{"id":1898,"date":"2009-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2009-03-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T04:00:00","slug":"gilbert-and-sullivan-coming-to-life-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2009\/gilbert-and-sullivan-coming-to-life-on-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Coming to Life on Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 250px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/09\/iolanthe.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Wenger and Todd Hooley\" \/><br \/>Charlotte Wenger (fairy queen) sings to Todd Hooley (Willis) as he tries to not show interest. <\/div>\n<p>Love and politics cross paths in a most unlikely way in W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan&#8217;s popular comic operetta, &#8220;Iolante,&#8221; the major spring <a href=\"\/theater\/\">theater<\/a> production at EMU. <\/p>\n<p> EMU Theater will present the two-act, two-hour musical 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, Mar. 26 &amp; 28, and Apr. 2-4, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 5, in the Mainstage Theater in the University Commons. <\/p>\n<p> Twenty years ago, the fairy Iolanthe was exiled for marrying a mortal. Unknown to the rest of her kind, Iolanthe bore a son, Strephon, before her banishment. Now a young shepherd, Strephon falls madly in love with Phyllis, a ward of the Court of Chancery.  But the entire House of Lords also want Phyllis, and a chaotic struggle ensues between the fairies and Britain&#8217;s men of power. <\/p>\n<p><div class=\"photo\" style=\"width:375px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/09\/iolanthe2.jpg\" alt=\"EMU Theater students\" \/><br \/>Costume designer Becca Snyder (l.) makes adjustments to Todd Hooley&#8217;s tie as fairy queen Charlotte Wenger looks on.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/hw456?ssi=theater\">Heidi Winters Vogel<\/a>, associate professor of theater, is directing the 24-member cast. Stage managers are Sarah Harder, Mountain Lake, Minn.; Emily Hertzler, New Holland, Pa.; and Jamie Hiner, Culpeper, Va. <\/p>\n<p> Other major players are Phil Grayson, set designer; David Vogel, technical director; Sara Prince, choreographer; James Richardson, vocal instructor; Kenneth Nafziger, orchestra director; Heidi Winters Vogel, costume design coordinator; and Grant Sprunger, Kidron, Ohio, and Mark Fenton, lighting designers. <\/p>\n<p> Advance tickets are $12\/$14 at the door for adults, non-EMU students and seniors, $10\/$12 at the door. Tickets are available at the EMU box office, 540-432-4582 or on line at <a href=\"\/boxoffice\/\">www.emu\/edu\/boxoffice<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> Information regarding age appropriateness for EMU events is available through the <a href=\"\/boxoffice\/\">box office<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Wenger (fairy queen) sings to Todd Hooley (Willis) as he tries to not show interest. 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