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The Washington RevelsP R E S E N T S
IN CELEBRATION OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE,A MIDWINTER’S TALE OF
THE KING AND THE FOOLWITH
Piffaro, the Renaissance BandThe Stonecastle Carolers
The Welspent YouthThe Sprytlie ChildrenThe Lord of Misrule
The Royall Noyse BrassThe Foggy Bottom Morris Men
Matthew Nielson AS THE KING
AND
Mark Jaster AS THE FOOL
Roberta Gasbarre ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Fulford Miller MUSIC DIRECTOR
Jason Morris PRODUCTION MANAGER
John Clewett EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
LISNER AUDITORIUMTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
21ST AND H STREETS NW, WASHINGTON, DCDECEMBER 3–5 AND 10–12, 2004
or a twenty-second year, The Christmas Revels brings to Washington the ancient and joyous celebration of the year’s rebirth at ‘the shortest day’ – the winter solstice.
We find ourselves in the Great Hall of a medieval castle, awaitingthe arrival of King and court, and the commencement of the royal midwinter festivities. Our companion in waiting is the Fool.
The King embodies temporal power, and his kingdom relies upon him for its sense of security. The Fool is much closer to the earth, more attuned to the natural order. Together, they reflect the tension between human power and theforces of nature. It is only when these forces are in balance that peace and harmony can prevail.
When danger is at hand, the power of the Fool comes into play. It calls to us from one chaotic age to another, beware! We are entering into the time of theFeast of Fools, when nothing is sacred, and every convention will be tested.
— DECEMBER 2004
PART ONESetting the Stage
BAILIFF, Lock HandleyFOOL, Mark Jaster
1. Brass PreludeDating from 1325, this estampie comes from a fragmentary manuscript known as the RobertsbridgeCodex, which preserves the earliest known keyboard music. Brass arrangement by Charlie Pilzer.
The Royall Noyse Brass
2. Deo Gracia Anglia – ‘The Agincourt Carol’This anonymous carol, written in 1415, recounts the remarkable victory of Henry V at the battle of Agincourt. We sing it here to welcome our King. The Latin refrain can be translated as Give thanks unto God, O England, for victory.
Greg & Christopher B. Lewis, Constance Ridgway & Jim Lazar,Gary Colonna & William Wurzel, Zoe Handerson & Douglas Baumgardt, SINGERS
The Stonecastle CarolersPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
3. In Dulci JubiloIn Dulci Jubilo is one of the oldest and most famous of ‘macaronic’ songs, which combine Latinand a vernacular language such as English or German. The melody dates from 14th-centuryGermany, and the words are attributed to the German mystic Heinrich Suso (ca. 1295-1366), who is said to have had a vision in which angels sang these words as he joined them in a dance of worship. The brass arrangement is by Charlie Pilzer, and the English paraphrase and handbellparts are by Elizabeth F. Miller.
Greg Lewis, LEADER
Leah de La Beaujardiere, Andrea Blackford, Gillian Hollar & Constance Ridgway, HANDBELLS
The Royall Noyse Brass
ALL SING:
4. Border Morris DanceA raucous style of morris dance from the Welsh border country to rout evil spirits and bring in luckfor the new year. The dancers, often miners, would wear masks or blacken their faces with coaldust for anonymity. This particular dance, Hunt the Squirrel, is derived from the morris traditionsof Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
The Foggy Bottom Morris MenPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
5. The King’s DanceStep Stately is a courtly English country dance from John Playford’s collection, The English DancingMaster, ed. 1650. The tune to which it is danced is called Jack Pudding.
Matthew Nielson & Elisabeth Myers, Susan & Greg Lewis,Sara Moses & Christopher B. Lewis, DANCERS
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
6. A Courtly InterludeA three-part chanson by Italian composer Antonello de Caserta (late 14th c.), Beauté parfaitesets a poem by the famous French poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut. Reflecting the ars subtilior (more subtle art) style of the late 14th century, each part moves in its own independent and complex rhythm, yet the overall effect is of a flowing and elegant unity.
