THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE – COVID-19 EDITION
Friday May 1st, would have marked the opening of the final show of Morpheus Theatre’s Silver Anniversary season, and our fifth production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. This time, under the direction of Paige Fossheim and Musical Direction of Stefanie Barnfather, we have a gender swapped cast with The Pirate Queen, Frederique, Able, and a Matronly Major-General. Working in isolation the cast members have prepared a mash up of some of your favorite songs to enjoy until we can raise the curtain on this most beloved of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
TBD
By Gilbert and Sullivan
Directed by Paige Fossheim, Music Direction by Stefanie Barnfather, Choreography by Karen Iwanski
Strike up the band for one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most beloved operettas! The Pirates of Penzance combines whimsy, light-hearted satire and piratical characters with stirring music, including the iconic “Major-General’s Song”. This is the play that cemented the comic-pirate theme in popular culture, a theme that has lasted through more than a century and spawned countless movies and novels. Jam-packed with sentimental, swashbuckling pirates, a completely dotty Major General and a bumbling bunch of hopeless but hilarious policemen, what could possibly go wrong? To add to the topsy-turvy nature of G&S, Morpheus will be flipping the genders of all your favourite characters.
| Producer | Colleen Bishop |
| Assistant Producer | Kyle Gould |
| Director | Paige Fossheim |
| Musical Director | Stefanie Barnfather |
| Assistant Musical Director | Ben Coburger |
| Choreographer | Karen Iwanski |
| Orchestra Director | Joanne Sampson |
| Stage Manager | Janos Zeller |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Carly Dick |
| Accompanist | Tony Matthews |
| Fight Choreographer | Chelsea Friesen |
| Set Design & Construction | Bill Brown |
| Properties & Set Décor | Mike Johnson |
| Costume Designer | Christie Johnson |
| Hair & Makeup Designer | Britta Siemens |
| Lighting Designer | Jon Martin |
| Lighting Design Mentor | Darryl Lindenbach |
| Sound Designer | Kyle Gould |
| Board Operator | Trevor Somers |
| Major-General Stanley | Winnifred Hume |
| The Pirate Queen | Ginette Simonot |
| Samantha (her Lieutenant) | Jacqueline Halase |
| Frederique (the Pirate Apprentice) | Evangeline Mably |
| Sergeant of Police | Stuart Bentley |
| Abel (General Stanley’s Ward) | Kyle Gould |
| Issac (General Stanley’s Ward) | Lilou Ferron |
| Charles (General Stanley’s Ward) | Robert Lewis |
| Edward (General Stanley’s Ward) | Cameron Ross |
| Rick (a Pirate Maid) | George Thomson |
| Pirate | Amanda Burch |
| Pirate | Makenna Clarke |
| Pirate | Alicia Maedel |
| Pirate | Madeleine McKee |
| Pirate | Danica Power |
| Pirate | Kate Power |
| Pirate | Clara Sandy |
| Pirate | Abigail Wieler |
| Pirate & Police | Amber Dujay |
| Pirate & Police | Lisa Hoffart |
| Pirate & Police | Alison Miller |
| Police | Dave Burhoe |
| Police | Ed Washington |
| Police | Derek Wilkinson |
| General Stanley’s Ward | Terry Chung |
| General Stanley’s Ward | Marlee Ferron |
| General Stanley’s Ward | Joseph H H Horchower |
| General Stanley’s Ward | Trevor Matheson |
| General Stanley’s Ward | Brad Reynolds |
