1989 Miracle Yearbook

11% Spring Musical: The Pirates of enzance The Pirate King. After hundreds of hours of practice, the pre- miere performance of The Pirates of Penzance, an operetta written by Gilbert and Sullivan, took place on Monday, May 1, 1989. The Village Play- ers gave six performances that week under the direction of Dr. David Robey. The cast was Ro- bey's largest on the Alford Auditorium stage; it consisted of 33 members, 4 of whom were alumni. The setting was the late 1800's. Frederick, cel- ebrating his 21st birthday which was to release him from his contract as a pirate apprentice, planned to leave the pirates because he felt their actions were wrong. Ruth, his nursemaid from childhood, pleads to go along. Frederick thinks that Ruth is beautiful because she is the only woman that he has ever seen, but when he sees a "bevy of beautiful maidens," he leaves Ruth and falls in love with Mabel,the oldest daughter of the Major-General. While they are talking, the pirates appear and capture the rest of the maidens. Posing as an orphan, the Major-General appears and gets the pirates, all of whom are orphans, to release his daughters out of sympathy for himself. Later, Frederick arranges for a band of policemen to capture the pirates, but then Frederick finds him- self still bound to the pirates because he was born on leap year and was in all actuality only 5 and a quarter years old. Feeling a sense of duty to his contract, Frederick tells Mabel he must leave her. Rejoining the pirates, he tells them that the Major-General is not really an orphan. The police- men arrive, ready to capture the pirates, but they A "bevy of beautiful maidens." hide in fear when they hear the pirates corn After the pirates capture the Major-General, policemen jump out from their hiding places E attempt to capture the pirates. Unfortunately, policemen are overpowered by the pirates the police seargent orders that the pirates surr der in the name of Queen Victoria. Out of love their queen, the pirates surrender. It is then covered that the pirates are all "noble men have gone wrong," and Major-General Sta pardons them and gives them his daughter marry. One of the alumni parts was played by Beste, who commented, "The cast worked together, and it was neat to see the blend exp ence: those who have been in plays befor Cedarville and those who had not." Three pe had key roles in the effectiveness of this mus performance. Dr. Robey showed his dedica as a director by being there whenever anyt was going on. He was there to encourage an motivate even when he was not directly involv Penny DePhillips, a graduate of Wright State versity, did an amazing job with the cast in tea ing choreography. "She took a group of pe with little or no experience in choreography helped them do things with their feet and ha that many did not think was possible." Don Jo created and built the set. Practically living in ford Auditorium in order to get the set read time, Don created a set that prepared the mi of the audience for the performance that wa take place. The result of this hard work: "It w lot of fun!" Cast: Steve Alexander, Kim Averitt, Mark Averitt, Matt Benefiel, Jeff Beste, Matt Biddinger, Tim Carter, Su Chitwood, Allicia Diller, Deborah Dunzweiler, Tim Entner, Greg Hobaugh, David Kohlmeyer, Dana Love, I Mercaldo, Matthew Moore, William Muth, Randy Oswald, Bruce Quick, Marcia Robbins, Andrew Rudd, Ho Stover, Kevin Tupps, Andrea Unger, James Unger,Sandy Weaver, Molly Williams, Kirtley Wilson, Jodi Wilson, Wittmer, Mark Wolf The Major-General. 138 Spring Drama Production