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
7. Personent HodieThis jubilant Latin Christmas carol rejoices in the birth of the baby, the wise men following the star,and the angels singing ‘Glory to God in the Highest.’ The tune first appeared in the MoosburgGradual of 1360, although with different words. The present setting, arranged by English composerJohn Rutter, is based on the text and tune as they appeared in Piae Cantiones, a Scandanaviansong-book published in 1582.
The Stonecastle CarolersDouglas Baumgardt, Monica Hosky, Gillian Hollar, Michael Matheson & Julianne Harden, HANDBELLS
Piffaro, The Renaissance BandThe Royall Noyse Brass
8. Somerset WassailThe word ‘wassail’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon phrase wæs hal – an everyday greeting that can betranslated as ‘be healthy.’ The phrase was eventually contracted into one word, and came to referto the act of toasting someone’s health. Wassailers would travel from house to house, singing, witha ‘wassail cup’ which their hosts were expected to fill. Cecil Sharp collected this folksong in theearly 1900s from the Drayton wassailers in Somerset. The brass arrangement is by Brian Holmes.
RIDDLER: William WurzelThe Stonecastle CarolersThe Royall Noyse Brass
9. Children’s SongsVillagers All! Words from the carol sung to Mole and Rat by the field mice in The Wind in the Willows, byKenneth Grahame.
Miri it isOne of the earliest surviving English secular songs with music, dating from 1220. Sung in early English, it can be loosely translated as Summer while it lasts is merry with the song of birds.But now the blast of the wind and foul weather is coming. Ei, Ei! How long is the night! And I withso much wrong, sorrow and mourn and fast.
There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig An old agrarian mummers’ carol from Bedfordshire, linking the Christmas season with the cycle ofplanting and harvesting.
The Sprytlie Children, WITH Julianne HardenPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
10. The Lord of MisruleAs in Medieval times during the Feast of Fools, a Lord of Misrule is chosen from the populace topreside in topsy-turvy fashion over the celebration.
COURT INTERPRETER: James LazarO Tocius AsieThis medieval song dates from the Crusade of 1248, but its music represents a style current somefifty years earlier.
Douglas Baumgardt, Jackie Berry, Andrea Blackford, Greg Lewis, Diane Kresh,Nancy Lynn, Mike Matheson, Mari Parker & Donna Simonton, SINGERS
Piffaro, The Renaissance BandMake We Merry Both More and LessThis anonymous text, from a medieval manuscript found at Balliol College, Oxford, is said to beconnected with festivities associated with the Lord of Misrule. The tune, a late 13th-century Notaor untitled dance, is found in the same manuscript as the well-known round Sumer is icumen in.
The Stonecastle CarolersPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
11. Ding Dong Merrily on HighThe music for this popular Christmas carol first appeared in the Orchesographie, a 16th-centurybook of dances written by Johan Tabourot (1519-93). This Branle l’Officiel was to be danced by‘lackeys and serving wenches and sometimes by young men and maids of gentle birth masquerad-ing as peasants and shepherds.’ The English lyric was written in the early 20th century by GeorgeRatcliffe Woodward. The verse two harmony, verse three descant and handbell parts are byElizabeth F. Miller.
Greg Lewis, LEADER
Gillian Hollar & Diane Kresh, HANDBELLS
The Stonecastle CarolersThe Royall Noyse Brass
ALL SING:
12. The ContestIn many cultures, the testing of the king in combat is a necessary ritual to preserve the power andspirit of the office. One version of this incantation, published in an early Mother Goose collection,has been connected to the tragic Battle of Culloden in 1746, in which Bonnie Prince Charlie andhis Highland clansmen were defeated by British troops.
The Sprytlie Children
13. Te Deum LaudamusAn anonymous 13th-century English hymn, offered here as a prayer for the King’s success. Thetext is credited to Nicetas, Bishop of Remesiana (ca. 335-414), in what is now Serbia.
The Stonecastle Carolers MenPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
14. The BattleA Shadow Knight comes from the natural world to bring forth winter’s deepest darkness. As thecontestants meet, we hear the keening of human voices and of nature. The chant is O virga acdiadema by Hildegard von Bingen; the soundscape design is by Matthew Nielson.
