Malone Opera Theatre presents The Pirates of Penzance
Malone University Opera Theatre will perform The Pirates of Penzance on Saturday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 8, at 2:30 p.m. at the East Campus Center on the Malone University campus at 2600 Cleveland Ave. NW. The East Campus Center is on the corner of 25th Street NW and Harvard Ave NW. General Admission is $12, and Students and senior tickets are $8. To purchase tickets, please visit: https://store.malone.edu/Opera/.
According to stageagent.com: Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular show, The Pirates of Penzance, is a rollicking, delightfully funny tale of a band of soft-tempered pirates. Mistakenly apprenticed to a pirate (instead of a pilot) by his nursemaid Ruth at the age of eight, the handsome Frederic is now 21 and, though quite fond of the group of joyous and fun-loving pirates, chooses to abandon his profession and “lead a blameless life henceforth,” dedicating himself instead to their eradication. Shortly after leaving them, he encounters a gaggle of beautiful maidens (one of whom, Mabel, steals his heart) and their father, the eccentric Major-General. The whole group has a run-in with the pirates themselves before escaping on the false premise that the Major-General is an orphan -- a fact these tenderhearted pirates simply cannot help but take into account, given the fact that the majority of them are orphans themselves and “know what it’s like.” Just as Frederic is ready to lead a band of lily-livered policemen to take out the Pirate King and his men, a secret is uncovered that will change his fate forever, but, naturally, all comes out right in the end. Beloved since its premiere in 1879, The Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty) is a delightful farce of a classic that is fun for all ages.
The Pirates of Penzance is under the direction of Heather Curtis. Danielle Gambone is the collaborative pianist.
The cast includes:
- Noah Abel, of Canton
- Andrew Boak, of Canton
- Alyssa Bogner, of Mansfield
- Ruthanne Brooks, of Canton
- Christina DeDecker, of North Canton
- Andrew Ferguson, of Zanesville
- John Garnes, of Wooster
- Summer Grier, of Massillon
- Jeremy Howdyshell, of Zanesville
- Zane Lowie, of Norwich, N.Y.
- Joseph Mitchell, of Beloit
- Sarah Mouton-Daulton, of Urbana
- Shannon Myers, of Clinton
- Cheyenne Neighbor, of Salem
- Paolo Parodi, of Peninsula
- Benjamin Power, of Carrollton
- Zachary Rearick, of New Cumberland, Pa.
- Hannah Robinson, of North Canton
- Angelina Seeman, of Canton
- Bethany Strait, of Warren
- Ashley Zehr, of Strasburg, Pa.
Heather Curtis (Director and Choreographer) is in her sixth year of teaching at Malone University. She holds the B. A. in Music and Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from Malone University and the M. M. in Choral Conducting from Ohio University. During her time on faculty, she has taught voice lessons, as well as classes in Music Theory, Aural Skills, Music History, and Voice Methods. She also served for two years as the director of the Women's Concert Choir before taking on Malone Opera Theatre this year. She is an active performer in the area, both in opera and musical theatre, and has worked with Opera Cleveland, The Players Guild (Canton), Crown Theater (Columbiana), and the Palace Theatre (Marion).
Danielle Gambone (Collaborative Pianist) is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she earned a B. M. in piano performance studying under Dr. Thomas Hecht. While there, she accompanied many vocalists and instrumentalists for recitals. In 2000, she became the pianist and organist for St. Paul’s Church in North Canton, Ohio. Danielle has taught piano lessons to students of all ages in her home studio for 17 years. She has recently become a part of the Malone University community where she is a collaborative pianist for both soloists and Malone Opera Theatre.
See the The Pirates of Penzance program