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Gian Carlo Menotti’s
The Old Maid and the Thief
Cast (Order of Appearance)
Miss Todd - Charlotte Burrage (Mar 3, 5 - 7)
Miss Pinkerton - Keira Grant (Mar 3, 6)
Miss Pinkerton - Michelle Righetti (Mar 5, 7)
Laetitia - Gillian Grossman (Mar 3, 6)
Laetitia - Andrea Rebello (Mar 5, 7)
Bob - Paul White (Mar 3, 5 - 7)
Edward Franko - Stage Director
Erika Crino - Music Director
Miss
Pinkerton and Miss Todd discuss the weather and reminisce about
former boyfriends. A knock is heard and Laetitia, the servant,
discovers Bob, a beggar, at the back door. Miss Todd and Laetitia
agree that Bob is clever and charming and, desperate for male
company they lavish him with food and persuade him to stay indefinitely.
Miss Pinkerton warns Miss Todd that a thief has escaped from jail.
Miss Todd realizes the description matches that of Bob.
Laetitia, however, persuades Miss Todd to allow him to stay and
convinces her to help him down a more righteous path. Bob soon
bores of Miss Todd's and Laetitia's affections and threatens to
leave unless they buy him liquor. Fearing that the purchase of
liquor will tarnish her reputation, Miss Todd determines that
rather than be seen purchasing liquor she would rather rob the
liquor store. Miss Pinkerton informs Miss Todd that a famous detective
has been hired to catch the escaped thief. Laetitia and Miss Todd
warn Bob to flee, but he says he is not the thief. Bob finally
tells Miss Todd that he does not love her. Upset, Miss Todd
accuses Bob of her own crimes. Seeing no alternative, Bob and
Laetitia decide to escape, stealing many of Miss Todd's belongings,
including her car. Upon returning she finds her house empty and
the two gone.
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Grigori
Frid’s
The Diary of Anne Frank
Cast
Anne Frank - Marion Samuel-Stevens
Edward Franko - Stage Director
Brett Kingsbury - Music Director
The Story of Anne Frank
During the Holocaust, Anne Frank, a 13-year-old Jewish girl, hid
in the attic of her father’s office building in Amsterdam
from 1942 to 1944. The space was shared by her family and four
others. While in hiding, she kept a diary, a gift from her parents
on her 13th birthday, of everyday life, the shared joys, the squabbles,
and her hopes and fears. After 25 months in "The Secret Annex,"
Anne and the others were betrayed and sent to concentration camps.
Nine months later, Anne Frank died at Bergen-Belson of Typhus.
Her father, the only family member to survive, later published
the pages of her diary. The first edition of Anne Frank’s
diary appeared in the Netherlands in 1947. It has since been translated
into 55 languages and has sold 20 million copies. At the turn
of the century, Time magazine placed Anne Frank on its list of
the "Hundred Personalities of the 20th Century."
About The Diary of Anne Frank - The Opera
Composer Grigori Frid read Anne Frank’s diary in 1969 and
began o write the libretto shortly thereafter. Using excerpts
from the original diary, Mr. Frid depicts episodes in the life
of the young girl. After two scheduled performances were cancelled
because they coincided with Communist Party meetings, he finally
performed with only a piano in 1972. The first full production
took place in Kislovodsk in 1977, and a year later, Mr. Frid smuggled
the score to an American lawyer, who arranged a performance at
the University of Syracuse. In 1991, the opera was translated
into English and performed in Indianapolis; the German premiere
took place two years later. Since then, the opera has been performed
in Austria, Sweden, the U.S. and Switzerland. TrypTych produced
the Canadian premiere in 2004. Critically acclaimed, this production
participated in the 3 Rings Festival in Prague, Czech Republic
in the summer of 2005.
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