Claudia Dulmage, Ryan Greene-Roesel, Zoe Handerson, Diane Kresh,Nancy Lynn, Sara Moses, Celia Murphy & Donna Simonton, SINGERS
15. Fortz Chausa EsThis planh, or elegy, written in Provençal by troubadour Gaucelm Faidit (fl. 1170-1205), lamentsthe death of Richard Lion-Heart, who died in 1199 from an infected arrow wound received in battleagainst the rebelling Limousins.
Elisabeth Myers, SINGER
Grant Herreid, LUTE
Katy Warren, DANCER
16. Lord of the DanceSydney Carter’s contemporary lyrics to the Shaker song Simple Gifts were choreographed for thefirst staged Christmas Revels in 1971 by Carol Langstaff with Shag Graetz and Jonathan Morse,
using figures from the English morris dance tradition. Morris dances brought fertility and luck tothe fields and villages in which they were performed.
Greg Lewis, SINGER
Christopher B. Lewis, Andrew Marcus & Phinney McIntire, DANCERS (ALTERNATING)The Royall Noyse Brass
ALL SING REFRAIN:‘Dance, then, wherever you may be;I am the Lord of the Dance,’ said he,‘And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,And I’ll lead you all in the Dance,’ said he.
INTERMISSION
PART TWOInstrumental PreludeA setting by Heinrich Finck (1444-1527) of the ancient German song Greiner Zanner.
The Royall Noyse Brass
17. O Rubor SanguinisWritten by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), this homage to St. Ursula of Cologne evokes theimage of red blood flowing between Heaven and Earth: O redness of blood, who have flowed downfrom that height which divinity touched: you are the flower that the winter of the serpent’s breathnever withered. The influential German abbess also wrote major works on theology and naturalhistory as well as poetry and plays, and was an advisor to bishops, popes and kings.
Julianne Harden, Mallary Forbes & Ryan Greene-Roesel, SINGERS
Andrea Blackford, Zoe Handerson, Helen Fields & Elisabeth Myers, HANDBELLS
18. Abbots Bromley Horn DanceThe ancient ceremony of ‘deer running,’ once a mid-winter ritual dance of the hunt, is still danced every year in the English village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, ‘bringing in the luck.’The first written account of the horn dance dates from 1226 at the Barthelmy Fair, but carbon dating indicates that the reindeer antlers still used today at Abbots Bromley date to 900 A.D.,about the time of the Danish invasion. The dance’s supernumerary characters – the Fool, HobbyHorse, Man-Woman and Boy Archer – link it with the mumming tradition of Old Christmas.
The Foggy Bottom Morris Men, WITH Joan Kimball, RECORDER
19. Man mei longe him lives weneAn anonymous English minstrel song from the 13th century: Man may expect long life, yet often, for him, there waits a trick. Fair weather often turns to rain, and sunshine is wondrously made.Therefore, man, bethink thyself – all thy green youth shall fade. Well-a-day! Neither King nor Queenshall escape the drinking of death’s draught. Man, ere thou fallest off thy bench, quench thy sin.
Grant Herreid, SINGER
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20. Danse MacabreA variant on the medieval dance of death, which underscores the cycle of life, death and rebirth.Interpreted by Mark Jaster from original choreography by Geoff Hoyle.
Mark JasterPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
21. Change RingThe tradition of ringing church bells to call and gather the community goes well back into theMiddle Ages. The later innovation of mounting each bell on a full wheel allowed greater precisionin ringing, which led to the development of intricate patterns of change ringing. Change ringing isalso done on handbells, and is done now to bring in the year.
Douglas Baumgardt, Zoe Handerson, Julianne Harden & Gillian Hollar, HANDBELLS
22. Sun TurningThis traditional English street chant evokes the cycle of the seasons, from Yule to Yule!
The Sprytlie Children
23. Resonet in LaudibusFirst appearing in the Moosburg Gradual of 1360, this popular German Christmas carol is associat-ed with the medieval custom of cradle-rocking, where a cradle was placed before the altar androcked to the singing of Wiegenlied (cradle-songs) at Christmas services. In the later Middle Ages,Resonet in Laudibus was also associated with dancing – large cradles depicting the town ofBethlehem were erected in churches, and young boys would leap around them, singing and clap-ping their hands.
