirsh, Karen Lehmann, Olive McKrell
Master carpenter: Mark Welker
Lighting designer:Matt Artigues
Stage manager: Donna Cavallo; Assistant: Anna Thomson
Accompanists, auditions: Betty Romani, Cole Swanson
Accompanist, rehearsals: Nyssa Collins, Cole Swanson; Substitute: Betty Romani
Accompanist, sing-through: Cheryl Crews
Dance Captain: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Graphic designers: Derrick Ivey, Katherine Zeph
Hair & make-up designer: Pam Guidry-Vollers
House Manager / Database Manager / Scribe: Beth L. Rowe
House Assistants: David Lehmann, Noelle Paull, Miriam Schuman
Music Librarian: Tanner Lovelace
Painting coordinator: HD Welker
Photographer: Mark Welker
Program producer: Katherine Zeph
Program back cover & DVD cover designer: Charlie Register
Program assistants: Brittany Wagner, Norman Owen, David Smith,
Properties designer & manager: Stephanie Artigues
Publicity team: Michael Rowe, Courtney Thornton, Chris Newlon, Bruce Conner, Beth L. Rowe, Mary Royall Hight, Ada Brown
Run Crew: Brian Phillips
Social director: Meaghan Morgan
Ticket manager (Cast sales): Brittany Wagner
Ticket manager (Group sales): Cathy Lambe
Videographer: Nick Karner
Wardrobe mistress: Karen Guidry
Warehouse and storage manager: Charles Guidry
Warehouse angels: Liz Connelly, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Farren Hilliard, Sonja Likness, Meaghan Morgan, Scott Sino, Ruth Winecker
Warehouse crew: Lyle Bass, Amarilys Bernacet, Randy Bridges
Bobby Cameron, Liz Connelly, Brittany DeCristofaro, Matias DiMartino Bill Estes, Lia Fitzgerald, Charles Guidry, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Farren Hilliard Houston Horn, Claire Kennedy, Kim Kingsley, Derek Lane John Paul Middlesworth, Michael Miller, Ben Morgan, Meaghan Morgan Richard Palmer, Pat Roos, Michael Rowe, Scott Sino, Bruce Stewart Fulton Strathern, Robin Trew, Shiangtai Tuan, HD Welker, Mark Welker
Warehouse move coordinators: Randy Bridges, Ben Morgan, Beth L. Rowe
Website manager: Janell Lovelace
Cast:
Principals
The Mikado: Michael Rowe (u/s Kent Parks)
Nanki-Poo: Brady DelVecchio (u/s Erin Conn)
Ko-ko: Greg Toft (u/s Chris Newlon)
Pooh-Bah: Jim Burnette (u/s Scott Sino)
Pish-Tush: Stuart Albert (u/s John Paul Middlesworth)
Yum-Yum: Farren Hilliard (u/s Mary Royall Hight)
Pitti-Sing: Lauren Hussey (u/s Brittany DeChristofaro)
Peep-Bo: Mary Elisabeth Hirsh (u/s Claire Kennedy)
Katisha: Alana Sealey (u/s Courtney Thornton)
Stage Chorus
Brittany DeCristofaro, Pam Guidry-Vollers, Mary Guy, Mary Royall Hight, Claire Kennedy, Kim Kingsley
Amarilys Bernacet, Marcia Bridges,Lia Fitzgerald, Sonja Likness, Brittany Wagner, HD Welker,
Erin Conn, Donald Meyers, John Paul Middlesworth, Chris Newlon, Pat Roos
Steve Dobbins, Houston Horn, Kent Parks, Scott Sino, Bruce Stewart
Royal Chorus
Marian Anders,Liz Connelly, Bruce Conner, Karen Gray, Hank Hankla, Carolyn Harris, Christianna Hellwig, Steve Hill, Tamzin Kinnett, Cathy Lambe, Derek Lane, Bizzy Maness, Matt McKrell, Olive McKrell, Richard Palmer, Elizabeth Raines, David Smith, Courtney Thornton, Robin Trew, Shanghai Tuan
The Durham Savoy Opera Orchestra:
Conductor: Jackson Cooper
Concertmaster: Frederic Ayala
Orchestra Manager: Tanner Lovelace
Violin I: Frederic Ayala, Jody Crafford (sub: Mark Furth)
Violin II: Rebecca Lee, Margueritte Cox
Viola: Norton Dickman, ?
Cello: James Tyler-Walker, Julius Prescott
Double Bass: Tanner Lovelace
Clarinet: Shirley Violand-Jones
Oboe: Nancy Wilson
Bassoon: Charles Gragg
Flute: Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Trumpet: Bruce Klitzman (sub: Kathy Silbiger)
Trombone: Christina Thompson
French Horn: Sandy Svoboda (sub: Richard Lehner)
Percussion: Andrew Munger (sub: Bill Hayes)