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The Yeomen of the Guard 2023

Production Staff:

Producer: Janell Lovelace
Artistic director and choreographer: Melissa S. Craib Dombrowski
Music director: Joanna Sisk-Purvis; Assistant: Cole Swanson
Stage manager: Donna Cavallo; Assistant: Sarah Kiser
Technical director: Ben Morgan
Costume designer / Costumer: Marian Marley  Assistants:  Lisa Hess, Lizanne Estes
Lighting designer:  Cana Yao
Set designer: James Vollers
Master Carpenter: Mark Welker
Accompanists:  Cole Swanson, Betty Romani
Accompanist, auditions: Betty Romani
Costume team:  Mary Elizabeth Guy, Carolyn Harris, Lisa Hess, Lauren Hussey, Cathy Lambe, Mary Little, John Marley, Olive McKrell, Darrell Powell, Cheryl Sofra, Ann Winter-Vann
Dance captain: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Detail painters:  Teddy McKrell, Susan “Ria” Pyle
Front of House:  Amarilys Bernacet, Bruce Conner, Elizabeth Galbraith, Eleanor Hanna, Chandler Leach, Noelle Paull, Katherine Zeph
Graphic designers: Charles Register, Katherine Zeph
Hair & make-up designer: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Lighting Mentor:   Brett Stegall
New member mentor:  Kent Parks
Painting coordinators:  Ben Morgan, Georgia Nelson
Photographers: Jasmin Ochoa-Benitez, Taner Lovelace, Mark Welker
Program producer:  Katherine Zeph
Program assistants: Mary Little, Janell Lovelace, Tanner Lovelace, David Smith, Brittany Wagner
Projectionist:  Steve Dobbins
Properties designer & manager: HD Welker; Assistant:Leon Harrison, u/s: Bruce Conner
Publicity manager: Sonja Likness; Assistant: Ada Brown
Run crew: Geo Nelson, Susan “Ria” Pyle, Michael Vollers
Stunt coordinator: Pam Guidry-Vollers
Technology assistant: Jos Purvis
Videographer:  Rob Underhill
Volunteer coordinator: Kate Milward
Warehouse angels: Ada Brown, HD Cross, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Janell Lovelace, John Paul Middlesworth, Pat Roos
Warehouse team: Lyle Bass, Bobby Cameron, Nicky Carrington, Erin Conn, Jay Dunbar, Bill Estes, Lizanne Estes, Maura Estes, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Houston Horn, Kate Lamb, Chan Leach, Janell Lovelace, Kathy Martin, Matt McKrell, John Paul Middlesworth, Ben Morgan, Geo Nelson, Susan “Ria” Pyle, Joseph Rittiner, Dave Sulzen, Shiangtai Tuan, James Vollers, Michael Vollers, Brittany Wagner, Rosselda Wagner, Willow Wagner, HD Welker, Mark Welker, Ann Winter-Vann, Cana Yao

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

Colonel Fairfax:  Nick Malinowski
Jack Point:  Brady Bowman 
Elsie Maynard: Emily Ennis  (Understudy: Hannah Lingafelt)
Sir Richard Cholmondeley:  Kent Parks
Sergeant Meryll:  John Adams
Phoebe Meryll: Taylor Loyd  (Understudy: Kate Lamb)
Leonard Meryll: Erin Conn  (Understudy: Joe Rittiner)
Dame Carruthers:  Kim Kingsley (Understudy: Olive McKrell)
Kate: Teddy McKrell  (Understudy: Brittany Wagner)
Wilfred Shadbolt: Stuart Albert  (Understudy: John Paul Middlesworth)
First Yeoman: Chris Newlon (Understudy: Matt McKrell)
Second Yeoman: Houston Horn (Understudy: Matt McKrell)
Headsman: Michael Vollers

Stage Chorus

Ada Brown, Andrea Zimmerman, Ann Winter-Vann, Brittany Wagner, Chris Newlon, Dave Sulzen, Erin Conn, Hannah Lingafelt, Houston Horn, Jay Dunbar, Joe Rittiner, John Paul Middlesworth, Kate Lamb, Kim Kingsley, Liz Estes, Marcia Bridges, Mary Guy, Matt McKrell, Maura Estes, Pam Guidry-Vollers, Pat Roos, Sonja Likness

Royal Chorus

Carolyn Harris, Cathy Lambe, Christine Eckermann-Ross, David Smith, Hank Hankla, Jennifer Mueller, Karen Gray, Lauren Hussey, Mary Little, Olive McKrell, Pip Merrick, Robin Trew, Shiangtai Tuan

The Durham Savoy Opera Orchestra:

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:   Andrew Munger