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ob Hill Would Like to Wish Everyone an Enjoyable Night at the Opera! Remember Nob Hill For Quick Meals from the Deli & Seafood and Delectable Desserts from our Bakery We're Open Daily 7 a.m. till 10 PROGRAM ADVERTISING RATES You Will Get Three Consecutive Shows For One Pricel For More Information Call: Gene Pincus at (408) 257-7951! West Valley Light Opera Presents Book, Music and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes THE MYSTERY Musical Arrangements through OF TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY EDWIN DROOD Director: KEVIN CORMIER Music Director: MYNDALL SHIVERS Choreographer: BRAD HANSHY Producer: ELIZABETH DALE Drood (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) is produced by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. 560 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10022 Performance Dates: Gala Opening Sat. October 31 8:00pm Curtain Friday, November 6, 1],20,27, December 4 8:00pm Curtain Saturday, November 7,14,21,28, December 5 8:00pm Curtain Saturday Matinee, November 14 2:30pm Curtain Sunday Matinee, November 1,8, 15,22, 29 .2:30pm Curtain Thursday evening, December 3 8:00pm Curtain Theatre opens 1/2 hour Before Curtain West Valley Box Office, Saratoga Civic Theatre C/O Jean Hutchins 13777 Fruitvale Ave. 1411 Redmond Rd. Saratoga, CA San Jose, CA 95120 408-741-9508 408-268-3777 1 Hour Before Curtain PLEASE NOTE: By order of the City Council and the Fire Marshall, smoking, refreshments and recording or taking photographs during performances are not permitted. WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS PERFORMANCE OF "DROOD" A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR Welcome and thank you for attending our production of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". "Drood" is the musical version of Charles Dickens' last novel of the same name, which he never fmished. You are correct in assuming by the title that there is indeed a mystery. The problem is that Dickens died before he finished it, leaving several questions unanswered. That is where you, the audience, come into play (pun intended). As you've probably already guessed, this is not going to be a typical West Valley show, it is going to be more like a naughty melodrama of the 1800's. Just like the melodramas of old, we expect you to do your part and join in at the appropriate moment - hiss, cheer, sing and anything else the actors may ask you to do. We apologize ahead of time if your the type of patron that likes to sit like a potato( e) and be entertained, you won't have the most fun. Think of this show as Nintendo-like theatre - the more you play with it the more fun you'll have. I wish to thank the producers, staff, actors and everyone working on this show, for supporting all efforts to allow lesser known shows to be produced, and for making one "jolly good time". Yours, Kevin Cormier Director E. Howie & Associates Controllership Services Business Consulting • MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS • AIR & COLLECTION SERVICES • PAYROLL & TAX REPORTING SERVICES • BUSINESS PLANS & CASH FLOW STATEMENTS • INSTALLATION OF COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS PERMANENT PART TIME OR TEMPORARY YOUR OFFICE OR OURS 1IIIIamifiil~it1g~1 RealWorld Accounting Systems Dealer CAST OF CHARACTERS (In Order of Appearance) Drood is a Play within a Play - Actors play multiple roles: Mrs. Purcell, Maestro of The Music Hall Royale Orchestra MYNDALL SHIVERS Mr. William Cartwright, Chairman, Mayor Sapsea JAY WATSON Mr. James Throttle, Stage Manager and Barkeep .BRAD HIGHTDUDIS John Jasper, Clive Paget BOB BERGMAN ,.' Edwin Droad, Alice Nuttling CHRISTy EKBLOM Rosa Bud, Deirdre Peregrine PAMELA NUTTO-HEMKER Wendy, Isabel Yearsley LARISA NORTH Beatrice, Violet Balfour GERI BALOU Helena Landless, Janet Conover JANET MILLER Neville Landless, Victor Grinstead MATTHEW HARVEY Reverend Crisparkle, Cedric Moncrieffe LES DALE Princess Puffer, Angela Prysock JANE SAYRE-BOX Durdles, Nick Cricker TIMOTHY MATHEWS Deputy, Master Nick Cricker. SCOTT KAUFMAN Flo, Florence Gill MARY GRACE POGUE Waiter, Bazzard, Phillip Bax DOUGLAS HAGDOHL Maid, Gwen Pynn ELAINE ANDERSON Horace, Nicholas Michae RUSS GALLOWAY Sarah Cook .BECKY ROPA r Elaine Eliot, BEAT ONGMAN Christine Lyon, JENNIFER RODERICK Medford Moss MARK BAUSHKE Margaret Pruitt JENNIFER LAUTZ Dick Datchery ?????????? TIME: 1892 THE MUSIC HALL ROYALE Programme for this evening: Opening comments by Your Chairman, Mr. William Cartwright immediately followed by: The Music Hall Royale's Premiere Presentation of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Scenes: ACT I PROLOGUE THE SITUATION Scene 1 The home of John Jasper at Minor Canon Corner in the Cathedral City of Cloisterham. A morning in late December. Scene 2 The conservatory at The Nun's House, a seminary for young woman in Cloisterham High Street. Later that morning. Scene 3 The opium den of the Princess Puffer in the East End of London. Dawn, the next day. Scene 4 