Fall 1988: The Yeomen of the Guard
Synopsis
The operetta takes place in the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry VIII. At the start, the gentleman Colonel Fairfax is wrongly accused of sorcery and sentenced to death within the hour. Fairfax hatches a plan to avoid letting his estate fall into the hands of his scheming cousin (incidentally, his accuser) by secretly marrying Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer. She agrees to be blindfolded during the ceremony and expects to be a wealthy widow upon Fairfax's imminent demise, leaving her free to marry her lover, the jester Jack Point. However, Fairfax miraculously escapes his fate and chaos ensues.
Director: Brian Smith
Music Director: Gordon Bastian
Producers: David B. Averbach, Julia Ferreira
Cast
- Phoebe Meryll
- Edie Stewart
- Wilfred Shadbolt
- Buck Stein
- Second Yeoman
- Byron Wilmot
- Dame Carruthers
- Patricia Alexander
- Sergeant Meryll
- David Schafer
- Leonard Meryll
- David B. Averbach
- Lieutenant Cholmondely
- David Raymond
- Colonel Fairfax
- Ron Herman
- Jack Point
- Bill Hammond
- Elsie Maynard
- Anne Virgil
- First Citizen
- Bob Weeks
- Second Citizen
- John Cieslinski
- First Yeoman
- David B. Averbach
- Kate
- Marcy Long
Chorus
Ted Benedict, Terry Benedict, Peter Dunbar, John A. Ejaife, Alan Evans, Julia Ferreira, Niels Haun, Debi Hirsch, Kathy Kriese, Maryanne Lettis, Pete Magee, John McCrank, Molly Moore, Kathy Palokoff, Mary Ann Rouse, Scot Zaffora-Reeder, Mary Zwierzynski-Slack
Crew
- House Managers
- Christine Dettman, Julie Wiedman
- Set Designers
- David B. Averbach, Brian Smith
- Costume Manager
- Sarah Freeman
- Lighting Designer
- David Smith
- Photography
- David Schafer
- Program Design
- Julia Ferreira, Sarah Freeman, Bill Hammond, Bob Weeks