Yeomen of the Guard (Dept of Theatre and Dance)
- Date: April 9th, 2022 - April 10th, 2022
- Every day
- Location: Climenhaga Building, Miller Theater
- Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
- Cost: $10—Adults $7—MC Students (w/ID), MC Employees (w/ID), Youth (under 18) & Seniors (60+)
Yeomen of the Guard - Written by: William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan; Directed by: Dr. Damian Savarino; Conducted by: Dr. Timothy Dixon
At the Tower of London, Colonel Fairfax is sentenced to death for the crime of sorcery and is awaiting his execution this very day when Sergeant Meryll appears in hopes of providing him a reprieve. When the prisoner appears, he reveals that his wicked cousin will inherit his estate if he dies unmarried. Fairfax laments that if he could only marry a woman – any woman – he would pay that woman a healthy sum for her troubles. Suddenly, the jester Jack Point and his lovely assistant, Elsie Maynard, appear to perform for the gathering street crowd. Elsie reveals that her mother is ill and needs money for medicines, so she agrees to be blindfolded and marry Fairfax, much to the chagrin of Point who is secretly in love with Elsie. Meanwhile, Sergeant Meryll has hatched a plan to have Fairfax disguised as his son Leonard so he may disappear and escape, which he does, and the entire tower is thrown into chaos. Eventually, after several topsy-turvy plot twists involving other members of the tower – and an intermission! – Fairfax (still disguised as “Leonard”) marries Elsie. Other marriages are announced, and the whole Tower of London rejoices, except for the broken-hearted Jack Point. Miller Theater, Climenhaga Fine Arts Building April 7 - 8 at 8:00 pm April 9 - 10 at 3:00 pm Estimated Runtime: 2 hours and 45 minutes. There will be one 15-minute intermission between Acts I and II. *Tickets are Buy-One-Get-One Free for Opening Night!* Tickets can be purchased online at messiah.edu/tickets, by phone at 717-691-6036, or at the door as available. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.
