The Sorcerer 2023 - GSVLOC

THE SORCERER - The Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Co. of Minneapolis produced this in March, 2023. This production was dedicated to the memory of long-time company member, tenor Mark Alt.
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Stage Director: Gary Briggle
Music Director: Dr. Randal A. Buikema
THE CAST:
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre - Waldyn Benbenek
Alexis - Seth Tychon Steidl
Dr. Daly - Doug Freeman
John Wellington Wells - Sifryn Oberon
Lady Sangazure - Lara Trujillo
Aline - Maggie Benham*/Anna Maher
Mrs. Partlet - J.R. Andrews
Constance - Kaoru Shoji
Notary - John Orbison
Hercules - Matthew Polum
Chorus of Villagers and Aristocrats:
Joe Allen - Mary Mescher Benbenek - Scott Benson - Sarah Brickeen - James Brooks - Kelly Danger - Theresa Drexler - Jeff Erickson - Mary Gregory - Jakob Gomez - Scott A. Gorman - Stephen Hage - Shawn Holt - Ella Rose Katzenberger - Mary Kettlewell - Kaitlin Klemencic - Dean Laurence - Blanka Melbostad - Eric Pasternack - Mallory Rabehl - Richard Rames - Lowell Rice - Rhea Sullivan - Sam Vinitsky - Holly Windle - Josh Zapata-Palmer
Swings: Tom Berg - Alyssa Ehlen
*At this performance, the role of Aline was played by Maggie Benham
For more information, as well as a full list of credits, see gsvloc.org/sho...

[@mjacobsable]

I was in a production of The Sorcerer in college. Here, they (wisely) changed a some of the lyrics in one of the musical numbers.
"Hate me, I drop my H's, 'have through life" became "hate me, I grind my teeth at night."
"Hate me, I roll down One Tree Hill" became "hate me I like to sing karaoke."

[@mgillett]

Nice production. Very good voices and a novel staging approach. My only quibble is that Alexis' and other officer's uniforms were missing belts, which tend to make them look like sloppy bouses or tunics. Still a fine production.

[@mjacobsable]

What.... people didn't wear sloppy blouses or tunics in Gilbert and Sullivan's time? Lol

[@mgillett]

@@mjacobsable Not if they were military, and the dramatis personae lists Alexis "of the Grenadier Guard", who even when on leave without their busby for an engagement party, would never appear anything less than "spit and polish". His whole character is rather fanatical and unbending. He could have just as easily been put into a morning suite or Ascot race dress to convey his upper class level, but to be in "military undress" is not to mean "undressed"...

[@mgillett]

And while these are Life Guardsmen, their base uniform is identical to Grenadier Guardsmen outfits, with belt and cross belt.
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