The Stonecastle CarolersPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
24. Please to See the KingA traditional carol from Pembrokeshire, South Wales, commemorating the ritual hunting of thewren on St. Stephen’s Day, December 26. Its opening words, ‘Joy, Health, Love and Peace,’ havebecome a favorite Revels expression of good wishes. We sing it now as our King emerges, evokingthe Green Man, an icon of the return of Spring.
The Sprytlie ChildrenThe Stonecastle Carolers
25. Alle PsalliteAn anonymous 13th century conductus from the Montpellier Codex, used here as a coronation hymn.
Claudia Dulmage, Helen Fields & Sara Moses, HANDBELLSThe Stonecastle CarolersPiffaro, The Renaissance Band
26. SalutationFrom a letter written by Italian monk Fra Giovanni to a friend on Christmas Eve, 1513.
Matthew Nielson, King
27. Round for Peace: Dona Nobis PacemThe Latin words mean ‘give us peace.’
Greg Lewis, LEADER
ALL SING:
28. The Twelve Days of ChristmasA traditional English ‘forfeit’ carol (those who sang at the wrong time were expected to forfeit acandy, or a kiss, to their neighbor), arranged for brass and tympani by Kenneth Pulig for Revels in1979.
Greg Lewis, LEADER
The Royall Noyse Brass
ALL SING:On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to meA partridge in a pear tree.Two turtledoves,Three French hens,Four calling birds,Five gold rings,Six geese a-laying,Seven swans a-swimming,Eight maids a-milking,Nine ladies dancing,Ten lords a-leapingEleven pipers piping,Twelve drummers drumming,
29. Saint George and the DragonA compilation by Revels founder John Langstaff of several medieval mummers’ plays celebratingfertility, death, and rebirth. The sword dance and ritual execution survive from a time when thedeath of the hero, also known as the ‘Sun King,’ was considered necessary to assure fertility andthe return of light and warmth. The sword dance performed by the Foggy Bottom Morris Men isfrom the ‘Ampleforth’ play of the North Riding, Yorkshire.
ROOM: Monica Hosky, FATHER CHRISTMAS: Dick Kovar, JOHNNY JACK: Gillian Hollar,THE DRAGON: Colin Sandel, ST. GEORGE: Christopher B. Lewis, THE DOCTOR: Terry Winslow
30. In dulci jubiloThis setting of In dulci jubilo, by Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), is a jubilant double-choir motet inthe Venetian style, with a musically athletic obligato part for two descant trumpets. Please join insinging the final ‘Alpha es et O!’
Greg Lewis, LEADER
The Stonecastle CarolersThe Sprytlie ChildrenPiffaro, The Renaissance BandThe Royall Noyse Brass
31. The Shortest DayWritten by Susan Cooper in 1977, this poem has become an annual tradition in all ChristmasRevels performances throughout the country.
32. The Sussex Mummers’ CarolThis carol was traditionally sung at the end of the mummers’ play in Horsham, Sussex, and hasbecome the parting song in each of the eleven American communities where The Christmas Revelsis performed. Brass transcription by Brian Holmes; descant and final verse harmonization byRalph Vaughan Williams.
