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Music Director: John Dreslin
Artistic Director: Michael Loomis
The Cast
Nanki-Poo
Go-To
Pish-Tush
Pooh-Bah
Ko-Ko
Yum-Yum
Peep-Bo
Pitti-Sing
Katisha
The Mikado of Japan
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Schoolgirls, Guards, and Citizens of Titipu
“The Three Ninjas”
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Timothy Throckmorton
Andrew Lemire
Nathan Wise¹, Craig Martin²
John Freedman¹, David Schancupp²
David Henderson
Sierra Manning¹, Renee Haines²
Claire McCarthy¹, Melissa Morton²
Laura Ann Heckman¹, Erin Aldrich²
Armen Kavorkian¹, Cindy Silvernale²
Michael Loomis
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Nathaniel Avery, Elizabeth Brown,
Richard Brown, Mark Callahan,
Beatrice Cox, Jonathan Ensminger,
Rhoze Faraci, Garry Jacobsen,
Valerie Jacobsen, Richard Kelpen,
Tori Kelpen, Ed Kerrigan,
Emma Lemire, Rebecca McFarland,
Grace Murphy, Cassandra Pease,
Meena Rajesh, Vinayak Rajesh,
Rebecca Reeve, Lalitha Shivaswamy,
Lea Kessler Shaw, Joan Toone,
Lillian Turner
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Kyle Keefe, Nicholas Lis-Briscoe,
Dillon McCaffrey
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1 – Sat. Mat.; 2 – Sat. Eve. & Sun. Mat.
Video clips from our show
What they’ll never do…
Since society has assigned each to other partners, both Yum-Yum (Sierra Manning) and Nanki-Po (Tim Throckmorton) lament the pleasures they will not be allowed.
On a tree by a river…
Ko-Ko (Dave Henderson) needs to convince Katisha (Armen Kavorkian) of his love for her. This little number about a lovesick bird does the trick!
The color filled finale…
After it is revealed that the Mikado’s son has not been slain, Ko-Ko has squirmed out of a legal punishment but faces a domestic one, and Nanki-Poo and Yu-Yum’s marriage is celebrated enthusiastically by the chorus.
The Promotional Tour
In the months leading up to our first show on October 13th, dedicated CG&SS members, led by our music director John Dreslin and producer John Freedman, set out across Connecticut and into Rhode Island on a mission to interest the public in our group and in our 2018 Mikado. Once again, singers from CG&SS, our own “wandering minstrels,” performed G&S showcase concerts in August and September for well-attended and appreciative audiences at five Connecticut retirement communities and cultural centers.
Much earlier in the year, on March 3rd, Maestro Dreslin and singers from CG&SS joined the American Chamber Orchestra and ACO director Christopher Hisey for a night of G&S favorites in Fairfield. Dr. Dreslin contributed his talents to another promotional event on July 30th in Old Saybrook, when he conducted a choral concert for SummerSings, an annual series of summer choral events sponsored by Cappella Cantorum & Con Brio Choral Society.
In the final month before the show, one member gave a talk to an inquisitive group at a shoreline hotel, and CG&SS took to the airwaves for two interviews with area radio stations. On September 8, Nathan Wise, a Mikado cast member, gave a talk on the Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration to a Mensa breakfast meeting at the Groton Hilton. On September 23rd, Maestro Dreslin gave a “Conducting Conversations” interview with Mike Maino at WCRI in Rhode Island, and on October 8th he teamed with CG&SS board member Richard Tecca for an interview with Wayne Norman of WILI in Willimantic.
All of these efforts undoubtedly contributed greatly to the success of Mikado 2018, and CG&SS is grateful to all who participated!
