Music by John Musto
Libretto by Mark Campbell
This modern retelling of an Italian folktale tickles the funny bone and warms the heart. After a wedding debacle, a young husband sets out to find people who are greater fools than his own family. What he finds surprises both him and us.
The Wedding
Young Man -
Jonas Hacker
Bastianello the Elder,
father of the bride - Shea Owens
Ortensia,
mother of the groom - Summer Hassan
Luciano,
the groom - Richard Ollarsaba
Amadora,
the bride - Zoie Reams
A Farmhouse
Frediano - Shea Owens
Ettalina,
his wife - Summer Hassan
The Gate of a Village
Eustacia,
a bride - Summer Hassan
Stelladora,
mother of the bride - Zoie Reams
Lambent,
a horse - Jonas Hacker
Ippolito,
the horse owner - Shea Owens
A Lake
Lino,
a fisherman - Shea Owens
*Studio Artist
Conductor - Lidiya Yankovskaya
Director - R.B. Schlather
Scenic & Costume Designer - Blake Palmer
Lighting Designer - Robert H. Grimes
Wig & Makeup Designer - Anne Nesmith
Musical Preparation – David Hanlon, Joseph Li, K. Annie Brooks
Assistant Director – TBD
Production Stage Manager – Michael Janney
Assistant Stage Manager – Sarah Johnson
Supertitle Coordinator – Lindsay Woodward