US Musical: The Pirates of Penzance
Set sail for silliness as Metairie Park Country Day School presents THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE!!
Gilbert and Sullivan's rollicking musical comedy lands on the Weinmann Auditorium stage March 26-April 4, 2022, for SIX BIG PERFORMANCES!
Tickets are available online at mpcdsdrama.ludus.com. All tickets are $10.
Frederic, a young pirate apprentice, reaches the age of 21, which releases him from his indentures to the Pirate King. Finally free to live as he wishes, Frederic rejects the companionship of his childhood nursemaid Ruth and falls in love with Mabel, one of the many, many daughters of the blustering Major General Stanley. But when the Pirate King returns with a merry band of pirates to claim those same daughters for their wives, everyone becomes ensnared in a tangled web of comic complications. As Mabel enlists the help of a bumbling Sergeant of Police and his frightened force to stand up to the pirates, Ruth rejoins the pirate band with a devilish secret that threatens to turn Frederic's world upside-down. Filled with memorable melodies, farcical follies, and peculiar paradoxes, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE is a jolly, joyous comedy caper for the whole family!
Our production features the talents of Charlie Antis, Minnie Mae August, EmmaJane Bauer, Emma Bellaire, Olivia Bouy, Julia Drago, Claire Fernandez, Anna Hayne, Sarah Heebe, Jhanvi Honoré, Chloe Jones, Nicole Kazour, Clovis Layrisson, Penelope Logan, Mia Luparello, Julia Mueller, Collin Neece, Harry Odem, Armin Parsi, Christian Rodriguez-Fierro, Xander Roniger, Genesis Scott, Margo Thionville, Henry Thompson, Jane Claire Thompson, William Varisco, Cooper Velie, Danielle Venturatos, Grace Wang, Nick Witte, Elise Wright, Lauren Wright, and Sophie Wyatt.
Originally produced in 1879, The Pirates of Penzance is a theatrical classic that has been popular for close to 150 years. In 1980, Joseph Papp of the Public Theatre conceived a new production for the New York Shakespeare Festival. This revival was a huge success, transferring to Broadway for nearly 800 performances, earning three Tony Awards, and leading to a cult-hit film adaptation. Our production of The Pirates of Penzance is also a salute to Country Day tradition, as Gilbert and Sullivan shows were a hallmark of the theatre program here for many years. The poster design for this production is an adaptation of an original design by Works Progress Administration artist James H. Murphy for a Federal Theatre Project production of The Pirates of Penzance at the Cincinnati Federal Theatre, April 1937.
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Established in 1929, Metairie Park Country Day School is a coed private school for New Orleans area students in early childhood through Grade 12. From the elementary grades through upper school, the care and cultivation of each child comes to life in our exciting academic program, creative arts, and competitive athletic offerings.
Country Day accepts qualified students without regard to race, color, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin.
