Spring 1989: The Mikado
Synopsis
A year before the action of this opera begins, Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his father's imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Disguised as a traveling musician, he met and fell in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu. Yum-Yum, however, was already betrothed to her guardian, and Nanki-Poo left Titipu in despair.
Director: Barbara A. Dick
Music Director: Gordon Bastian
Choreography: Bettina Pollard DeBell, Jimmie B Lobaugh, Brian Smith
Producer: Bob Weeks
Cast
- Nanki-Poo
- Ron Herman
- Go-To (a Noble)
- Scot Zaffora-Reeder
- Pish-Tush
- Bill Hammond
- Ko-Ko
- Gerald Wiener
- Peep-Bo
- Julia Ferreira
- Pitti-Sing
- Mary E. Lyubomirsky
- Yum-Yum
- Anne Virgil
- Katisha
- Marcy Finkel-Long
- The Mikado of Japan
- Jimmie B Lobaugh
Chorus
Ted Benedict, Terry Benedict, Rosemarie Berch, Donna M. Bigger, Mary Lynne Conti, Christine Dettman, Peter Dunbar, John A. Ejaife, Alan Evans, Debi Hirsch, Kathy Kriese, Mary Carol Maloney, John McCrank, Patti Anne Montrois, Helen Moore, Molly Moore, Dan Ofsowitz, Mary Ann Rouse, David Schafer, Peter Scribner, Edie Stewart, Bob Weeks, Julie Wiedman, Mary Zwierzynski-Slack
Crew
- House Manager
- Byron Wilmot
- Production Crew
- Chris Bigger
- Set Designer
- Sarah Freeman
- Costume Manager
- Sarah Freeman
- Lighting Designers
- Barbara A. Dick, David Smith, Buck Stein, Scot Zaffora-Reeder
- Photography
- David Schafer
- Program Design
- Bill Hammond, Fred Montrois, Bob Weeks