the latest project, etc... for a period of time for people to see.
Recent Performances and Design:
Click here to see a wide variety of pictures of the show by Michael Jerald and others.
The cast included John Iverson as John Wellington Wells (The Sorcerer), Michael Duffin as Alexis,
Frank Sibley as Dr. Daly, Betsy Giguere as Constance, Elizabeth McCollum as Mrs. Partlett,
George Adair as Sir Marmaduke, Kathleen Bryar as Lady Sangazure and Burt Tepfer as the Notary.
In November I had the enormous priveledge of playing Mrs. Gibbs in Raylynmor's New England premier of Ned Rorem's opera of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" in Peterborough, NH. This was an amazing opera directed by Rob Koch and musically directed by Peter Szep. It was particularly fun to have my first major operatic role the same character as my first serious acting role. I had played Mrs. Gibbs in the theatrical produstion when I was fourteen
At the end of June last summer I played the Foole in "King Lear" for the Vermont Theatre Company, directed by Heidi Fagan. I also designed the costumes. It was a great opportunity to introduce audiences to pre Christian British costume with a heavy Celtic influence. Click on any of the pictures below to see many more of Heidi's photos of the show.
I designed costumes for "Don Giovanni" in May for Raylynmor Opera in Keene NH directed by Elizabeth Backman
( I also sang in the chorus!) Click on any photo below
to go to the collection of pictures by Michael Jerald and others.
James Shaffran, Mark M. Womack and Allison Leaheey as Masetto, Don Giovanni and Zerlina.
James N. Kryshak, Jennifer Toohey and Jay Gould as Don Ottavio, Donna Anna and Commendatore.
Bethany M. Argiro and Gustavo A. Ahualli as Donna Elvira and Leporello.
"HMS Pinafore" closed March 9th at Main Street Arts in Saxton's River Vermont. I directed the production and designed the set. See a few pictures of this delightful production below.
If you click here you can look at a thousand Pinafore candid pictures on Photobucket and see it all!
If you click on this line you will see the remainder of the photos.
I designed costumes for "Die Fledermaus" for the Opera Theatre of Weston directed by Diana Stuger
produced Dec 30th in Rutland VT and Jan 5th in Weston. ( I also performed in the chorus!)
Casting for the leads was as follows:
Esenstein- Sean Anderson, Rosalinde- Mary Anne Kruger, Falke-Brandon Gaines, Orlofsky- Lindsay Dyett,
Adele- Katherine Gartner Kaplan, Albert-Pablo Bustos, Frank-Benjamin Bloomfield,
Blind-Matthew Knickman, Ida-Marietta Formanek.
To see the complete set of photos on line by Bruce Dodge the set designer click on the above picture.
I played The Countess of Roussillion in "All's Well That Ends Well" with The Vermont Theater Company Directed by Robert Kramsky for Shakespeare In The Park on June 28th, 29th and 30th and July 1st at 6:00 pm at the Living Memorial Park in Brattleboro.
I was the overall designer (sets/costumes etc...) for "Italian American Reconciliation" directed by Sam Pilo
at the Actors Theatre Playhouse in West Chesterfield, NH performed July 26th through August 18th.
I played the Housekeeper in "Man of La Mancha" July 27,28 & 30 and August 2, 3 & 4
with the Deerfield Valley Players at the Memorial Hall Center for the Arts in Wilmington VT.
May 18,19 & 20 Raylynmor Opera presented Puccini's Opera
"Tosca"
at the Colonial Theatre in Keene, NH.
Costumes by Veda Crewe Joseph.
Photos are of Grace Valdes as Tosca, Tomas Hall as Scarpia and Allan W. Schneider as Cavaradossi.
This was a truly amazing performance by the finest singers and a blockbuster with regard to costumes.
With 58 individual costumes it is one of the biggest shows I've designed.
To see the complete set of photos on line click on any of the above pictures and you can see
765 pictures of everyone from the choir boys to the director, all of the costumes and the elaborate sets.
