When: August 15, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
August 17, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Theatre Lawrence; 4660 Bauer
Farm Dr., Lawrence, KS 66049
Opera's most dramatic tragedy meets its most outrageous comedy in this double bill full of masks, mayhem, and mistaken identities!
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First up, it's tears behind the greasepaint in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci - where jealousy burns hot, and the show must go on...even when murder takes center stage. Then, laugh your way through Puccini's Gianni Schicchi - a fast-paced farce of family, fortune, and faked funerals, where one crafty outsider cons his way into the will of the century.
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Two tales. One unforgettable night. Will your cry first - or laugh last?
Pagliacci
Directed by: Matthew Haney
Accompanied by: Megan Widger
Maestro: Raffaele Cipriano
Composed by: Ruggero Leoncavallo
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CAST
Canio/Pagliaccio - Jarod Brooks
Nedda/Colombina - Anna Mans
Tonio/Taddeo - Samuel Cotten
Beppe/Arlecchino - Chester Roi Perez-Bingham
Silvio - Powell Brumm
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Chorus
Polly Ayala, Iris Gaul, Addison Acheson, Kristine Overman, Sydney Stewart, Chelsey Cordon, Ema Molteni, Alexis Crist, Kaitlyn George, Anna'Marie Sosa, Linda Jorgenson, Katie Parsons, Madelynn Knisley, Lisa Gerstenkorn, Cadence Mayfield, Timothy Dennison, Nico Caruso, Johnathan Henrikson, James Kerrigan, Samuel Kennedy, Trent Barnecott, Don Hires, Joshua Jensen, Spencer McIntire, William Palo, Leviticus Valko, Ethan Miller, Noah Tarjan, Frederic Lee
Gianni Schicchi
Directed by: Joseph DeSota
Accompanied by: Megan Widger
Maestro: Raffaele Cipriano
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
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CAST
Gianni Schicchi - David Clark
Lauretta - Jie Li
Zita - Susan Hash
Rinuccio - Nico Caruso
Gherardo - Chester Roi Perez-Bingham
Nella - Alexis Crist
Gherardino - Sydney Stewart
Betto di Signa - Leviticus Valko
Simone - Don Hires
Marco - Kailun Hu
La Ciesca - Kristine Overman
Maestro Spinelloccio - Joshua Jensen
Ser Amantio di Nicolao - Spencer McIntire
Pinellino - James Kerrigan
Guccio - Trent Barnecott