SEAGLE FESTIVAL 2021 In-Person & Live-Streamed The Island of Tulipatan Offenbach The Fantasticks Schmidt/Jones Cinderella (Cendrillon) Massenet Opera Scenes La Bohème Puccini The Old Maid & The Thief Menotti Harmony - World Premiere Carl/Banks Broadway Revue seaglefestival.org BRINGING MUSIC TO THE ADIRONDACKS SINCE 1915 The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors is proud to support Seagle Festival Joseph Steiniger Senior Vice President - Investment Officer CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ [email protected] Mary E. McDonald First Vice President - Investments [email protected] The Beechwood Group 845-483-7943 www.thebeechwoodgroup.com Investment and Insurance Products: NOT FDIC Insured NO Bank Guarantee MAY Lose Value Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. ©2013 Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. All rights reserved. 1113-02329 [74127-v4] Table of Contents General Information About Seagle Festival There will be no intermissions for all 2021 productions. Notes from the Directors 1 Seagle Festival Guild 3 Patrons are required to wear face coverings at all times while Seagle Festival Board of Directors 4 indoors. Please refrain from congregating indoors. Once in the History of Seagle Festival 7 theater, please move directly to your assigned seat and remain 2020-2021 Seagle Festival Donors 8-11 seated until the end of the performance. Donor Opportunities 12 The Seagle Festival Hybrid Gala 3 Restrooms are located in the Shames Rehearsal Studio. Handicapped accessible restroom is at the rear of the theater. The Productions The Island of Tulipatan 13 So that all our patrons may enjoy the performance, please turn The Fantasticks 14 all cellphones to the silent or off positions. Cinderella (Cendrillon) 15 Opera Scenes 16 Thank you for attending today’s performance Three Bears 17 La Bohème 18 The Old Maid & The Thief 19 Seagle Festival Harmony 20-21 999 Charley Hill Road, PO Box 366 Broadway Review 22 Schroon Lake, NY 12870 (518) 532-7875 2021 Faculty/Staff & Emerging Artists Faculty & Staff 23-26 seaglefestival.org Emerging Artists 26-28 [email protected] Seagle Festival Mission, Vision, and Values Statement Our Mission: To produce the highest quality opera and musical theater showcasing exceptionally talented emerging artists of all backgrounds and identities, while providing career development and performance opportunities to support the resiliency of the art form. Our Vision: To be a leader in recognizing and promoting rising talent in opera and musical theater and to be a leading cultivator of new American opera and musical theater. Our Guiding Values: Cultivation of Talent, Creativity, Inclusivity, Equity, Open Communication, Improvement From the General & Artistic Directors Dear Seagle Festival Family: George Elliot once said, “what greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel they are joined together…to strengthen each other…to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories”. For almost two years, we have had to lean on each other and the memories of our time on Charley Hill Road in the Oscar Seagle Memorial Theater. We have missed greeting each other with hugs at the beginning of the season. We have missed greeting our artists and staff as they bring us art and beauty and joy. And we have missed the unparalleled experience of being in a theater watching and hearing the magic that happens while experiencing a production at Seagle Festival. Welcome back! We are thrilled to welcome each of you back, whether you are sitting in the theater shoulder to shoulder, or tuning in from your home via our live-stream. One thing we are sharing tonight and several times this summer, is the joy of being together watching our wonderful Seagle Festival Emerging Artists give their substantial gifts to our community. During the difficult past year, we have all learned to be nimble and (dare we use the word) pivot! We laid plans that could be accomplished if pandemic restrictions were not lifted, but those plans were made with the ability to adapt as the pandemic situation changed. There were some silver linings to the last year, if you look hard enough. We are presenting operas and musicals that we might not have done before. Wonderful pieces, built for smaller casts, but huge in the scope of what they have to say musically and dramatically. And this season, we will be presenting more productions than ever before! Six mainstage productions, an opera scenes program and a Broadway revue. We have everything from the beloved La Bohème, to a frothy operetta by Offenbach in The Island of Tulipatan, to a world premiere opera set in the heart of the Adirondacks: Harmony by Robert Carl and famed Adirondack novelist Russell Banks, and much, much