The Sault Opera Legacy

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or "The Town of Titipu"

Book by W. S. Gilbert

Music by Arthur Sullivan

Production Dates and Venue

Cast

Chorus

Orchestra

Production Staff

Production Assistants

Production Dates and Venue

May 7, 8, 9, and 10, 1986

White Pines Collegiate Theatre

Cast

The Mikado of Japan	Lyndon Slewidge
Nanki-Poo (His son, disguised as a wandering minstrel)	Brian Gow
Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu)	John R. King
Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else)	Jo Ramakers
Pish-Tush (A Noble Lord)	Terry McPhee
THREE SISTERS, WARDS OF KO-KO:
Yum-Yum	Lisa Dunn
Pitti-Sing	Jill McPhee
Peep-Bo	Jacqueline Dowhaniuk
Katisha (an elderly lady in love with Nanki-Poo)	Sonya Ostrowski-Masoti
A Nobleman	Keith Waldie
Assistant Executioner	Mark Robertson

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Chorus

Chorus of Schoolgirls, Nobles, Guards, Inc.

Jennifer Brandow, Dawn Brown, Roberta Lea Bruni, Maria Burgess, Monika Burgund, Cindy Desjardins, Shelley Gold, Nina Karhu, Luise Morano, Nikki Moroz, Anne O'Connor, Jennifer Pearson, Francine St. Jules, Laurie Thibeault, Karen Willert, Jean-Paul Beaupre, Mark Jarrett, Brian LaPlante, David Nenonen, Roy Sutton, Herbert Taylor-Bailey, Glenn Wilkins

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Orchestra

Conductor	Arno Ambel
Concertmaster	Guy Traficante
Honourary Concertmaster	The Late Mary Shrubsole Walton
Honourary Life Member	Hugh Stephen
Violins	Guy Traficante, Carmen Eisenbichler, Alida DeLorenzi, Susanna Domingues, Maureen McAvoy
Cello/Bass	Ellen Thomasma, Gary Rocha
Flutes/Piccolo	Robert Galbraith, Carol Sims
Clarinets	Dr. John Wilkinson, Gertrude Wilkinson
Bassoon	Ian Shaule
French Horns	Sue White, Loyal Beggs
Trumpets	George Townsend, Larry Farnquist
Trombones	Brad Schweda, Paul Walde
Percussion	Tim Tyler, Klaus Jahn
Keyboard	Andrea Sloan

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Production Staff

Producers	Jo Ramakers, Wilf Beauchamp, Arno Ambel, and the executive of Sault Opera
Director/Designer	Wilf Beauchamp
Assistant Director	Brenda Gravelle
Music Director	Arno Ambel
Rehearsal Pianists	Andrea Sloan, Elizabeth van Goudoever
Lighting Design	Dirk Becker
Costumes	on loan from "Swinging Star Costumes", Sudbury
Costume Co-ordinators	Marijke Ramakers, assisted by Tomira Sierzputowski
Stage Manager	Dirk Becker
Lighting Board	Rutger Becker
Properties	Mary Johnston
Make-Up	Laurie McDonald
Front-of House Manager	Erika Dello
Box Office	Noreen Myers
Publicity and Programme	Arno Ambel and Glenn Wilkins

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Production Assistants

Stage Crew	Guy Coutu, Dwayne Martin, Jim Mills, Brian Miron
Lighting Crew	Guy Coutu, Jim Mills, Brian Miron
Make-Up	Rutger Becker, Brenda Gravelle, Liisa Kuittinen, Jim Mills
Set Construction	Wilf Beauchamp, Winston Beauchamp, Herbert Johnson
Ushers	Jamie Caicco, Wally Dello, Zak Irvine, Stacy O'Neill, Marijke Ramakers, Michael Ramakers, Ronald Ramakers, Susan Ramakers
Programme Advertising	Fred Ambel, Maria Burgess, Monika Burgund, Erika Dello, Shelley Gold, Herbert Johnson, Brian LaPlante, Christy Loftstrom, Jill McPhee, Terry McPhee, Luise Morano, Noreen Myers, Lyndon Slewidge, Herbert Taylor-Bailey, Keith Waldie, Karen Willert
Box Office	June Bonin, Dawn Brown, Erika Dello, Miriam Gravelle, Betty Laukkanen, Winifred Myers, Sean Phelps, Mark Robertson, Carol Rowland, Andrea Sloan, Diane Taylor, Herbert Taylor-Bailey, Dolores Wagner, Rita Zika