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Virtual Patience 2021
Production Staff:
Producer: Janell Lovelace; Assistant / Video Editor: John Paul Middlesworth
Artistic director and choreographer: Melissa S. Craib Dombrowski
Music director / Music Editor: Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Technical Advisors: Mark Welker, HD Welker
Costume designer / Costumer: Marian Anders
Accompanist: Cole Swanson
Concert Producer: Noelle Paull
Graphic designers: Evelyn McCauley, Katherine Zeph, James Vollers, Mark Welker
Hair & make-up designer: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Music Librarians: Kim Kingsley, Tanner Lovelace
Program producer: Katherine Zeph
Program assistants: Ada Brown, Janell Lovelace, Meaghan Morgan, Norman Owen, David Smith
Properties designer & manager:Lisa Hirsh
Publicity team: Courtney Saffie, Anna Thomson, James Vollers
Social director: Ada Brown
Stage manager: Donna Cavallo
Technical director: Ben Morgan
Technical Support Team: Erin Conn, Melissa S. Craib Dombrowski, Pam Guidry-Vollers, Janell Lovelace, Joanna Sisk-Purvis, Ruth Winecker, HD Welker, Mark Welker
Volunteer Coordinator:HD Welker
Wardrobe manager: Marian Anders
Warehouse and storage manager: Ben Morgan
Website manager: Janell Lovelace
Cast:
Principals
Patience: Eleanor Hanna
Reginald Bunthorne: Nicholas Malinowski
Archibald Grosvenor: John Paul Middlesworth
Angela: Leo Bevington
Saphir: Layla Dougani
Jane: Kim Kingsley
Ella: Hannah Lingafelt
Lt. The Duke of Dunstable: Erin Conn
Col. Calverley: Jos Purvis
Maj. Murgatroyd: Steve Dobbins
Stage Chorus
Ada Brown, Madonna Evans, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Pam Guidry-Vollers
Christine Eckermann-Ross, Elizabeth Raines, Marcia Bridges, Pam Stewart, Ruth Winecker
Chris Newlon, HD Welker, Pat Roos
Bobby Cameron, John Klinges, Kent Parks
Royal Chorus
Karen Gray, Tamzin Kinnett
Cathy Lambe, Courtney Thornton, Robin Trew
Hank Hankla, Michael Rowe, David Smith, Shiangtai Tuan
Richard Palmer, Dave Sulzen
The Durham Savoy Opera Orchestra:
Conductor: Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Orchestra Manager: Tanner Lovelace
Violin I: Frederic Ayala
Violin II: Rebecca Lee
Viola: Nicolle Tulve
Cello: Electronically added by Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Double Bass: Tanner Lovelace
Clarinet: Shirley Violand-Jones
Oboe: Anne J. Menkens
Bassoon: Charles Gragg
Flute I: Jasmine McKewen
Flute II/Piccolo: Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Trumpet: Bruce Klitzman
Trombone: Christina Thompson
French Horn: Sandy Svoboda, Richard Lehner
Percussion: Andrew Munger
Keyboard: Cole Swanson
Patience 2020
We were two weeks from opening night when the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down. The people listed below had done a tremendous amount of work to get us to that point – the cast was well rehearsed, the set and costumes made, etc., and they deserve to be recognized for their efforts.
