Skyline Singers present “The Pirates of Penzance”
Join us Saturday, Nov. 7 in Kinnison Hall at 7 p.m.
One of the most popular works by the British team of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, “The Pirates of Penzance” had its first performance in New York City in 1879. The operetta centers on young Frederic, who, as a boy, was mistakenly apprenticed to a band of pirates. Frederic does not like the life of piracy, but he plans to serve dutifully until his 21st birthday. Plot twists, romance, and conflicts between pirates and police officers propel the plot with comedy and irony.
The principal roles will be sung by members of Skyline Singers. Sheridan local Ryan Landis plays Frederic, Rosalyn Steiner plays Mabel, and Jan Michael Kliewer plays Major-General Stanley. The performance will also feature John Zirkle as the Pirate King, Daren Small as Edward, the Sergeant of Police, Jeffrey Cuevas as Samuel, Erin Henke as Edith, Leah Hoblit as Kate, and Anne Kanie as Ruth. The Sheridan College Chamber Choir and Collegiate Chorale will serve as the chorus for this production.
Skyline Singers is the professional choir in residence at the Whitney Center for the Arts at Sheridan College in Sheridan, Wyoming. Our specialty is a cappella music, ranging from plainsong to part-songs, madrigals to motets, and from vocal jazz to contemporary pop.
