People

There are a huge number of people who contribute to any production. Contact us if you want to help with our next show!

Production Staff:

Producer: Janell Lovelace;
Artistic director and choreographer: Derrick Ivey
Music DirectorJackson Cooper
Set designer: James Vollers; Advisor: Richard Dideriksen
Technical director: Ben Morgan
Costume designer: Derrick Ivey
Lead Costumer: Marian Anders 
Master carpenter: Mark Welker
Lighting designer: Andy Parks
Stage manager: Donna Cavallo; Assistant: Lia Fitzgerald
Accompanist, auditions: Cheryl Crews
Accompanist, rehearsals:  Lori Anderson, Kaye Pluth, Betty Romani, Pam Stewart, Chelsea Waddelow
Accompanist, sing-through: Betty Romani
Costume crew: Amarylis Bernacet, Ada Brown, Sonja Foust, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Farren Hilliard, Karen Lehmann, Karen Macaulay, Olive McKrell, Dorothy Smith, Courtney Thornton, Shiangtai Tuan
Dance Captain: Pam Guidry-Vollers; Assistant: James Vollers
Graphic designers: Evelyn McCauley, Katherine Zeph
Hair & make-up designer: Pam Guidry-Vollers; Assistants: Karen Gray, Teme Levbarg, Richard Dideriksen, James Vollers
House Manager / Database Manager / Scribe: Beth L. Rowe
House Assistants: Amarilys Bernacet, Pam Kadzialawski, David Lehmann, Noelle Paull, Lauren Sherwood, Katherine Zeph
Music Librarian: Tanner Lovelace
Painting coordinator: HD Welker
Photographer:  Mark Welker
Portraitist: Vanessa Mills
Program producer: Katherine Zeph
Program back cover & DVD cover designer:  Charles Register
Program assistants: Norman Owen, David Smith, Brittany Wagner
Properties designer & manager: Lisa Hirsh
Properties assistants: Micah Hirsh, Meaghan Morgan, HD Welker
Publicity manager: Claire Paulson
Publicity team: Elizabeth Hankla
Run Crew:  Steve Dobbins, Meaghan Morgan, Mark Welker
Scenic artist: Lia Fitzgerald
Set construction and painting crew: Tom Anderson, Randy Bridges, Bobby Cameron, Tracy Delius, Matias DiMartine, Jamie Fitzgerald, Lia Fitzgerald, Charles Guidry, Mary Elizabeth Guy, Farren Hilliard, Houston Horn, Derek Lane, John Paul Middlesworth, Richard Palmer, Bruce Stewart, Courtney Thornton, Paige Thornton, Robin Trew, Shiangtai Tuan, James Vollers, Michael Vollers, Sam Warshauer
Social director: Meaghan Morgan
Ticket manager (Cast sales): Ada Brown
Ticket manager (Group sales): Cathy Lambe
Videographer:  Nick Karner
Wardrobe mistress: Karen Guidry
Warehouse and storage manager: Charles Guidry
Warehouse angels: Mary Freedman, Mary Elizabeth Guy, John Paul Middleton, Meaghan Morgan, Ruth Winecker, Katherine Zeph
Website manager: Janell Lovelace

Cast:

Principals

Robin Oakapple (a young farmer):Greg Toft (u/s John Paul Middlesworth)
Richard Duantless (his foster brother; a man-o’-war’s man): Michael Laporte (u/s Sam Warshauer)
Sir Despard Murgatroyd (of Ruddigore, a wicked Baronet): Stuart Albert (u/s Richard Palmer)
Old Adam Goodheart (Robin’s faithful servant): Scott Sino (u/s Houston Horn)
Rose Maybud (a village maiden):  Jenne Carey (u/s Farren Hilliard)
Mad Margaret: Alana Sealy (u/s Kim Kingsley)
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd (The Twenty-First Baronet): Michael Rowe (u/s Chris Newlon)
Dame Hannah (Rose’s aunt): Kimberly Wilmarth (u/s Courtney Thornton)
Zorah (a professional bridesmaid):  Farren Hilliard (u/s Sarah Anne Bynum)
Ruth (a professional bridesmaid): Karen Gray

Stage Chorus     

Kim Kingsley
Mary Elizabeth Guy
Pam Guidry-Vollers
Ruth Ellen Winecker
Sarah Bynum
Tamzin Kinnett
Ada Milenkovic Brown
Karen Gray
Madonna Evans
Marcia Bridges
Sonja Likness Foust
HD Welker
Chris Newlon
Erin Conn
Pat Roos
Sam Warshauer
Bruce Stewart
David Smith
Houston Horn
James Vollers
John Paul Middlesworth
Kent Parks
Ray Ubinger
Troy Jelley
(u/s Claire Paulson, Lia Fitzgerald)

Featured Dancers

Madonna Evans
Sonja Likness Foust
Pam Guidry-Vollers
Tamzin Kinnett

Royal Chorus

Betty Romani
Claire Paulson
Courtney Thornton
Lia Fitzgerald
Olive McKrell
Robin Trew
Teme Levbarg
Amarilys Bernacet
Brittany Wagner
Cathy Lambe
Emily Reinke
Hank Hankla
Hugh Mace
Marian Anders
Mary Ann Freedman
Matt McKrell
Shiangtai Tuan
Bobby Cameron
Bruce Conner
Derek Lane
Richard Dideriksen

The Durham Savoy Opera Orchestra:

Concertmaster:
Orchestra Manager: Tanner Lovelace

Violin I: Frederic Ayala, Jody Crafford
Violin II:  Rebecca Lee, Margueritte Cox
Viola: Nicolle Tulve, Norton Dickman
Cello: James Tyler-Walker, Julius Prescott
Double Bass: Tanner Lovelace
Clarinet: Mérida Negrete, Shirley Violand-Jones
Oboe: Nancy Wilson
Bassoon: Charles Gragg
Flute: Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Flute / Piccolo: Jenni Scoggin
Trumpet: Bruce Klitzman,
Trombone: Christina Thompson,
French Horn: Sandy Svoboda, Richard Lehner
Percussion: Andrew Munger