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Bryon Winn DPA Aclministrator Kayt Conrad Stage Manager. ................................ .Briana Maxwell The University of Iowa prohibits Assistant Stage Manager................ Jordan Andrews cliscrimination in employment. cclucational Asst Conductor/ Orchestra Manager.. .. Benjamin Nadel programs, ancl activities on the basis Vocal Coach ............ ................................. Wayne Wyman of race. national origin. color, crcccl, religion. sex, age, clisability. vdcran status. sexual orientation, gcnclcr iclentity. or Reduced orchestration provided by associational preference. The University PJ Music Works. also aflirms its commitment to provicling equal opportunities ancl equal alTcss to University facilities. For aclclitional Costumes supplied by information contact the Office of Equal Harlequin Costume Company. Opportunity ancl Diversity. (:-nm :-t1 S-070S. The Division of Performing Arts is part of Please be advised that this production uses strobe the College of Liberal Arts ancl Sciences at light, dry ice, smoke, and haze. The University of Iowa. Please remember to turn off all cell phones and pagers before ente1ing the concert hall. Photo,14raphs ancl recordings may not be taken during a performance. CAST (in order of appearance) Fleta, Iolanthe Cover. ......................................................... ... Amy Toruno Celia, Phyllis Cover..................... ...................................... Alexandra Walsh Leila ................................................................................................Rose wne Fairy. ..............................................................................................Sarah Graf Fairy............................................. ........................................ .. wurie Thomas Fairy....... ....... .................................................. .............. .Janet Brehm Ziegler Queen of the Fairies ....................................................... .]essica Saunders Iolanthe ......................................................................................Sarah J.,ovell Strephon ............................................................................... Felipe Carrasco Phyllis .........................................................................................]essica Pray George, Earl ofMountararat.. ................................................ .]oey Bateman Thomas, Earl of Tolloller................................................ Nicholas Harbeck Peer......... ............................................................................ Zachery Arellano Peer............................ ................................................................... .]osh Atcher Peer, Strephon Cover................................... ........................ Chris Dockum Peer, Mountararat Cover.................................................. Mitchell Widmer The Lord Chancellor............................................................... Steven Jepson Private Willis ......................................................................... George McTyre ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I BASS TRUMPET Alan Ohmes Wayne Thelander Steve Wheeler AndrewUhe DawnOhmes FLUTE/PICCOLO TROMBONE Nora Epping Jonathan Allen VIOLIN II William Gentzsch OBOE PERCUSSION Colleen Ferguson Elliot Czaplewski Virginia Armstrong Timothy Hsu CLARINET VIOLA Christine Bellomy Nathalie Cruden Jessica Altfillisch BASSOON Marcia Martin CELLO Amy Phelps HORN EunkyunSon Kristin Thelander MUSICAL NUMBERS Overture ACTI 'Tripping hither, trippingthither" ................................................ Celia, Leila, and Fairies "Invocation: Iolanthe! from thy dark exile" ......... Queen, Iolanthe, Celia, Leila, Fairies "Good morrow, good mother" ........................................................ Strephon and Fairies "Fare thee well" ......................................................................... Queen and Fairies "Good morrow, good lover" ...................................................... Phyllis and Strep hon "None shall part us from each other" .........................................Phyllis and Strephon "Entrance and March of Peers: Loudly let the trumpet bray" .....Peers 'The Law is the true embodiment" ......................................... Lord Chancellor and Peers "My well-loved lord and guardian dear" ........................................Phyllis, Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, Peers "Nay, tempt me not" ...................................................................Phyllis and Peers "Spurn not the nobly born" ........................................................ Lord Tolloller and Peers "My Lords, it may not be"............................................................... Phyllis, Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, Strephon, Lord Chancellor, Peers "When I went to the Bar as a very young man" .................................. Lord Chancellor "When darkly looms the day" ............................................................................. Ensemble ACT II ''When all night long a chap remains" ....................................... .Private Willis "Strephon's a Member of Parliament" ......................................... Fairies and Peers ''When Britain really ruled the waves" ................ Lord Mountararat, Fairies and Peers "In vain to us you plead" ..................................................................... Lelia, Celia, Fairies, Lord Mountararat, Lord Tolloller, Peers "Oh, foolish fay" ................................................................................... Queen and Fairies 'Though p'rhaps I may incur your blame" ...................................Phyllis, Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, Private Willis "Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest" ..................................................Lord Chancellor "He who shies at such a prize" ......... Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, Lord Chancellor "Fold your flapping wings" ...................................................................................Strephon "If we're weak enough to tarry'' ........................................................Phyllis and Strephon "My lord, a suppliant at your feet" .......................................................................Iolanthe "It may not be" .................................................. .Iolanthe, Lord Chancellor, Queen, Fairies "Soon as we may, off and away" ....................................................................... Ensemble SETTING AND SYNOPSIS England, Summer of 1882. ACT 1 - Dawn. A magical, Arcadian forest on the outskirts of London We are introduced to the magical forest where the fairies dwell, and discover that Iolanthe has been liv­ ing in banishment for 25 years with the frogs at the bottom of a stream . Her crime? Marrying a mortal. She is soon pardoned by the Fairy Queen. We then meet Iolanthe's son, Strephon, and learn of his chal­ lenges living a life as half-fairy, half-mortal. He's betrothed to Phyllis, a Ward of Chancery, but has yet to gain the blessings of the Lord Chancellor, who is himself enamored of Phyllis. As the act progresses, we are introduced to several members of the House of Peers, who have secretly gathered in the forest to determine which among them should take Phyllis's hand in marriage, chief among them Lords Tolloller and Mountararat. Though they are all of noble birth, they find a way to wrestle their lineage down in order to accept the more lowly-born shepherdess. Trouble for the Peers begins when they discover that Phyllis's heart belongs to Strephon, and trouble for Strephon ensues when he is discovered with Iolanthe, who appears to be the same age as her son (fairies don't age, of course ... ). Phyllis renounces Strephon, and the Fairy Queen uses her magical powers to make Strephon a member of Parliament. ACT 2 - Midnight and beyond, several weeks later. Outside the Palace of Westminster (aka the Houses of Parliament) We meet Private Willis, standing sentry all night outside of Parliament, and discover what wanders through the mind of a Palace Guard. The Peers confront the Fairies again and bemoan the bill which Strephon has introduced in Parliament wh ich will throw the Peerage open to Competitive Examination, thus endangering their "blue blood" right to sit in the House of Lords. The Fairies find their attraction to the Peers growing , but the Fairy Queen gives them a lesson in subduing their inclinations. Meanwhile, the Lord Chancellor is having nightmares, struggling with his feelings for Phyllis and the proper legali­ ties of such a thing. Toi loller and Mountararat, not wishing to jeopardize their friendship by fighting over Phyllis, encourage the Lord Chancellor to pursue Phyllis.