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18th Festival Season - 1996

Artistic DirectorJames Stuart
General DirectorSteven Daigle
Music Director J. Lynn Thompson
Associate Music Director Michael Butterman
Opera Workshop DirectorMichael Butterman
Orchestra Personnel ManagerJohn Schuesselin
Stage Directors Steven Daigle, James Stuart
Assistant to the Stage DirectorDawn Harris
Set Designers Michael Grube, Dale Seeds
Scenic ArtistDina Gjertsen, Elizabeth Wilcox, Donna Crary
Costume DesignerJeffrey Meek
Lighting DesignerJen Groseth
Assistant Lighting DesignerAlice Thomas
Master Electrician Alice Thomas, Shawn Paar
Assistant Electrician John Stahrr
ChoreographerCarol Hageman
Accompanist and Coach Elizabeth Cordes
Technical DirectorMark B. Holtorf
Assistant Technical DirectorKenneth Clothier
DraftsmanKenneth Clothier
Stage Manager Jennifer Wamsley
Assistant Stage ManagersErin Flannery, Andrew Neilsen
Properties MasterKaren Elizabeth Geddie
Props AssistantDannette Secrease
Wardrobe Master Jared Garrison
StitchersTabitha L. Crapps, Stephanie Day, Anna Beth Martin
Scene Shop ForemanMichael C. Cooper
Shop and Stage CrewTim Crump, Richard Fleener, William Newcomb, Robert Roll, Sandra Swan
Running Crew CoordinatorJohn Stahrr
Running CrewAnna Claire Allen, Meg Boyle, Meera Harris, Nikki Kammer, Christina Lakatos, Melinda Moyers, Caroline Puster, Shannon Ryan, Doug Snyder, Jennie Williamson
Box Office & Business ManagerLaura McGraw Neill
Box Office AssociateSharon Finley
Box Office AssistantsMaria Black, Chris Matsos
Box Office InternJane Linnick
House ManagersSusan Marion, Fred Nelson
Computer ConsultantPeter Havholm
Literary AdvisorRaymond McCall
Company Manager/ProducerBonnie Havholm
Vocalists
Soprano:
Peg Cleveland, Judy Hill, Alison Kelly, Elizabeth Kennedy, Sandra Lopez, Emily Martin, Celena Nelson, Lisa Nielsen, Caroline Taylor
Mezzo-Soprano:
Rachel Albert, Georgia Jarman, Juliet Kraemer, Ruthann Manley, Kerri Oliver,
Elizabeth Peterson, Carrie Ann Sikkenga, Jessica Ann Sunseri, Amy Warchol
Tenor:
John Bernard, Aaron J. Binder, Gerald Frantzen, Mario A. Garcia, Jr., Spiro Matsos, John Mauldin, John Alexander Pickle, James E. Powell, James Stuart, John Young
Baritone:
Woodrow Bynum, Kiel Klaphake, Boyd Mackus, Mark D. Morgan. Daniel Neer, Patrick Yaeger
Bass-Baritone:
Matthew Carroll, George Cordes, Nathaniel Stinnett
Dancers:
Jennifer Catazaro-Hayward, Jennifer Kraynik, Bias Cerda, Angelo Lemmo
Orchestra
ConcertmasterJennifer Carsillo
Violin:
Cheryl Benedict, Joseph BrentJennifer Carsillo, Robbi Kenney, Moonsun Lee, Huy Luu, Douglas Merritt, Jacob Murphy
ViolaKatrina Desmarais, William Hurd
CelloPetia Kassarova, Nicholas Strobel
Double BassMichael Kuennen
HarpMaren Drews
FluteRobert Aughtry Margaret Ubaldi
OboeRichard Basehore, Nicholas Van Duzee
ClarinetSteven Carter, Dominique Duperval
BassoonKrassimir Ivanov, Eriko Ono
HornJaniece Luedeke, Susan Snipes
TrumpetJohn Schuesselin, Brian Miller
TromboneAlexai Doohovskoy, Megumi Kanda
PercussionJeffrey Smith

Cox and Box

by Burnand and Sullivan

The Gondoliers

by Gilbert and Sullivan

The Sorcerer

by Gilbert and Sullivan

The Merry Widow

by Franz Lehár

The Beggar Student

by Karl Millöcker (James Stuart Version)

Robinson Crusoe

by Jacques Offenbach

Regrets Only - M. Choufleuri

by Jacques Offenbach (James Stuart Version)

Thespis

by Quade Winter & W.S. Gilbert

Song of Norway

by Robert Wright & George Forrest