Spring 2018 – Patience

Stage Director: David Ben Leavitt Music Director: Helene Furlong April 27 – 28 and May 4 – 5, 2018 at 8pm / April 29 and May 5, 2018 at 2pm at the Arden Gild Hall Also: May 12, 2018 at 7:30pm at the Smyrna Opera House

The Story: Just one year ago the young ladies in the village were engaged to soldiers in the 35th Dragoon Guards, but they’ve since embraced “aestheticism” and have lost their hearts to the “fleshly” poet, Reginald Bunthorne. In a private moment, Bunthorne reveals that he’s actually an aesthetic sham, but craves the attention he receives as a poet. He’s in love with the simple village milk-maid, Patience. When the Dragoon Guards arrive in the village on leave, they’re bewildered by the change of circumstances, and the equilibrium is further upset by the arrival of an “idyllic” poet, Archibald Grosvenor, who was a childhood friend of Patience. With two poets as rivals, the Dragoon Guards determine to become “aesthetic”, too, if that’s what it takes to win the women’s hearts. In typical G&S fashion everybody is paired with a suitable partner by the end of the play. A light-hearted spoof of all who take their art a little too seriously, with many memorable Sullivan melodies!

CAST
Reginald Bunthorne A Fleshly Poet	Rob Hull
Archibald Grosvenor An Idyllic Poet	Bryan Henry
Colonel Calverley Officer of Dragoon Guards	Steve Zimmerman
Major Murgatroyd Officer of Dragoon Guards	John Trexler
Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable Officer of Dragoon Guards	Ryan Goulden
Mr. Bunthorne’s Solicitor	Bruce Monroe
Patience A Dairy Maid	Alexis Droke
The Lady Angela Rapturous Maiden	Paula Gonzalez
The Lady Saphir Rapturous Maiden	Julie Leavitt
The Lady Ella Rapturous Maiden	Sue Hudson
The Lady Jane Rapturous Maiden	Carol Connolly

Dragoon Guards & Rapturous Maidens …

George Bourrie, Ira Dicker, Bill Francis, Phil Galvin,
Felicia Gaus-Woollen, Lynda Gillow, Shana Gordon,
Doug Kurtze, Selena Molina, Emily Moore, Dawlat Refaie,
Lisette Walker, George Webster, Bruce Wyman,
Pat Zevnik, Veroncée Zevnik