Cloisterham High Street. The following afternoon. Scene 5 The graveyard of Cloisterham Cathedral. Early Christmas Eve. Scene 6 The home of John Jasper. A short time later. Scene 7 Minor Canon Corner. Christmas Day. Stage of the Music Hall Royale. ACT II ENTRE'ACTE THE SLEUTHS Scene 1 Cloisterham Station. Six months later. Scene 2 Minor Canon Corner. Stage of The Music Hall Royale. THE VOTING Stage of the Music Hall Royale THE SOLUTION Cloisterham High Street, near the Cathedral. Dawn THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD MUSICAL SYNOPSIS: ACT I 1. "There You Are" Chairman & Company 2. "Two Kinsmen" .Drood & Jasper 3. "Moonfall" Rosa 4. "The Wages Of Sin" Puffer 5. "Jasper's Vision" Ballet 6. "A British Subject" Helena, Neville, Drood, Rosa Crisparkle, Ensemble 7. "Both Sides Of The Coin" Jasper, Chairman, Ensemble 8. "Perfect Strangers" .Drood, Rosa 9. "No Good Can Come From Bad" Neville, Rosa, Helena, Drood Crisparkle, Jasper, Ensemble 10. "Never The Luck" Bazzard, Ensemble 11. "Off To The Races" Chairman, Durdles, Deputy & Company ACT II 12. "A Private Investigation" Datchery, Puffer, Ensemble 13. "The Name Of Love & Moonfall" Rosa, Jasper, & Company 14. "Don't Quit While You're Ahead" Puffer & Company 15. "The Garden Path To Hell" Puffer 16. "Puffer's Revelation" Puffer 17. "Out On A Limerick" Helena, or Bazzard, or Neville, or Crisparkle, or Rosa 18. "Jasper's Confession" Jasper 19. "Murderer's Confession" Helena, or Bazzard, or Neville, or Crisparkle, or Rosa, or Puffer, or Durdles ~ 20. "Perfect Strangers" Rosa, or Helena, or Puffer with Bazzard, or Neville or Crisparkle, or Durdles, or Sapsea, or Jasper, or Deputy & Company ¥ 21. "The Writing On the Wall" Drood, & Company 22. "Don't Quit While You're Ahead" Company BOB BERGMAN - John Jasper, Clive Paget, - Our regular audiences will remember Bob from last season's "Man Of La Mancha" where he played the Innkeeper. Bob has performed with WVLO since 1980 where he debuted as Curly in "Oklahoma". Over the last twelve years he has had principle roles in "The Pajama Game", "Perfectly Frank", "Girl Crazy" and as Mayor Smith in "The Music Man". In 1984 he appeared as Sancho in "Man Of La Mancha" winning Best Supporting Actor for that season. Bob regularly performs with Gilbert and Sullivan most recently in "Pirates Of Penzance". In his spare time away from the theatre, Bob pursues his private law practice in San Jose. Maybe the Murderer will retain his services, or just maybe the attorney did it. LES DALE - Reverend Crisparkle, Cedric Moncrieffe - Les is no stranger to the theatre, both on stage, the creation of set designs and scenic drops. Les has performed in over 30 shows with WVLO and SCC, and SJCLO. You'll remember him most recently as The Padre in "Man Of La Mancha" and he was the Rabbi in "Fiddler On The Roof" - Is this a man of the CLOTH??? He has had non clergy roles, and some of his favorites shows are "Into The Woods", "The Sound Of Music", "Show Boat", "Sugar" and "Annie" to name a few. Les started set design about 5 years ago, his skillful and creative talents has provided WVLO with some beautiful sets and special props. His future goals are to provide his services for set design to other community theatres. CHRISTY EKBLOM - Edwin Drood, Alice Nutting - This is Christy's 5th show with WVLO. Most recently as a prisoner in "Man Of La Mancha", and the Giant and Granny in "Into The Woods", she performed in "Fiddler On The Roof", and in the "Sound Of Music". She has a family of performers, a son in community theatre, and with her husband they performed in a rock band 'B.B. Wolfe' for 7 years. Married, three children, works full time and has time to do a show - What Time Management. DOUGLAS HAGDOHL - Bazzard, Phillip Bax - Doug returns ON stage, with WVLO, he last appeared in "My Fair Lady". But Doug is no stranger to our theatre, last season he appeared in the motion picture segment of "Singing In The Rain". Doug has been a director, producer, stage manager, or performer for many theatrical companies on the west coast, such as SJCLO, SDG and many more. He has directed productions that include "Carousel", "The Sound Of Music", "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", "Camelot", "Mame", "The Music Man" to name a few. He has also performed in "1776", "Oklahoma", "Pirates Of Penzance", "Guys And Dolls", and "Camelot" which he received the award for Best Leading Actor in 1988 from SVCT. MATTHEW HARVEY - Neville Landless, Victor Grinstead - This is Matthew's lucky seventh show with WVLO. You'll remember him in "Man Of La Mancha", "The Merry Widow", "Oklahoma", "The Music Man", "Fiddler On The Roof", and his personal favorite as Jack in "Into The Woods". We have watched Matthew grow up before our eyes, he is now in his first year of college, attending the University of Santa Clara. He is very excited to be able to playa truly 'psychotic' character, since he has been so straight laced all his life (a real good boy), but ask anyone who knows him, this part fits .

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