Tickets are now on sale on The Grand’s website:
https://tickets.grandonline.org/ListShowings?aid=308
Performances: February 8,9,10 & 15,16,17; $20 Adults/Seniors, $15 Students; 15 & under Reserved Seating
News
Iolanthe 2019 Cast Announcement
Thank you to everyone who auditioned for Iolanthe. Save the dates for our performances at The Grand: Feb 8,9,10 & 15,16,17! Friday 7pm, Saturday & Sunday 2pm.
| Joe Marshall | The Lord Chancellor |
| Roland Dube | Lord Mountararat |
| Mike Smith | Lord Tololler |
| John Cunningham | Private Willis |
| Peter Miller | Strephon |
| Debra Hangge | Queen of the Fairies |
| Tiffany Laufer | Iolanthe |
| Lauren Billings | Celia |
| Stephanie Bradshaw | Leila |
| Demelza Ramirez | Fleta |
| Eileen York | Phyllis |
| Theo Dumas | Understudy Strephon |
| Cassy Palmer | Understudy Fairy |
| Sally MacDowell | Understudy Fairy |
| Irv Hodgkin, David Porter, Rob Taylor | “Britain Really Ruled the Waves” featured soloists |
Auditions for Iolanthe
Auditions for Iolanthe with GSSME February 2019!
Auditions will be held in the theater (on the 2nd floor) at the Moore Community Center (133 State St, Ellsworth, ME 04605) in Ellsworth.
10/23/18 Tuesday from 7-9pm, and Saturday morning 10/27/18 from 10am – 12noon. If you cannot make one of these days, please contact us.
We are not signing up for times so we can see you all interact, but plan to be there for ~30 min or so. You do not need to be there right at the start, but we appreciate an email (gssmaine at gmail.com) if you are coming!
Note: pages referenced here are from the Schirmer edition of Iolanthe. You can rent this from the Bagaduce Music Library for $3, or order your own from Amazon (~$12).
From Dorothy Wheatcraft (Artistic Director)
Lines to read for auditions (You may also be asked to cold read other scenes/Move):
Fairies C/L/F: Act 1,1. Pg 21 till queen entrance
Iol/Strep/Queen: Act 1,3 pg. 31
Phyllis/Strep:Act 1,4 pg 37
Chancellor/Strep: Act 1, 11. Pg. 84
Fairies C/L Lords T&M: Act 2, 15. Pg 152
T/M: Act 2,19. Pg 161 from ‘prepared to’ till end, the back and forth. Add Phyllis if there.
Chancellor: act 2, 22 monologue of 194
Private/queen: act 2, 25. Pg 202.
From Sandi Blanchette (Music Director)
Musical numbers for auditions:
The Lord Chancellor page 85 when I went to the bar as a very young man
Lord Mount Ararat when Britain really ruled the waves page 1 5 3
Lord Tolloller blue blood spurn not the nobly-born actually. Page 73
Private Willis when all night long a chap remains page 144
Strephen if we’re weak enough to tarry page 189 this is a Phyllis duet.
The fairy queen oh foolish Fay page 158
Celia and Lelia in vain to us you plead pig 155
Phyllis if we’re weak and off to tarry page 189
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Loss of a Beloved GSSME Member and Friend
Margaret Marie Ames passed away on April 18, 2017. She was an invaluable member of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine for many years and was beloved by the company. She will be missed.
2016-2017 season
The GSSME production for the 2016-2017 season will be Pirates of Penzance. Please check our calendar and the local papers for announcements of dates and times for rehearsals. We hope to see you in the audience or on stage!
Dramatis Personae
Major-General Stanley Maurice Joseph Marshall
The Pirate King Roland Dube
Samuel Michael Smith
Frederic Zachary Fisher
Sergeant of Police David Porter
Mabel Kayla M’Lynn Gayton
Edith Emily Homer
Kate Dorothy R.A. Wheatcraft
Isabel Demelza Ramirez
Ruth Debra Hangge
Pirates: Shawnna Farley, Linda Firlotte Grindle, Peter Miller, Richard Miller, Alison Cox
Policemen: Irv Hodgkin, John Cunningham, Trent Quinby, Sam Bergman, Martin Vachon, Aidan pasha
General Stanley’s Wards: Catherine Hanle, Kahlan Hanle, Aliyah Bishop, Lydia Reifsnyder
Chaperones: Terri Anne Anderson, Dotti Schaller