"The Pirates Of Penzance" Closes

Left: Paul Fearn as Major-General Stanley.


An excellent finish to a fine show!

Some strange stuff happened this weekend. Singing issues on Friday with the M-G's song, and with Ruth's song on Sunday.

A new cue was apparently placed on the light board on Saturday afternoon that prevented the blackout from occurring at the end of Act I. The cast had to exit in full light.

KM had apparently been nursing tendonitis in her leg, and found the pain momentarily excruciating during 'Hail, Poetry,' in Act I. She quietly left the stage, which surprised the rest of the cast.

During intermission on Sunday, Steve's top-heavy music stand toppled over, and placed his white glove directly on the music stand's hot incandescent bulb. The glove started smoldering, sending up a plume of smoke from the orchestra pit. Steve and Travis hurried downstairs and separated glove and light just as the glove burst into open flame. There was a small delay in starting Act II, and the roll-up door was opened to help ventilate the smoky theater.

Left: Kat DeLapp and Jessica Bean.

Left: Rhiannon Guevin and Kat DeLapp.

Left: Kristen Meyers, Jessica Bean, and Kat DeLapp.

Left: Travis Nagler as Frederick, and Lenore Sebastian as Ruth.

Left: Kate Janzen and Brian McCann.