Ruddigore
Or, The Witch’s Curse
1988

April 30, May 6,7, 14
Rippowam Center
Stage Director: Ron Luchsinger
Music Director: Mahlon Peterson

Cast

Zora……………………………..Linda Palmer
Ruth……………………………..Lesley Loosemore
Dame Hannah……………….June Phillips
Rose Maybud………………..Dane Bambino
Robin Oakapple……………..Luckey Heath
Sir Despard……………………David Schancupp
Old Adam………………………Job Emerson
Richard Dauntless…………..Paul Berryman
Mad Margaret…………………Virginia Kramer

Sir Roderic…………………….Bill Chaisson

Sir Rupert………………………Ken Dean
Sir Jasper………………………Rick Littlefield
Sir Lionel……………………….Boby Hayoz
Sir Conrad……………………..Tim Domini
Sir Reginald……………………Chris King
Sir Edwin……………………….John Dighton
Sir Desmond………………….Len Augenlicht
Sir Mervyn……………………..John Platenyk

Bridesmaids

Barbra Bauer, Connie Dean, Veronica Holz, Emily Kreis, Maria Musor, Kathleen Porter, Judy Rowan, Laura Townsend, Kate Wilson

Chorus of Officers, Ancestors, Villagers

Ruth Burger, Marie Caban, Scott Cagle, Joan Dean, Arnold Drucker, Laura Epstein, Bill Fortini, Barbara Heistand, Willi Kreis, Betty Leonard, Silloo Madan, Joan Mercer, Maryann Sherwood, Joan Stietzel, Phillip Stietzel, Paul Vidulich.

Backstage: Maria Musor, Bill Simons, Fred Scharmer, Diana Platenyk

Darien News Review

Performed on a lovely pair of sets designed by Carl Mezoff, directed by the expert hand of Ron Luchsinger…conducted with sensitive firmness by Mahlon Petereson, this is a technically smooth, near-professional production.