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Company Photo of The Grand Duke 2017 by Jordan Haywood

Production Staff

Producer: Janell Lovelace; Assistants: Tanner Lovelace and Brittany Wagner
Artistic director and choreographer: Derrick Ivey
Music director: Alan Riley Jones
Set designer: Jenni Becker and Jen Leiner
Sing-through and audition accompanists: Betty Romani and Kaye Pluth
Rehearsal accompanists:  Lori Anderson, Betty Romani, Sam Hammond, and Kaye Pluth
Technical director: Lyle Bass
Master carpenter: Bobby Cameron; Assistant: Ben Morgan
Paint designer / Scenic Artist: Jen Leiner
Lighting designer: Andy Parks
Stage manager: Donna Cavallo
Choreography assistant / dance captain: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Costume designer: Bambi Riggsbee-Smith
Costumer: Lisa Hirsh
Costume assistants / dressers: Marian Anders, Pam Guidry-Vollers, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Mary Elisabeth Hirsh, Micah Hirsh, Joyce Horn, Lauren Hussey, Karen Lehmann, Noelle Paull, Dorothy Smith, Shiangtai Tuan, and Michael Vollers
Hair & make-up designer: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Properties designer / manager: Meaghan Morgan
Properties assistants: Katie Allen, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Lisa Hirsh, Cathy Lambe, Janell Lovelace, Michael Rowe, Michael Vollers
Set construction and painting crew:  Tom Anderson, Randy Bridges, Alan Colborn, Megan Colborn, HD Cross, Tracy Delius, Pam Guidry-Vollers, Houston Horn, Derek Lane, Hugh Mace, Scott Sino, Nick Staffa, Bruce Stewart, Fulton Strathern, Robin Trew, Shiangtai Tuan, James Vollers, Michael Vollers, Mark Welker
Run Crew: Ben Morgan, Katherine Zeph
Warehouse and storage manager: Charles Guidry
Wardrobe mistress: Karen Guidry
Publicity: Sonja Foust
Social chair: Meaghan Morgan
Graphic designers: Derrick Ivey, Evelyn McCauley, and  Katherine Zeph
Photographer: Jordan Haywood
Videographers:  Ian Finley, Duncan MacGregor, and Jack Mohler, Research Triangle High School
Program designer: Katherine Zeph
Program back cover & DVD cover designer:  Charles Register
Program editors: Norman Owen and David Smith
Ticket managers (Cast sales): Ada Brown and Michael Rowe
Ticket manager (Group sales): Cathy Lambe
Website manager: Janell Lovelace

Cast

Principals

Julia Jellicoe (an English Comidienne): Lee Galbreath
Ludwig (a Leading Comedian): Jim Burnette
Ernest Dummkopf (a Theatrical Manager): Dean Kivotidis Understudy: Sam Warshauer
Lisa (a Soubrette): Elizabeth Hankla
Rudolph (Grand Duke of Pfennig Halbpfennig): Stuart Albert
Baroness von Krakenfeldt: Marian Anders
Dr. Tannhäuser (a Notary): Michael Rowe
Princess of Monte Carlo: Mary Elisabeth Hirsh
Prince of Monte Carlo: Scott Sino
Herald: Richard A. Palmer
Lord Chamberlain: Steve Dobbins
Gretchen: Kim Kingsley
Olga: Mary Elizabeth Guy
Bertha: Marcia Bridges
Elsa: Ruth Winecker

Stage Chorus

Soprano: Juliana Fisher, Kim Kingsley, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Pam Guidry-Vollers, Ruth Winecker
Alto: Ada Brown, HD Cross, Marcia Bridges, Sonja Foust
Tenor: Chris Newlon, Hank Hankla, Nick Staffa, Pat Roos, Sam Warshauer, Shiangtai Tuan
Bass: Bruce Stewart, David Smith, Houston Horn, James Vollers, Steve Dobbins

Royal Chorus

Soprano: Betty Romani, Megan Colborn
Alto: Lisa Hirsh, Robin Trew, Mary Ann Freedman
Tenor: Hugh Mace
Bass: Bruce Conner, Derek Lane

Orchestra

Orchestra Manager:  Tanner Lovelace