The Sault Opera Legacy

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(Originally Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld)

Music by Rudolf Friml

Book and Lyrics by William Anthony McGuire, P. G. Wodehouse, and Clifford Grey

Adapted from a novel by Alexandre Dumas

Produced in arrangement with, and the music and dialogue material furnished by: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 757 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 USA

This production was supported by a grant from the Music Department of the Ontario Arts Council. The wardrobe expansion project of Sault Opera was funded by a Community Development Grant from the Ministry of Employment and Immigration of the Federal Government of Canada.

Production Dates and Venue

Cast

Chorus

Orchestra

Production Staff

Production Assistants

Production Dates and Venue

February 11, 12, 13, and 14, 1981

White Pines Theatre

Cast

Innkeeper	Richard Jenkins
Planchet, servant	David Bumbaco
Zoe, servant girl	Gayle Burch
Jussac, Sergeant of the Guard	Keith Waldie
Cardinal's Guards	Jim Mills, Dirk Becker, Peter Hoffman, Erika Speer
Comte de la Rochefort	Stephen Rutti
Lady de Winter	Barbara Johnston
Athos, Musketeer	Randy Smith
Porthos, Musketeer	T. J. (Terry) McPhee
Aramis, Musketeer	Jacques Chouinard
Constance Bonacieux	Jo-Ann Morgan
D'Artagnan	Dario Laurenti
Col. de Treville	Bruce Bedell
Col. de Treville's Lady	Lesley Bumbaco
Convent Girls and Ladies-In-Waiting	Jill Bonin, Theresa Del Bel, Penelope Johnson, Elizabeth Prouse
Nuns	Jane Desing, Vilma Ambel
Duke of Buckingham	Larry Whalen
Queen Anne of France	Judi Morgan
King Louis XIII of France	Rudy Becker
Cardinal Richelieu	Michael Harpe
Brother Joseph	Herbert Johnson
King's Attendants	Henry Peeling, Ron Renner
Mother H, Innkeeper at Calais	Karen Pomber
Gypsy Dancer	Terry Zika
Bos'un	Lou Turco
Patrick, Buckingham's Page	Scot McLurg

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Chorus

Villagers and Courtiers

Janice Kent, Sarah L'Alouette, Debbie Lukenda, Anne Roberts, Tony Bumbaco, Glen Wells

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Orchestra

Honourary Life Member and Concertmaster	Mary Shrubsole Walton
Conductor	Arno Ambel
Concertmaster	Guy Traficante
First Violin	Guy Traficante, Ronald Mah, Carol O'Neill
Second Violin	Karl Schier, Peter Whitby
Viola	John Moffatt, Sister Mary Sammon
Cello	Julian Tryczynski, Katherine Gartshore
Double Bass	Hugh Stephen
Flute	Louise Griffith
Clarinet	Ron Belsito, Lynda Myles
French Horn	Aubrey Moore, Robert Henderson (Wed. to Fri.), Ron Koch (Sat.)
Trumpet	George Townsend, Alan Campbell
Trombone	Mary Ann Barban
Percussion	Marc Dubreuil
Organ	Lorraine Smith
Rehearsal Pianists	Lorraine Smith, Jane Anstice, Barbara Saylor-Severin, Charlene Trus

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Production Staff

Producer	Herbert Johnson
Production Co-Ordinator	Brenda Gravelle
Director	Virginia Reh
Music Director	Arno Ambel
Additional Choreography by	Trixie Hardy and Stephen Rutti
Additional Music arranged by	Terence Seaman
Set Designer	Tim Fort
Costume Designer	Vilma Ambel
Lighting Designer	Rutger Becker
Director's Assistant	Richard Jenkins
Stage Manager	Leslee Belanger
Assistant Stage Manager	Fred Frechette
Stage Crew Chief	Philip Burfoot
Properties	Ted McKinney
Make-Up	Leeann Trbovich
Hairstyling	Marga Pelka
Lighting Booth	Raji Retnakaran
House Manager	David Walsh
Advance Box Office	Erika Dello
House Box Office	Noreen Myers
Publicity	T. J. (Terry) McPhee and Arno Ambel
Fencing Instructor	Dal Travnick

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Production Assistants

Wardrobe	Ann Hendriks, Ruth Mercosky, Randy Smith, and others
Stage Crew	Ken Belanger, Guy Coutu, Jeff Deluzio, Sandro Nevicato, Frank Stella, Jim Walker
Properties	Darla Atkins, Susan Barron, Jane Lamothe, Mary Roberts
Make-Up	Pauline Gendron, Heather Stadnisky
Lighting	Dirk Becker, John Jones, Sarah L'Alouette, Eric Larsen, Jim Mills, Paul Willert
Set Construction	Alexis Bedell, Bruce Bedell, Francis Bedell, Guy Coutu, Lorna Blackburn, Philip Burfoot, Kelly Hopper, Michelle Jarvis, Henry Peeling, Frank Stella, Laurie Willis, Mike Wolowich, Terry Zika
Men's Barber	Dave Waldie
Box Office	Romy Bock, Herbert Johnson, Penelope Johnson, Henrietta McLurg, Mary Roberts, Randy Smith, Linda Veith, and others
Hospitality	Lesley and Dave Bumbaco
Front of House	Alexis Bedell, Cathy Bedell, Francis Bedell, Joanne Marconi, Letizia DiPasquale, Karen Sagle

The services of Ms. Reh were made available through the courtesy of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association and the financial support of the Community Theatre Training Programme of Theatre Ontario (funded by the Ontario Arts Council)