Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddigore
When:
Saturday, Feb 22, 2025 1:30p -
4:00p
Repeats weekly
Saturday, Feb 22, 2025 1:30p -
4:00p
Repeats weekly
Where:
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Theater
390 Lincoln RD
Sudbury, MA 01776
Admission:
$30
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, Good for Groups, Music, Shows
Event website:
https://sudburysavoyards.org/ruddigore-2025/
The Sudbury Savoyards present
Gilbert & Sullivan's
Ruddigore
February 22 – March 1, 2025
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
390 Lincoln RD, Sudbury MA 01776
Tickets available at https://sudburysavoyards.org/ruddigore-2025/
Contact: [email protected]
PERFORMANCES:
Saturday, February 22, 2025, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1:30 PM
Friday, February 28, 2025, 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM
TICKETS:
Ticket Sales Open Dec 2024
$45 true cost option
$30 regular adult
$25 student/senior
$20 supported
STAGE DIRECTOR:
Briana Bensenouci
MUSIC DIRECTOR:
Aldo Fabrizi
Performed with full orchestra.
Cast
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyed / Robin Oakapple: David Smyth
Rose Maybud: Lindsey Buccella
Richard Dauntless: Ben Oehlkers
Sir Despard Murgatroyd: Jeremy White
Mad Margaret: Elaine Crane
Dame Hannah: Carolyn Schwartz
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd: Lonnie Powell
Old Adam Goodheart: Ben Morse
Zorah*: Clara Haymon
Ruth*: Graham Daley
Ghost Baronet (Sir Rupert Murgatroyed)*: Matt Tragert
Ghost Baronet (1st Ghost)*: Santo Mammone
Ghost Baronet (2nd Ghost)*: Liam Hefferman
Ghost Baronet (3rd Ghost)*: Matt Garber
Ghost Baronet (4th Ghost)*: Brad Amidon
Ghost Baronet*: Randy Glidden
Ghost Baronet*: Jon Saul
Bridesmaids Union*: Debbie Crane
Bridesmaids Union*: Dianne DeChellis
Bridesmaids Union*: Jennifer Dohm
Bridesmaids Union*: Ann Ferentz
Bridesmaids Union*: Nora Sporn
*ALSO ENSEMBLE MEMBER
ENSEMBLE
Matt Behrle, Brendon Chetwynd, Kirsten Chetwynd, Meryl Eisenstein, Kai Fay, Suzanne Flint, Kristiana Floss, Deborah Gaz, Cat Glidden, Frank Harrigan, Kim Kapner, Laurel Martin, Larry Millner, Aire Nifong, George Oliver, Mei-Lin Po, Tom Porcher, Karen Powers, Martin Reiss, Mary Jo Reiss, Alan Rohwer, Emily Rubinfeld, Larry Seiler, and Marla Zucker
SYNOPSIS
“Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse” was the 10th collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan. The operetta is a parody of the stock melodrama — the villain who carries off the maiden; the priggishly good-mannered poor-but-virtuous-heroine; the hero in disguise, and his faithful old retainer who dreams of their former glory days; the snake in the grass who claims to be following his heart; the wild, mad girl; the swagger of fire-eating patriotism; ghosts coming to life to enforce a curse; and so forth. But as one critic noted, Gilbert turns the moral absolutes of melodrama upside down: Good becomes bad, bad becomes good, and heroes take the easy way out. The Baronets of Ruddigore are cursed. Anyone who succeeds to the title has to commit a crime every day — or perish in inconceivable agony. Robin Oakapple, a young farmer, loves Rose Maybud, but both are too shy to tell the other. But Robin has a secret. He is really Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful Baronet of Ruddigore, in disguise. His younger brother, Despard, believing Ruthven to be dead, has assumed the title. Robin’s foster brother, Richard, seeking Rose for himself, tells Despard of Robin’s deception, and Robin is forced to accept his true position, losing Rose to Richard in the process. Now the Baronet of Ruddigore, Robin is confronted by the ghosts of his ancestors who step from their picture frames in the gallery of Ruddigore Castle to confront him for failing to conscientiously commit his daily crime. Robin eventually finds a way of satisfying his ancestors demands whilst continuing to live a blameless life.
ABOUT THE SUDBURY SAVOYARDS
Who are the Sudbury Savoyards? The Sudbury Savoyards are a community theater organization founded in 1961 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. One of the few theater companies in New England that performs the G&S canon as "Theater on a Grand Scale," Sudbury Savoyards productions feature a full orchestra of as many as 30 pieces, full staging, costuming, and lights, and a chorus open to all who wish to participate, with leads selected through competitive audition. The Sudbury Savoyards believe in emphasis on "community" in “community theatre,” and are a 100% volunteer group as well as a registered 501(c)(3) organization.
