Once Upon a Mattress – ACT Theatre

Anacortes, WA – Once Upon a Mattress presented by Anacortes Community Theatre (ACT) March 30-April 28, 2007.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Music by Mary Rodgers
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer

Directed by Marilyn Pinquoch
Choreography by Glynna Goff-Eloe

CAST – Once Upon a Mattress 2007
Princess Winnifred – Glynna Goff-Eloe
Prince Dauntless the Drab – Mike Jenkins
Queen Aggravain – Julie Johnson Lindsey
King Sextimus the Silent – David Picht
Lady Larken – Cally Johnson
Sir Harry – Clarence Holden
Minstrel – Tim McLaughlin
Jester – Willow McLaughlin
Wizard – Nello Bottari
Princess # 12 – Taylor Goldstein
Lady Rowena – Valerie Thomas
Lady Lucille – Carol Lee Olsen
Lady Merrill – Kathleen Wolf
Lady Hortense – Mary Purcer
Statue – Venus de Mildred – Judy Crane
Sir Studley – Bil Terry
Lady Beatrice – Rebecca Boggie, Jenny Ives
Sir Harold – Hardy VanRy
Sir Luce – Billy Hendrix
Lady Maybelle – Chris Weiss
Prince (Prologue) – Hardy VanRy
Princess (Prologue) – Rebecca Bogie, Jenny Ives
Queen (Prologue) – Kathleen Wolf
Ladies in Waiting – Kate Clawson, Beth Greatorex, Jenny Ives, Sheryl Laprade

Knights – Sam Gladish, Zach Purcer, Jerry Stewart, Malcolm Taylor, Dan Tibbles, Justin Wheeler, Amandus Wolf

Swamp Ladies Sextet – Beth Greatorex, Sheryl Laprade, Carol Lee Olsen, Mary Purcer, Valerie Thomas, Kathleen Wolf

CREW
Director/Musical Director – Marilyn Pinquoch
Producer – Melissa Bridges
Assistant Director – Carla Roberts-Hurst
Assitant Director – Dottie Morgan
Choreographer – Glynna Goff-Eloe
Stage Manager/Props – Anneke DenHann
Costumers – Sandy Meissner, Heather Robertson
Set Design – Cheryl Reid, Billy Hendrix
Set Construction Lead/Props – Billy Hendrix
Stage Crew – Tyler Hutchinson
Lighting Design – Melissa Bridges, Tim McLaughlin, Marilyn Pinquoch
Lighting Technicians – Carrie and Sarah Tisinger
Make Up and Hair – Julie Todd Johnson
Hair Stylists – Jan Trumble, Karen McCallum
Production Coordinator/Set Artist – Cheryl Reid
Front of House – Doris Griffith
Box Office – Mary Seeger
Poster Design and Cast Portraits – Ginny Tomasko
Publicity – Jackie Anderson
Front of House – Doris Griffith
Dinner Theatre – Sandy Meissner, Rick Sohn and Betsy Rogers
Seamstresses: Sandy Meissner, Heather Robertson, Carol Lee Olsen, Edna Witcher, Cally Johnson, Rosemary Trott, Beth Greatorex

Set Construction: Billy Hendrix, Cheryl Reid, Anneke DenHann, Bruce Raine

Musicians
Pianist/Rehearsal Pianist – Onella Brunner
Keyboard – Juanita Maltsberger

ACT MISSION STATEMENT:
Anacortes Community Theater is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to enrich, educate and entertain our community by providing a quality theatre experience for actors, patrons, and students of all ages.

ACT STAFF
Production Coordinator – Cheryl Reid
Office Manager – Carolyn Cox
Box Office – Mary Seeger
School of Performing Arts – Elizabeth Lundquist

2007 ACT Board
President – Bob Lundquist
Vice President – Jan Trumble
Secretary – Jackie Anderson
Treasurer – Mitch Everton
Members at Large – Bud Anderson, Nello Bottari, Carrie Tisinger

PLOT SYNOPSIS
Due to an unhappy curse, King Sextimus is unable to speak. Meanwhile, his terror of a wife, Queen Aggravian, has taken over control of the kingdom. Most importantly, in an attempt to keep Prince Dauntless single, she has decreed that only the princess that can pass her test may marry her son. Further, no one else in the kingdom may marry until Prince Dauntless does. Lady Larken and Sir Harry are extremely disturbed by this fact since Lady Larken is now pregnant with Sir Harry’s baby. Luckily, Sir Harry is able to find an amazing princess, Winnifred the Woebegone. She instantly catches the attention of Prince Dauntless, and in the end, is able to pass the Queen’s supposedly impassable sensitivity test. When the Queen still tries to prevent the Prince Dauntless from marrying, he tells her to ‘shut up’ which ends up breaking the curse on the king. Now able to speak, King Sextimus regains his rightful position as leader of the kingdom, and all is well.

One thought on “Once Upon a Mattress – ACT Theatre

  1. Do you have a DVD of your production of Once Upon a Mattress? I am the choreographer for a community theatre group in Long Beach, Washington and we are thinking about doing this show this summer. We would love to see your production. Thank you,
    Cindy Flood 360-665-3637

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