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Performances: August 1 & 2, 2008 in the historic
Monon Depot Students in this
intensive camp were exposed to intense dance, vocal and
acting training at a level never before possible in a Civic
Theatre camp. Along with the special training, the group
will perform a full production of Pirates of Penzance.
Led by a talented group of councilors; Melanie R. Buchanan
(Director), Cecil Shoemaker (Music Director), Brent Wick
(Assistant Director) and Abby McClure, these campers have
learned a great deal about theatre in a limited time.
The Pirates of Penzance tells the story of a young
pirate apprentice named Frederic (NATE SHUMATE) who
has come to the end of his indentured period. As it turns
out, Frederic was indentured by mistake. His half-deaf
nurse, Ruth (GAIA ATTARDO) had been instructed to
apprentice him to a "pilot" but got it a little wrong. At
any rate, Frederic has decided to leave the pirate life
forever and, though he loves his comrades dearly, devote his
life to the extermination of their kind. However, since he
is until the stroke of midnight still one of them, he feels
obliged to point out the pirates' weakness--they are too
softhearted. Apparently, all a captive must do is plead to
being an orphan and he is immediately released!
Once upon the shore, Frederic, who has never seen any
woman other than his old nurse, stumbles upon a bevy of
beautiful maidens. He immediately falls in love with the
most beautiful of the bunch, Mabel (CAITLIN COMPTON-LUJIN),
who graciously offers to reclaim the "Poor Wandering One."
What Frederic has forgotten, however, is that there are
pirates about! Suddenly his old comrades, let by the Pirate
King (VICTORIA BOYD) are upon them! The lonely
pirates are delighted by the beauty of their captives and
recognize the situation as a "first rate opportunity of
getting married with impunity." But the girls' father,
Major-General Stanley (ALEX SPECTOR), arrives just in
the nick of time and claims untruthfully to be an orphan,
thus winning a brief reprieve for his daughters. The General
is terrified that the pirates will uncover his lie, but
Frederic eases his fears, promising to apprehend the band of
pirates and put an end to their plundering. However, when
Frederic learns that, due to a technicality, he is still
indentured to the pirates, the complications abound.
All Tickets, $5
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