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The Pirates of Penzance - March/April 2008 

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A Comic Operette by Gilbert & Sullivan

In The Pirates of Penzance, Frederic was as a child apprenticed to a band of ternderhearted, orphaned pirates by his nurse who, being hard of hearing, had mistaken her master's instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot. Frederic upon completing his 21st year, rejoices that he has fulfilled his indentures and is now free to return to respectable society. But it turns out that he was born on February 29th in leap year, and he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. By the end of the opera, the pirates, a Major General who knows nothing of military strategy, his large family of beautiful but unwed daughters, and the timid constabulary all contribute to a cacophony that can be silenced only by Queen Victoria's name.

ROLES
MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY: (M)
THE PIRATE KING: (M)
SAMUEL: (M) his Lieutenant.
FREDERIC: (M) the Pirate Apprentice. Age 21 (counting by years)
SERGEANT OF POLICE: (M)
MABEL: (F) General Stanley's Daughter. Young
EDITH: (F) General Stanley's Daughter. Young
KATE: (F) General Stanley's Daughter. Young
ISABEL: (F) General Stanley's Daughter. Young
RUTH: (F) a Pirate Maid of all Work. Age 45 plus
Chorus of Pirates, Police, and General Stanley's Daughters.

Rehearsals will be Monday/Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons from January through March.

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Additional Material on Gilbert & Sullivan can be found at the following links:
Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
Mel's Gilbert & Sullivan Site

Production Crew

Director
Musical Director
Choreographer
Accompanist
Asst Accompanist
Stage Manager
Asst Stage Mgr
Asst Stage Mgr
Set Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design

Sean Anderson
Graham Wrightson
Karen Iwanski
Jeff Burnell
Marilyn Chau
Barbara MacBeath
Margaret Harper
Pat Baceda
Bill Brown
Frank MacLeod
Vacant

Cast

This show has been cast.
Some chorus roles remain available.
Please call 246-2999 or email audition@morpheustheatre.ca

updated December 17, 2007
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