Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance July 10, 2009

The 73rd. Ave. Theatre Company

presents

Gilbert and Sullivan’s

The Pirates of Penzance

Directed and Choreographed by Ellen Farnsworth

Music Direction by Art Ortega.

The 73rd. Ave. Theatre Company presents “The Pirates of Penzance” July 10 to August 16 at the 73rd. Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd. in Westminster. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 adult; $16 seniors and students and available by calling 720-276-6936 or emailing

[email protected]. Visit our website at www.the73rdavenuetheatrecompany.com.

On the coast of Cornwall, a pirate gang parties as Frederic (a pirate apprentice) reminds the pirate king that his obligation to the gang is soon over. He was apprenticed to the pirates only until his twenty-first birthday, which is that day, and he is leaving them. Ruth (Frederic’s nursery maid when he was younger) explains that Frederic should never have been a pirate: She was told to apprentice Frederic to a pilot, but she misunderstood and placed him with a pirate instead.

Frederic tells the pirates that, after he leaves the gang, he intends to destroy them, not because he doesn’t love them, but because he is a slave of duty and, when no longer a pirate, it will be his duty to destroy them. The pirates understand, and also complain that they cannot seem to make money. Because Frederic is a slave-of-duty to the pirates until noon, he tells them why: Because they are all orphans, the pirates will not rob another orphan; and since all their potential victims are aware of this, they all claim to be orphans!

The show is directed and choreographed by Ellen Farnsworth with music direction by Art Ortega.

The cast includes Tom McIntyre as Frederic, Monica Leotta as Mabel, Dustin Hertzog as The Pirate King, Amy Luna as Ruth, David Hardison as the Major General, and ensemble members Mari Banka, Michelle Bever, Patrick Brownson, Peter Burghart, Stewart De Beaubien, Holly Longmore, Zachary Luna, Rachel Massaro, Kelly Maxwell, Benjamin Roesler and Nicholas Villarreal.

Listing/PSA

The 73rd. Ave. Theatre Company presents “The Pirates of Penzance” - July 10 – August 16 - Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2:30 p.m. - $18 adult; $16 seniors and students. 720-276-6936 or the73rdavenuetheatrecompany.com. 73rd. Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, CO 80030

The 73rd Avenue Theatre Company continues with the National Premiere of “Muriel’s Memoirs”* by Christina Hamlett, September 4 to October 4, directed by Maru Garcia; "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie, October 16 to November 22, directed by Maru Garcia and in December "A Christmas Cactus" by Eliot Byerrum.