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FUN THROUGH EXCELLENCE
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A SHORT HISTORY... THE GLORIANA OPERA COMPANY was founded in 1976 with Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado as its first offering at Crown Hall in Mendocino, 1977. Three more G&S operettas followed, H.M.S. Pinafore (1978), Iolanthe (1979), and The Pirates of Penzance (1980). The Beggar’s Opera in 1981 was followed by the Company’s first foray into classic American musical theatre: Oklahoma! performed at Fort Bragg’s capacious Cotton Auditorium. The Music Man, Guys & Dolls, and Fiddler on the Roof,ensued on the Cotton boards, and West Side Story capped off Gloriana’s first decade. Other great musicals were mounted each season (in no particular order): The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Cabaret, Man of La Mancha, Hello Dolly! The Little Shop of Horrors, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Oliver! My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Annie, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Nunsense, The Fantastiks, Where’s Santa? and the four blockbusters of the past four years at Eagles Hall Theatre: Kiss Me, Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, Funny Girl, and Anything Goes. Quite a reckoning of the best shows in contemporary musical theatre! And the younger set hasn’t been neglected with fully realized stagings of The Dinosaur Musical, a reprise of the 1990’s Gloriana original The Wonderful Golden Goose, and this season’s giddily anticipated The AristoCats. Gloriana community activities have included musical workshops for children and the seasonal serenading of the costumed Gloriana Carolers in vintage dress who have raised thousands of dollars in scholarship awards granted to talented high school students to facilitate their education in theatre arts.
2008-2009 Gloriana Opera Company President Suzie Frew-Harris
Vice-President Janice Littrell
Treasurer Irv Weinsuff
Board Members Diane Larson, Artistic Director Mervin Gilbert Luther Johansen Beth Seaward Past-President - Ex-Officio LIFE Members Lee Edmundson Sandra Hawthorne Ron & Dawn Atkinson (On Leave)
Artistic Committee Diane Larson, President Mervin, Gilbert, Jenni Windsor, Paul Friesen, Ron Smith, Cecilia Townsend, Suzie Frew-Harris
Scholarship Committee Sandy Glickfeld, Roberta Morrow, Linda Pack, Jack Leung, Melinda Leung
For further information contact:
Gloriana Opera Company P.O.Box 273, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 707-964-SHOW, info@gloriana.org
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