The Royal Noyse Brass
ALL SING:
The Washington Revels gratefully acknowledges the support of theD.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Washington Revels CELEBRATING TRADITION THROUGH MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA
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PERFORMERSThe Leading Players:Mark Jaster, FOOL
Matthew Nielson, KING
The Royall Noyse Brass:Robert Posten, DIRECTOR,
BASS TROMBONE
Robert Birch, TRUMPET
David Cran, TRUMPET
Dave Scianella, TROMBONE
Sharon Tiebert, FRENCH HORN
Don Spinelli, TIMPANI
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band:Joan Kimball &
Robert Wiemken, DIRECTORS
Grant Herreid, LUTE, GUITAR,SHAWM, RECORDER
Joan Kimball, SHAWM,RECORDER, BAGPIPE, CORNEMEUSE
Christa Patton, SHAWM, HARP,BAGPIPE, RECORDER
Robert Wiemken, SHAWM, DULCIAN, RECORDER, CORNEMEUSE, PERCUSSION
Tom Zajac, SACKBUT, RECORDER,BAGPIPE, PIPE & TABOR
The Stonecastle Carolers:Douglas Baumgardt *Jacqueline R. BerryAndrea Jones Blackford *Jill C. BraibantiLeah de La Beaujardiere *Gary ColonnaClaudia Hastings Dulmage *Helen Fields *Barbara GesumariaRyan Greene-RoeselZoe Handerson *Lock Handley Julianne J. Harden *James HarklessGillian Hollar *Monica Hosky *Richard KovarDiane Nester Kresh *Jim LazarMichael LewallenChristopher B. LewisGreg LewisSusan Hall LewisNancy LynnMichael Matheson *Sara W. Moses *Celia MurphyElisabeth R. Myers *
Matthew NielsonMari ParkerMichael PlattJohn PomeranzConstance Ridgway *Colin SandelDonna K. SimontonRolf TaffsDiane Behrens WinslowTerry WinslowWilliam Wurzel* THE HIGHTOWER BELLS
The Welspent Youth:Keegan CassadyJessye DePrest Mallary ForbesTrevor LewisJasmine MahboobSarah McClungGordon MooreGlen NorthElizabeth ParisiCharlie SullivanJocelyn TurnerKaty Warren
The Sprytlie Children:Ella BarnesElla Caplin
John L. C. Carter-HirtEmma HardinBlair JamesRebecca Marie McClungAmy Catharine MillerAllie NamesJason NooneRobin PollakJamie SandelVidya L. SrinivasanSimon S. VoorheesMaddy S. G. Weko
The Foggy Bottom Morris Men:Nathaniel BrownPete BrownBrad GrahamAndrew MarcusScott MarcusJud McIntire, FOREMAN
Phinney McIntireColin SandelArt ShawCyd Shelby, MUSICIAN
Joe ShelbyRodger SunderlandGus VoorheesJim VoorheesSimon Voorhees
WASHINGTON REVELS STAFFDirectors:DIRECTOR: Roberta GasbarreMUSIC DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Fulford MillerCHILDREN’S DIRECTOR: Jennifer Swanson VoorheesASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Cheryl Lane
Artistic Staff:ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Roberta GasbarreSET DESIGNER: Michael PhilippiASSOCIATE SET DESIGNER: Elizabeth Jenkins McFaddenLIGHTING DESIGNER: Colin BillsCOSTUME DESIGNERS: Rosemary Pardee and Emilie LongPROPERTIES DESIGNER: Haley PowellSOUND DESIGNER: Charlie PilzerSOUNDSCAPE DESIGNER: Matthew NielsonMILLINER DESIGNER: Mary CombsCHILDREN’S COSTUME DESIGNER: Cecily PilzerMAKEUP DESIGNER: Peter ZakutanskyMAKEUP DESIGNER FOR MARK JASTER: Jennifer Swanson VoorheesCHILDREN’S MUSICAL CONSULTANT: Anna UrcioloHANDBELL ARRANGEMENTS: Elizabeth Fulford MillerCHANGE RINGING CONSULTANT: Jenny FosterPROGRAM DESIGNER: Mary Flannery, Flannery Studios
Production Staff:PRODUCER: John ClewettPRODUCTION MANAGER: Jason MorrisPRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Gil ThompsonSTAGE AND REHEARSAL MANAGER: Jason MorrisSCRIPT MANAGER: Daphne WilliamsCOMPANY MANAGER: Susan LewisCHILDREN’S STAGE MANAGER: Joanna RobinCHORUS MANAGER: Diane Behrens WinslowPROPERTIES MANAGER: Carrie KovarCOSTUMIER: Lois DunlopCOSTUME CONSTRUCTION: Joyce Duffy Bilanow, Laurie Cullen,
Rosanne O. Gochman, Kelle VogelMAKEUP MANAGER: Robin JonesTECH WEEK ASSISTANT DIRECTORS: Ben Fishman, Diane Eichner