more. So, thank you for being here today and thank you for all you did this past year to keep us strong and healthy so that we could return this year. Your support was overwhelming and we can never thank you enough. We will continue to count on your ongoing support as we look toward 2022 and a fully restored, back to ‘normal’ Seagle Festival, strengthened by what we have learned and accomplished in 2020 and 2021. For now, enjoy the show wherever you are. You are our extended family and we can’t wait to show you what we can do this year. We say it all the time because we believe it - without you, none of this is possible. Sincerely, Tony Kostecki, General Director Darren K. Woods, Artistic Director 1 Great Adirondack Family Atmosphere Where friends have been gathering for over 60 years Includes: Outstanding Wings ● Pizzas ● Burgers & Kids Menu Steak, Seafood, Vegetarian Dishes & More Lunch & Dinner Specials Daily ~ Large Selection of Delicious Local Craft Beers ~ Try one of our Frozen Drinks FULL BAR TV’s, Pool Table, Video Games, Jukebox, Internet ● We offer our customers Wifi!! Join Us For Cocktails On Our Smoking Deck Open Year Round, Daily @ 12 Noon ● (518) 532-9096 1067 Main Street, Schroon Lake ● www.flanaganspubandgrill.com Shenandoah Conservatory Passionate about Opera? • Study with distinguished faculty in a • Work with Shenandoah’s internationally challenging and caring environment acclaimed opera director, Ella Marchment. • Participate in a rich and diverse performance • Recent productions include The Magic Flute, season featuring main stage and chamber Albert Herring, Die Fledermaus, Cendrillon, The Shenandoah opera productions Merry Widow, Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica. Conservatory Welcomes Opera Director FIND OUT MORE. su.edu/seagle | 540-665-4581 Ella Marchment 2 Seagle Festival Guild In 2021, the Seagle Festival Guild celebrates its 26th season luncheon, and refreshment sales at performances. Volunteer of supporting the Seagle Festival mission. The Guild raises activities include ushering at performances and serving as host funds to support emerging artists scholarships and provides a families for artists. Additional Guild events include a welcome welcoming atmosphere for the emerging artists and audience dinner at the start of the season and the ‘Happy Endings’ members who attend each year. The funds raised by the Guild reception following the final summer season performance. support the Seagle Festival Guild Scholarship Fund. Fundraising After the 2019 season, the Guild was able to fund $15,000 in activites include a winter and summer raffle, a scholarship emerging artist scholarships. 2021 Guild Officers President Sharon Hieber Vice-President Kathleen Kelly Secretary Deb Peterson Treasurer Patt Rommer 2021Guild Members Linda Beers Suzanne Fremon Christian Holt Dave Lowe Roberta Ponemon Pat Shrope Nancy Belluscio Naomi Goltzman Char Hoskins Noelle McCrum Susan Purdy Nancy Smith Eileen Carnahan K. Kelly Green Kathleen Kelly Janet McManus Barbara Repp Susan Sweetser Barbara Casey Mechylle Hammond Martin Korn Mira Munson Patt Rommer Amelia Taglieri Ginnyann Coppola Nancy Harste Diane Koslov Peter Oberdorf Dottie Rudolf Mary Thompson Ann Durney Jeri Heinzelman Robin Kulwin Deb Peterson Dodie Seagle Marge Tassi Ellie Eldredge Sharon Hieber Paul Leah Ken Peterson Judy Sheridan To become a Guild Member, please contact Sharon Hieber, Guild President at [email protected] Save the Date for Seagle Festival’s largest fundraising event of the year - July 31, 2021. This exciting online event, hosted by alumni Blake Jennings and Amanda Sheriff, will include live-streamed and recorded performances by the 2021 Seagle Festival Emerging Artists, and celebrated alumni Michael Adams, Cristina Castro, Eric Ferring, Edith Grossman, Catherine Goode, Christopher Humbert, Alicia Russell and Jack Swanson. Plus an opportunity to share specially created gala-meals-to-go by long-time gala caterer Lily & the Rose Gourmet Catering. Special Thanks to our Hybrid Gala Sponsors Directors Nick Deflora & Amy Foy Singers Executive Producers Getler, Gomes & Sutton, PC Bill & Judy Klitgaard Glens Falls National Bank & Trust/Upstate Agency James & Judy Allison Laurence & Karen Meltzer John & Sharon Hieber Seth & Margo Bader Ann Breen Metcalfe Producers Dick & Joan Lomnitzer Floyd & Susan Barwig Matthew Rowe Roger & Myriam Friedman and Francis Mayle & Eileen Purdy Frank & Linda Cappabianca Pete & Dodie Seagle Bill & Barbara Foley Nancy Strohmeyer & Joel Friedman Peter Scott Oberdorf Phyllis & Marty Korn Warren Harr Don & Joyce Rice Lisa Reid Kempton & Nancy Smith John & Rosemarie Trainer Joseph Steiniger & Mary McDonald Details: seaglefestival.org/hybrid-gala-2021 3 Seagle Festival Board of Directors