We are delighted to announce that The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine is one of the recipients of Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater grant for 2023/24!
These funds will help GSSME produce its upcoming, fully-staged production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta The Sorcerer performed with full orchestra at The Grand Theatre on Main Street in Ellsworth plus additional revue shows drawing from the duos’ prolific works.
THANK YOU!
The video recording of the 2023 GSSME production of The Pirates of Penzance is now on our YouTube channel! Open this post to watch it now!
Congratulations to:
Zach Field, Ron Marsh, Sara Phillips, Nayeli Monahan, Aidan Pasha, Kahlan Hanle, and Catherine Hanle!
GSSME presents one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s best known operettas, The Pirates of Penzance at The Grand in Ellsworth!
When Frederic finishes his apprenticeship with a band of notoriously tender-hearted orphaned pirates, he thinks his life as an upstanding citizen can finally begin! But his high ideals and a budding romance are soon threatened when the scheming pirate king discovers a loophole in Frederic’s piratical contract…
Packed with pirates, puns, police, and a modern major paradox, this witty swashbuckling adventure will delight the whole family!
PERFORMANCES
Friday, March 10th at 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 11th at 2:00 PM
Sunday, March 12th at 2:00 PM
Friday, March 17th at 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 18th at 7:00 PM
Sunday, March 19th at 2:00 PM
Pay-what-you-want open dress rehearsal: Thursday, March 9th at 7:00 PM, no advance tickets needed!
All performances are at The Grand in Ellsworth
$25 adults, $15 students, and $10 for 12 and under
Many thanks to our media sponsor, WERU Community Radio!
Pirate King:
Pepin Mittelhauser
Frederic:
Zachary Field
Samuel:
Sam Hallman
Ruth:
Debra Hangge
Edith:
Sara Phillips
Kate:
Kahlan Hanle
Isabel:
Nayeli Monahan
Mabel:
Celeste Mittelhauser
Major-General Stanley:
Roland Dube
Sergeant of Police:
Maurice Joseph Marshall
PIRATES:
Di Klausmeyer
Don Pendley
Jamie Creed
Shawnna Farley
Linda Firlotte Grindle
Max Jordan
Peter Miller
Ronald S. Marsh
Jarod Smith
Travis Burpee
WARDS:
Amelia McKay
Catherine Hanle
Courtney Schusheim
Katheryn Miller
Nikki McKay
CHAPERONES:
Alison Cox
Carol Friedman
Dotti Schaller
Sandy Smallidge
Terri-Ann Anderson
Tish Noyes
POLICE:
Aidan J. Pasha
David Porter
John M. Cunningham
Sam Cousins
Steve Johnson
Music and Stage Director:
Deiran Manning
Lighting Designer:
Susan Dunham Shane
Scenic Designer:
Peter Miller
Costume Designer:
Daaby Tingle
Stage Manager:
Tanya M. Bell
Props Master:
Shawnna Farley
Production Assistant:
Jessie Walker
Rehearsal Accompanist:
Jessica Mehre
Tech Crew:
Jillian Sanner & Jeannie Kell
Violin:
Cynthia Priem (concertmaster)
Caroline Beckwith
William Somes
Freddie LaPorte
Dean Booher
Denise Smith
Viola:
Byron DeGrave
Cello:
Tom Riesgo
Kathleen Caldwell
Bass:
David Quinby
Michael Ward
Flute:
Deirdre McArdle
Judy Fraser
Clarinet:
Cliff Guthrie
Ed Michaud
Oboe:
David A. Woolsey
Bassoon:
Peter Ossanna
Jean Roberts
Trumpet:
Craig Raisner
Horn:
Brian Booher
Hannah Dewey
Trombone:
Candace Hart
Percussion:
Lynette Woods