Technical Staff:PROPERTIES ARTISAN: Haley PowellSCENIC ARTISTS: Mel Bratz, Jessica FrakesAUDIO DESCRIPTION: Audio Description AssociatesAUDIO DOCUMENTATION: Pete Reiniger, Charlie Pilzer,
Airshow MasteringPHOTO DOCUMENTATION: Sheppard FergusonVIDEO DOCUMENTATION: Team Sound & Vision
BRAILLE PROGRAMS: Services for the Visually ImpairedINTERPRETERS FOR THE HEARING-IMPAIRED: Ava Barnett Morrow
and Joyce DworskyPRINTER: Epiphany Printing CompanyWEBMASTER: Elizabeth Fulford Miller
House Assistance:HOUSE MANAGER: Marta SchleyOUTREACH DRESS PREVIEW MANAGER: Rosanne O. Gochman
Office Staff:EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: John ClewettPUBLIC AFFAIRS: Julianne Fuchs-MusgraveDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: Marjorie Goldman
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Carrie KovarBOOKKEEPER: Christine McElroy, Rubino & McGeehin
Lisner Auditorium Staff:DIRECTOR: Rosanna RuscettiTECHNICAL DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION MANAGER: Eric AnnisMASTER CARPENTER/ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Colin McGeeSOUND ENGINEER/ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Michael LeachMASTER ELECTRICIAN: Gretta DaughtreySTAGE TECHNICIANS: Terry Espenschied, Kali McIver,
Aaron McGrewHOUSE MANAGERS: Valerie Hennings, Celeste Pettus MARKETING ASSOCIATE: Carl GraciMAINTENANCE ENGINEER: Robert Scott
PRODUCTION VOLUNTEERSProps Running Crew:Carrie Kovar, PROPS CAPTAIN
Jay DouglasRon GiustiMarissa MaleyEmilie MooreMariah MooreGabrielle NamesWalter PenneyVanessa RobinRose VoorheesBetsy Ware
Makeup Crew:Robin Jones, MAKEUP CAPTAIN
Jann Cassady, ASSISTANT
Kristin Moore, ASSISTANT
Christa Blackman Tiye-Saraia BlagmonAnne BrokerKimberly LandesDiana Lewis-ChunRhianna Nissen Amanda SnowBecky Squire
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MISTRESS
Joyce Duffy BilanowSteve BilanowAmy BrandenburgClare ColtonLaurie Cullen
Louise DunlopJoicey GranadosRosanne O. GochmanHelen LabadiePatricia MathesonJanice McKenneyDeanna NorthCandace OlssonCindy SpeasSuzie Ward
Wednesday Nights,Props, Schlepping, Set,and Office Crew:Marta BartholemewMartha BehrPeter BehrJoyce Duffy BilanowSteve BilanowAndrea Jones BlackfordHarold BlackfordJann CassadyKeegan CassadyLaurie CullenKathy CutriJeff de La BeaujardiereLeah de La BeaujardiereJessye DePrestLaura DePrestJay DouglasHelen FieldsBill FisherJenny FosterJulianne Fuchs-Musgrave
Barry GalefRoberta GasbarreRosanne GochmanZoe HandersonWyatt JasterRobin JonesRichard KovarGreg LewisSusan Hall LewisDiana Lewis-ChunIjaz MahboobMarissa MaleyPatricia MathesonBruce MillerElizabeth Fulford MillerChristine MorganSara W. MosesEmilie MooreGordon MooreVirginia MurrayMike MurthaMary Eugenia MyerLinda NissenDeanna NorthGlen NorthCandace OlssonMari ParkerConstance RidgwayWilliam L. Ritchie, Jr.Oran SandelDonna K. SimontonCindy SpeasJocelyn Turner
Jim VoorheesFlawn WilliamsDiane Behrens WinslowTerry WinslowWilliam Wurzel
Children’s ChorusProduction Volunteers:Cecily Pilzer, WARDROBE
Fran BarnesKristina CaplinMelissa CarterJan ElickerBess GonglewskiLisa GroshSandra JamesJohn LindsayRose MillerBen NamesDon NamesMartha NooneWhitney PingerVanessa RobinOran SandelHema SundaramRuthie WeckoALL THE CHILDREN’S PARENTS
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RECORDINGS & BOOKS CAPTAIN
Patrick Sidwell, RECORDINGS & BOOKS CAPTAIN
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SPECIAL THANKSMany cheerful hearts and willing hands have made this year’s show a reality. Of the many to whom we are grateful,we wish to offer particular thanks to:
· Lowell School for support in many areas, and in particular for providing audition, rehearsal, meetingand office space for The Washington Revels.
