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Pirates Playbill.Indd Essgee’s Based on the operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan The 65th Anniversary Revival of De La Salle’s First-Ever Musical! April 27-29, 2017 De La Salle College Auditorium 131 Farnham Ave. Theatre De La Salle’s Based on the operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Additional lyrics by Melvyn Morrow New Orchestrations by Kevin Hocking Original Production Director and Choreographer Craig Shaefer Conceived and Produced by Simon Gallaher Presented in cooperation with David Spicer Productions, Australia www.davidspicer.com.au Music Director Choreographer CHRIS TSUJIUCHI MELISSA RAMOLO Technical Director Set Designer CARLA RITCHIE MICHAEL BAILEY Directed by GLENN CHERNY and MARC LABRIOLA Produced by MICHAEL LUCHKA Essgee’s The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan for the 21st Century, presented by arrangement with David Spicer Productions www.davidspicer.com.au representing Simon Gallaher and Essgee Entertainment Performance rights for Essgee’s The Pirates of Penzance are handled exclusively in North America by Steele Spring Stage Rights (323) 739-0413, www.stagerights.com I wish to extend to the Cast and Crew my sincerest congratulations on your very wonderful and successful 2017 production of e Pirates of Penzance! William W. Markle, Q.C. Cast Member, 1952 production of Th e Pirates of Penzance De La Salle College “Oaklands” Class of 1956 THE CAST The Pirate King ............................................... CALUM SLAPNICAR Frederic ............................................................. NICHOLAS DE SOUZA Samuel..................................................................... FIONN MACCREADY Tom ..................................................................... NATHANIEL FISHMAN Jim ................................................................................... JOSEPH BIANCHI Ben ............................................................................ MATTHEW BERGER Will ............................................................................................... AJ BAILEY Ruth .......................................................................... SAVANNA LA SELVA Major General Stanley................................................ MAX GIBSON Mabel ................................................................. EMILY GRYDZIUSZKO Edith ........................................................................ OLIVIA COTRONEO Kate ............................................................................. REBEKAH GLOVER Isabel ...................................................................... ELISABETH MARINO Jennie, General’s Maid ......................................... ALESSIA IAFANO Vickie, General’s Maid ..................................... MEGAN CAMPBELL Polly, General’s Maid ................................................ OLIVIA MISASI Sergeant Of Police ................................................ CHRIS HAJJAR Band Of Pirates ...................................................... JACK CAMPBELL ......................................... MATTEO DE FLORENTIIS ......................................... LAZARO DE FRANCESCA ......................................... MATEO DE FRANCESCA ........................................................ DANIEL FATIGATI ........................................................ MARK GAETANO ............................................................... ALEX THOLEN ................................................. MATTHEW VOLPATTI Major Stanley’s Daughters .............................. JULIA APRILE ........................................................ AMANDA ARONE ............................................................. AMAYA DUJON ............................................................... ELEYNA MELIS ......................................................... ALESSIA PANZICA ................................................ ANGELICA SABILANO ................................................. ISABELLA STEINBERG THE CAST British Bobbies .......................................................... MAYA CAMERON .......................................................... LAILA CANNELLA ....................................................... CRISTINA CARUSO ........................................................... ELISE CRESSATTI .................................................... MADDIE DE PAOLI ................................................................. MILA GRECO .......................................................... AVA GUCCIARDI .............................................. AMANDA KLUNOWSKI ............................................... CIELLE LOCKINGTON ................................................... MADISON O’BRIEN ........................................................... AMY RICHARD .............................................. ANASTASIA ROUENTES ............................................................. LISA VILLENEFF Chorus Of Mermaids / Pirettes .................... AVERY BAILEY ............................................................. VALERIE BERGER ....................................................... ANDREEA BOGDAN ................................................ ANNA MARIA BOGDAN ................................................. ANASTASIA BOLONNIE ........................................................... BRIDGET BOWLES .............................................................. JODY CONNORS .......................................................... NATALIE DE PAOLI .............................................................. JUSTINE IDZIOR ......................................................... AVA LOCKINGTON ...................................................... KAYA LOCKINGTON ................................................................. LIESEL MUNAR ............................................................. LAUREN SHEIKH ................................................ MARTINA WEISENBLUM For information contact Barbara Zulis, President at 416-757-4746 PIRATE TRIVIA • Piracy has existed since men first took to the seas to trade. Yet the careers of pirates were rarely the swashbuckling epics seen in the movies with the likes of Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, and Johnny Depp. • Pirates still exist today. Most operate in South East Asia and in South American waters. It’s estimated that pirates steal about $13 billion worth of loot per year! • The Jolly Roger is the traditional pirate flag. • Julius Caesar was captured and held for six weeks until a ransom was paid. Vowing to punish his captors, he tracked the pirates down and had them crucified. • St. Patrick was captured by pirates at age 16 and sold into slavery to an Irish chieftain for whom he tended his pigs and sheep for six years. • Christian pirates were known as corsairs and were from the Order of the Knights of St. John in Malta (known today as St. John’s Ambulance). They regarded themselves as privateers as opposed to the more roguish-sounding pirates. In order to fully appreciate the contribution Gilbert and Sulli- van made to modern theatre, one has to take a huge step back in time. The 1870s were a time of enormous change in the arts. A rapidly growing, better-educated, middle-class needed to be entertained, so theatres were shedding their seedy reputations and starting to produce more family-friendly entertainment. One of the great theatrical innova- tors of that time was Richard D’Oyly Carte, probably the most successful theatre owner and impresario of the 19th century, and it was he who brought Gilbert and Sullivan into his fold. While the twenty year collab- oration produced many memorable melodies, the partnership eventually disbanded and the two men refused to talk to one another until their deaths. Congratulations to the cast of Theatre De La Salle’s The Pirates of Penzance on another fabulous production! ACT I A PIRATE SHIP ON THE ROCKY COAST OF ENGLAND On the coast of Cornwall, at the time of Queen Victoria’s reign, Frederic celebrates the completion of his 21st year and the end of his apprentice- ship to a gentlemanly band of pirates. Th e pirates’ maid of all work, Ruth, appears and reveals that, as Frederic’s nursemaid long ago, she misheard Frederic’s father’s instructions and apprenticed the boy to a pirate, instead of to a ship’s pilot. Frederic has never seen any woman other than Ruth, and he believes her to be beautiful. Th e pirates know better and suggest that Frederic take Ruth with him when he returns to civilization. Frederic announces that, although it pains him, so strong is his sense of duty that, once free from his apprenticeship, he will be forced to devote himself to the pirates’ extermination. He also points out that they are too kind to be successful pirates — as orphans, they feel obliged to set prisoners free if they too are orphans. Frederic notes that word of this has gotten around, so captured ships’ companies routinely claim to be orphans. Frederic invites the pirates to give up piracy and go with him, so that he need not destroy them, but the Pirate King says that, compared with respectability, piracy is comparatively honest. Th e pirates depart, leaving Frederic and Ruth. Frederic sees a group of beautiful young girls ap- proaching the pirate lair, and realizes that Ruth misled him regarding her appearance. Sending Ruth away, Frederic hides before the girls arrive. Th e girls burst exuberantly upon the secluded spot. Frederic reveals himself and appeals to them to help him reform. One of them, Mabel, responds to his plea, chiding her sisters for their lack of charity.
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