Port Angeles Light Opera Association
P.O. Box 327, Port Angeles, WA 98362 - (360) 457-5630
Port Angeles Light Opera Association
P.O. Box 327, Port Angeles, WA 98362 - (360) 457-5630
Presents
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 2003
"Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written – the perfect escape from life's troubles. “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from time-tested, 2000 year old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave (Pseudolus) struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan (Philia) for his young master (Hero), in exchange for his freedom.
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music by Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the plays of Plautus
Cast of Characters
Pseudolus (Slave to Hero) playful, comic ringmaster of the
show
Philia (the virgin) the lovely-but-vacant courtesan
Hero (the son) the handsome innocent master
Domina (Hero's Mother) an overbearing wife
Senex, Hero's father and the aging master of the house
Hysterium, Pseudolus' hapless fellow slave
Miles Gloriosus (the Captain) Lycus' pompous warrior client
Lycus, a buyer and seller of courtesans
The Courtesans: Tintinabula, Panacea, The Geminae (two), Vibrata, Gymnasia
Three clowning, omnipresent Proteans
Erronius, a doddering old man
Featured Songs
"Comedy Tonight"
"Love, I Hear"
"Free"
"The House of Marcus Lycus"
"Lovely"
"Pretty Little Picture"
"Everybody Ought to Have a Maid"
"I'm Calm"
"Impossible"
"Bring Me My Bride"
"That Dirty Old Man"
"That'll Show Him"
"Funeral"
Production Team:
Director - Kathy Balducci
Music - Ed Grier
Choreographer - Jessie Young
Set Design - Jim Doell
Technical Director - Paul Thompson
Stage Manager - Carralee Rupprecht
Sound Design & Technician - DJ Larson
Light Design - DJ Larson
Light Technician - Brian Unger
Cast
Pseudolus - Pat Owens
Hysterium - Don Scott
Lycus - Philip Young
Domina - Nancy Beier
Hero - Tom Ruddell
Senex - Jim Drennan
Erronious - Ross Kavanaugh
Miles Gloriosus - EJ Anderson
Courtesans
Geminae - Natalie Mills
Geminae - Susie Bernsten
Panacea - Kelly Jo Hoffer
Vibrata - Elizabeth Nixon
Tintinabula - Tammy Ruddell
Gymnasia - Jamie Balducci
Proteans (three that do the work of twenty)
BJ Kavanaugh
Bob Lumens
Scott Schmidt
The 2002-2003 PALOA Board of Directors
Bob Lumens, President
Naomi Denhart Vice President
Carol Philpott, Secretary
Stuart Smith, Treasurer
Marian McGilvra, Past President
Board Members:
Tamra Northern
Jean Snyder
Janet Young
Richard Stevens
Pictures:
Hero (Tom Ruddell) & Philia (Jessie Young)
Marcus Lycus (Philip Young)
& His Courtesans (from left back)
Geminae - Susie Bernsten
Geminae - Natalie Mills
Panacea -
Kelly Jo Hoffer
(front)
Tintinabula - Tammy Ruddell
Senex (Jim Drennan) & Pseudolus (Pat Owens)
Senex (Jim Drennan), Hysterium (Don Scott) & Pseudolus (Pat Owens)
Pseudolus (Pat Owens), Erronius (Ross Kavanaugh) & Hysterium (Don Scott)
Foot Soldiers of the Great Miles Glorious (center) (E.J.
Anderson)
BJ Kavanaugh, Scott Schmidt, & Bob Lumens