· The Potomac School, The Washington EpiscopalSchool, Bethesda Elementary School and CrosswayCommunity for providing rehearsal space, and St.Columba’s Episcopal Church for providing auditionspace.
· The Friends of the National Arboretum, and AllHallows Guild of Washington National Cathedral, for providing wonderful venues for our Bringing in the May festivities.
· The Maryland Renaissance Festival for allowing The Washington Revels to have a table at the Festivalfor three weekends this fall.
· The Philadelphia Revels, Cindy Speas, Mary EugeniaMyer and Diane Behrens Winslow for the loan ofantlers of deer, elk and moose to adorn the Great Hall.
· Arena Stage and Chris Lewton for the loan of a fogmachine.
· The Shakespeare Theatre for costumes.
· Dennis Mulligan of Montgomery College for the loanof props.
· Mary Eugenia Myer and Tommy Wang for assistancewith props design and construction.
· Eric Annis, Colin McGee and Terry Espenschied ofLisner Auditorium for skillfully and cheerfully, aboveand beyond the call of duty, helping construct our set.
· Bill Clague and Bruce Miller for constructing the trophy poles mounted on stage.
· Laurie Cullen, Lois Dunlop, Joyce Duffy Bilanow andSteve Bilanow for constructing the backdrop and sidecurtains for our set.
· Steve Campanella of Montgomery College for constructing the pillory for the Fool.
· Lois Dunlop and the Wednesday Night Volunteers forconstructing, among many other things, the motleyrobe for the Lord of Misrule.
· Peter Austin & Elizabeth Thornton of Quail Hill Farmfor the poplar trees used onstage.
· John Langstaff, Master of Revels, for assembling sucha rich body of traditional material and dramatizing itso that it comes alive for thousands of people in
communities across America, and Washington RevelsFounder Mary Swope for planting and nurturing theRevels tradition in Washington, D.C.
· Revels Artistic Director Patrick Swanson for the origi-nal conception of the production we present this year.
· Susan Cooper, Mary Swope, Mary Eugenia Myer,Elizabeth Fulford Miller and Joan Kimball for materialupon which the program notes are based.
· Sheppard Ferguson for publicity photos of the King and the Fool.
· Doug Baumgardt, Peter Behr, Andrea and HaroldBlackford, Amy Brandenburg, Myron Bretholz, BrianCardell, Lois Dunlop, Shannon Finney, Barry Galef,David Giusti, Julianne Harden, Judy Harrison, SteveHickman, James Houton, Mark Jaster, Diane Kresh,Lisa Leake, Greg and Susan Lewis, Elizabeth F. Miller,Keith Moore, Elizabeth Myers, Mari Parker, RickeyPayton, Piffaro, Charlie Pilzer, Haley Powell, ChristinaRobinson, Virginia Ryan, Jamie Sandal, Oran Sandel,Cindy Speas, Michelle Terrell-Long and FlawnWilliams, among others, for participating inWashington Revels educational outreach perform-ances at The Library of Congress, The SmithsonianInstitution’s Discovery Theater and The World Bank.
· Mark Jaster, Donna Simonton, and Charlie and CecilyPilzer, for providing hospitality for our guest artists.
· Helen French for database technical support.
· Bruce Miller and William Wurzel for their many volunteer hours in the office, and in particular fortheir database systems analysis.
· Elizabeth Fulford Miller for web design and support of our public and production websites.
· All those who provided production support to theThird Annual Washington Revels Gala, and to SteveHickman, Joan Kimball and Charlie Pilzer for theirmusic.
· Drink More Water for providing water for our cast at Lisner Auditorium.
· Mary Flannery of Flannery Design for creative designwork under deadline pressure.
· Cindy Speas for her help in dozens of ways, from costumes and set construction to editorial and strategic advice, and for her immeasurable support to the Washington Revels office staff.