People
There are a huge number of people who contribute to any production. Contact us if you want to help with The Gondoliers in 2024!
Note that this listing includes people from 2023 where the people from 2024 have not yet been named.
The Gondoliers 2024
Production Staff:
Producer: Alison Trott
Artistic director and choreographer: Melissa S. Craib Dombrowski
Music director: Joanna Sisk-Purvis; Assistant: Cole Swanson
Stage manager: Donna Cavallo; Assistant: Nikki Carrington
Technical director: Ben Morgan
Costume designer: Aerial Sanders; Assistants:
Lighting designer: Sophia Diaz
Set designer: James Vollers
Master Carpenter: Mark Welker
Accompanists: Cole Swanson, Betty Romani
Accompanist, auditions: Betty Romani
Costume team:
Dance captain: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Detail painters: Teddy McKrell, Susan “Ria” Pyle
Front of House:
Graphic designers:
Hair & make-up designer: Pam Guidry-Vollers
New member coordinator: Kent Parks
Painting coordinator: Ria Renquest
Photographers: Jasmin Ochoa-Benitez
Program producer: Katherine Zeph
Program assistants: Janell Lovelace
Projectionist:
Properties designer & manager: HD Welker
Properties runner: Geo Nelson
Publicity manager: Sonja Likness
Run crew: Bruce Stewart (spotlight)
Technology assistant: Jos Purvis
Videographer: Rob Underhill
Volunteer coordinator: Kate Lamb
Warehouse angels:
Warehouse team:
Business Manager: MaryLittle
Concert producer: Noelle Paull
Music librarians: Kim Kingsley, Tanner Lovelace
Social director: Ada Brown
Wardrobe manager: Marian Marley
Warehouse and storage manager: Ben Morgan
Website manager: Janell Lovelace
Cast:
Principals
Marco Palmieri: Alex Baker
Giuseppe Palmieri: Brady Bowman
Gianetta: Mary Elisabeth Hirsh
Tessa: Hanna Lingafelt (Understudy: Sarah Jones)
The Duke of Plazatoro: Stuart Albert
Luiz (his attendant): Nick Malinowski (Understudy: Erin Conn)
The Duchess of Plazatoro: Brittany Wagner (Understudy: Anna Linvill)
Casilda (her daughter): Lily Vance (Understudy: Lauren Hussey)
Don Alhambra del Bolero (the Grand Inquisitor): Jim Burnette (Understudy: Brian Herrle)
Inez (the King’s Foster Mother): Kim Kingsley (Understudy: Lizanne Estes)
Fiametta: Lauren Hussey (Understudy: Teddy McKrell)
Vittoria: Anna Linvill (Understudy: Rosemary Betts)
Giulia: Liz Crisenbery(Understudy: Pam Guidry-Vollers)
Antonio: Steve Dobbins
Francesco: Erin Conn
Giorgio: John Paul Middlesworth
Anibale: Brian Herrle
Stage Chorus
Rosemary Betts, Ray Britt, Lizanne Estes, Vaugn Greene, Pam Guidry-Vollers, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Maria Herrle, Sarah Jones, Kate Lamb, Sonja Likness, Teddy McKrell, Matt McKrell, Kent Parks, Pat Roos, Andrew Watts, Andrea Zimmerman
Royal Chorus
Ada Brown, Anne Campbell, Carolyn Coolidge, Karen Gray, Hank Hankla, Cathy Lambe, Mary Little, Olive McKrell, Pip Merrick, Timothy Riggs, David Smith, David F. Sulzen, Robin Trew, Shiangtai Tuan
The Durham Savoy Opera Orchestra (from 2023’s Yeomen of the Guard):
Conductor: Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Concertmaster: Frederic Ayala
Orchestra Manager: Charles Gragg
Violin I: Frederic Ayala, Jody Crafford
Violin II: Margueritte Cox, Rebecca Lee
Viola: Nicolle Tulve
Cello: Julius Prescott
Double Bass: Tanner Lovelace
Clarinet: Shirley Violand-Jones
Oboe: Anne J. Menkens
Bassoon: Charles Gragg
Flute /Piccolo: Jasmine McKewen
Trumpet: Bruce Klitzman
Trombone: Christina Thompson
French Horn: Richard Lehner, Sandy Svoboda
Percussion: Randy Guptill