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audiences set sail for summer fun in Austin with
a band of tenderhearted pirates, a modern Major-General,
a bevy of Victorian maidens, and a bunch of bumbling
British bobbies - the Summer 2008 Production of The
Pirates Of Penzance.
Artistic
Director Ralph MacPhail, Jr. and Musical Director Jeffrey
Jones Ragona led their musical mateys in creating an
unforgettable version of this classic musical
comedy.
 Performances
were held at the Forrest Kline Performing Arts Center at Crockett High School
from
June
19th
through
29th.
Yo ho ho, the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin thanks all the performers,
the Gillman Light Opera Orchestra,
sponsors, and Society members for making this years show a treasure to behold. |
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Synopsis:
 Apprenticed as a child to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates, Frederic
completes his 21st year of his indentures and decides to return to respectable
society. He meets, Mabel, the youngest of General Stanley's daughters, and falls
in love.
But by a twist of fate, it turns out that he was born on February 29 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. |
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| Performers |
| The
Pirate King |
David
Fontenot |
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| Samuel |
Michael
Borysow |
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| Frederic |
Holton
Johnson |
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| Major-
General Stanley |
Arthur
DiBianca |
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| Sergeant
Of Police |
Russell Gregory |
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| Mabel |
Carol
Brown |
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| Kate |
Lisa Alexander |
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| Edith |
Patricia
Combs |
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| Isabel |
Angela
Irving |
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| Ruth |
Janette
Jones |
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| Women's
Chorus |
Jennifer
Adams |
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Nancy
Arnold |
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Stephanie
Blackwood |
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Christina
Crater |
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Amanda
Hatfield |
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Karlyn
McCutchan |
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Rebecca
Stokinger |
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Mandy Summers |
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Katherine
Wiggins |
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| Men's
Chorus |
Chris
Bugge |
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Andy
Fleming |
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Bill
Hatcher |
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John
Lopez |
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Spencer
Reichman |
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Ariel
Rios |
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Derek
Smootz |
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Daniel
Stone |
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Jay
Young |
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