The Pirates of Penzance 2008
July 18, 20, 2008
While the Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company and the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra present concert versions of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, the Company is often creative with its necessarily limited costuming and use of props. In this concert version of The Pirates of Penzance, the policemen concealed themselves behind branches that they’d brought on stage for that purpose!
Photo Gallery
The cast for this concert production of The Pirates of Penzance included:
| Major-General Stanley | Matt Dolph |
| The Pirate King |
Waldyn Benbenek |
| Frederick | James Ahrens |
| Samuel |
David Eckenrode |
| Sergeant of Police | Christopher Michela |
| Mabel | Sarah Wind |
| Edith |
Raquel Swanson |
| Kate |
Kathryn Larsen |
| Ruth | Sandy Schoenecker |
Women’s Chorus
Mary Mescher Benbenek, Marlene Doll, Maureen Eckenrode, Mary Gregory, Lesley Hendrickson, Kathy Hering, Shawn Holt, Mariana LaFleur, Holly MacDonald, Carol Manning, Charlotte Morrison, Jo Pasternack, Lisa Rawlins, Sue Ann Rawlins, Julie Seykora, Ruth Staus, Brianna Sullivan, Rhea Sullivan, Jean Van Heel
Men’s Chorus
Mark Alt, Scott Benson, Brad Bradshaw, Dean Lawrence, Kristofer Lysne, John Orbison, Eric Pasternack, Wendell Peck, Jonathon Proctor, Steve Rawlins, Jim Ryan Scott Sandberg, Scott Strand
Production Coordinators
Waldyn Benbenek and Dean Laurance
Casting
Lesley Hendrickson, Marina Liadova, Waldyn Benenek
Rehearsal Accompanist
Jean Van Heel
Audition Accompanist
Stephen Norquist