Production Staff:
Producer: Janell Lovelace;
Artistic director and choreographer: Derrick Ivey
Music director: Joanna Sisk-Purvis, Assistant: Chelsea Huber
Set designer: James Vollers
Technical director: Ben Morgan
Costume designer / Costumer: Marian Anders
Master carpenter: Mark Welker
Lighting designer: Chuck Catotti
Stage manager: Donna Cavallo; Assistant: Jamie Fitzgerald
Accompanists, auditions: Cole Swanson
Accompanist, rehearsals: Betty Romani, Cole Swanson, Ben Wechsler
Accompanist, sing-through: Betty Romani
Costume team: Mary Elizabeth Guy, Carolyn Harris, Lauren Hubbard, Sharon Nieves, Dorothy Smith, Pam Stewart, HD Welker, Mark Welker
Dance captain: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Football Coach: Michael Vollers
Graphic designers: Katherine Zeph, Derrick Ivey, Charlie Register
Hair & make-up designer: Pam Guidry-Vollers
House manager / Database manager / Scribe: Beth L. Rowe
House Assistants: David Lehmann, Mary Little, Noelle Paull
New member mentors: Kent Parks, Lia Fitzgerald
Painting coordinator: HD Welker
Painting, detail: Lia Fitzgerald, Katie Stoffel
Photographer: Mark Welker
Program producer: Katherine Zeph
Program assistants: Ada Brown, Janell Lovelace, David Smith, Norman Owen
Properties designer & manager: Lisa Hirsh
Properties assistants: Ben Morgan, HD Welker, Mark Welker
Publicity team: Michael Rowe, Beth L. Rowe, Miranda Crenshaw, Ada Brown, Katherine Zeph, Janell Lovelace
Run Crew: Meaghan Morgan, Katie Stoffel, James Vollers
Ticket manager (Cast sales): Karen Gray
Ticket manager (Group sales): Cathy Lambe
Videographer: Nick Karner
Volunteer Coordinator: HD Welker
Warehouse angels: Ada Brown, Steve Dobbins, Lizanne Estes, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Carolyn Harris, John Paul Middlesworth, Pat Roos, Savanna Steele, HD Welker, Mark Welker, Ruth Winecker
Warehouse crew: Lyle Bass, Randy Bridges, Bobby Cameron, Christine Eckermann-Ross, Jamie Fitzgerald, Lia Fitzgerald, Charles Guidry, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Ken Hirsh, Janell Lovelace, John Paul Middlesworth, Ben Morgan, Meaghan Morgan, Richard Palmer, Pat Roos, Michael Rowe, Bruce Stewart, Katie Stoffel, David Sulzen, Robin Trew, Shiangtai Tuan, James Vollers, Michael Vollers, HD Welker, Mark Welker
Concert Producer: Noelle Paull
Music Librarian: Tanner Lovelace
Social directors: Meaghan Morgan, Ada Brown
Wardrobe manager: Marian Anders
Warehouse and storage manager: Ben Morgan
Website managers: Janell Lovelace, Michael Rowe
Cast:
Principals
Patience (a Dairy/Ice Cream Maid): Ellie Hanna (u/s Savanna Steele)
Reginald Bunthorne (a Fleshly/Beatnik Poet): Stuart Albert (u/s Steve Dobbins)
Archibald Grosvenor (an Idyllic/Hippie Poet): John Paul Middlesworth
Angela: Lauren Hussey (u/s Lia Fitzgerald)
Saphir: Layla Dougani (u/s Ruth Winecker)
Jane: Kim Kingsley (u/s Marcia Bridges)
Ella: Savanna Steele (u/s Mary Elizabeth Guy)
Lt. The Duke of Dunstable: Erin Conn (u/s HD Welker)
Col. Calverley: Michael Rowe
Maj. Murgatroyd: Steve Dobbins (u/s Bobby Cameron)
Mr. Bunthorne’s Solicitor: Kim Kingsley
Stage Chorus
Ada Brown, Lia Fitzgerald, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Pam Guidry-Vollers
Christine Eckermann-Ross, Courtney Thornton, Elizabeth Raines, Marcia Bridges, Pam Stewart, Ruth Winecker
Chris Newlon, HD Welker, Liz Connelly, Pat Roos
Bobby Cameron, Bruce Stewart, Kent Parks
Royal Chorus
Carolyn Harris, Karen Gray, Tamzin Kinnett
Cathy Lambe, Marian Anders, Robin Trew
David Smith, Hank Hankla, Shiangtai Tuan
Dave Sulzen, Ken Hirsh, Richard Palmer
The Durham Savoy Opera Orchestra:
Conductor: Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Assistant Conductor: Chelsea Huber
Concertmaster: Frederic Ayala
Orchestra Manager: Tanner Lovelace
Violin I: Frederic Ayala, Margueritte Cox
Violin II: Rebecca Lee
Viola: Nicolle Tulve (sub: Norton Dickman)
Cello: James Tyler-Walker
Double Bass: Tanner Lovelace
Clarinet: Shirley Violand-Jones
Oboe: Anne J. Menkens
Bassoon: Charles Gragg
Flute I: Jasmine McKewen
Flute II/Piccolo: Jenni Scoggin
Trumpet: Bruce Klitzman (sub: Dave Goodman)
Trombone: Christina Thompson
French Horn: Sandy Svoboda, Richard Lehner
Percussion: Andrew Munger
Keyboard: Cole Swanson