Port Angeles Light Opera Association
P.O. Box 327, Port Angeles, WA 98362 - (360) 457-5630

Presents

MUSIC MAN
1987

Harold Hill, a traveling salesman and con man, makes his living selling band instruments and uniforms. ..and then conveniently disappearing with the money before the instruments or his promised lessons are delivered.

The time is the Fourth of July , 1912, and the place is River City, Iowa. Hill gets caught in his web of lies by the librarian, Marian Paroo, who has a sharp eye for swindlers. However, the joy expressed by her fellow townspeople and her little brother -in anticipation of the band instruments, deters her from exposing him. She forces "Professor" Hill to stay and teach the use of the band instruments to River City's young people -even though he cannot read a note of music. Hill had courted Marian The Librarian as a strategic maneuver in his scheme, but, as fate will have it, he falls in love with her.

When the "band" is finally ready for its first public appearance, the results are disastrous. But, all's well that ends well, since the doting parents are oblivious to the cacophony; to their somewhat prejudiced tastes, it is music from heaven.

The hit song of MUSIC MAN is the famous "76 Trombones" sung by Harold Hill. The ballad "Till There Was You" is the popular love song performed by the two romantic leads. And, the barbershop quartet sings a rousing rendition of "Lida Rose."

The original production of MUSIC MAN starred Robert Preston and played on Broadway for 1,375 performances.

The Production Crew

Artistic Director .................... Nico Snel

Stage Director  .................... Lisa Segura

Choreographer  .................... Paula Fellingham

Set Designer .................... Jan Kepley

Costume Designer ....................  Evelyn Muser

Stage Manager .................... Caralee Rupprecht

HAROLD HILL (The Music Man)  .................... Paul Martin

MARIAN PAROO (The Librarian)  .................... Sandra Albertson

MAYOR SHINN...  .................... David Brewer

EULALIE MacKECKNIE SHINN  .................... Claire Sample

MRS. PAROO  .................... Marilyn Welch

MARCELLUS WASHBURN. ....................  Don Scott

ZANEETA SHINN  .................... Laurie Millet

TOMMY DJILAS  .................... Kirk Baum

AMARYLLIS  .................... Joy Fellingham

WINTHROP PAROO .................... Sean Moore

CONSTABLE LOCKE ....................  Larry Albertson

CHARLIE COWELL. ....................  Ray Hanson

TRAIN CONDUCTOR  .................... Larry Harwood

GRACIE SHINN. ....................  Melissa Fellingham

Pick.A.Little / Grecian Urn Ladies

Ahna Hix ....................  Naomi Denhart
Maud Dunlop ....................  Kathi Good
Ethel Toffehnier .................... Karen Fluke
Mrs. Squires .................... Martha McNeill

School Board

Ewart Dunlop .................... Harold WaIters
Oliver Hix .................... Larry Schueler
Jacey Squires .................... Fred Gillogly
Olin Britt .................... Bob Chamberlain

Salesmen

David Meyer, Gordon Sexton, Brian Doig, Steve Young, David Thomas, Lance Rasrnussen

Men of River City

Townspeople

Carol Philpott, Lynne Urfer, Bev Brown, Adam Burdick, Marian McGilvra, Dan Burdick, Molly Hallett, Dan Hanson, Patricia Elkins, Andy Hanson, Maureen Reynolds, Carl Carlson, Connie Lawrence, Jim Heintz, Pili Weiseth, Pat Sexton, Penny Pemberton Winters

Children of River City

Jesse Ahmann, Angela Fellingham, Julie Urfer, Elise Fellingham, Jason Moore, Jenny Albertson, Brady Young, Peter Albertson