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ANNALS OF THE COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
(1969 – 2012)

1969-1992 Data Compiled by F. Paul Driscoll (1973-76, 89, 90-95, 97)
1993-2010 Data Compiled by Erik Haslun (1974, 84-85)
AUTHOR’S NOTE

As you read through this and search for your name or the name of a favorite performer, you may find an error
or omission. If you do, please remember that any error or omission is not personal. Really, please
remember this! It is simply that the sheer amount of the data must have resulted in something getting deleted
or wrongly transcribed. Please send me an email. Simply send me a note at
TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S NOTE........................................................................................................................................ 2
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 5
PRODUCTION LIST – SHORT FORMAT ............................................................................................... 6
STAGE DIRECTORS AND MUSICAL DIRECTORS ........................................................................... 16
ENDOWED AND NAMED ORCHESTRA CHAIRS (DESCRIPTION) .............................................. 17
HISTORICAL HOLDERS OF ENDOWED AND NAMED ORCHESTRA CHAIRS ........................ 19
REPERTORY INDEX ................................................................................................................................ 24
STAFF POSITIONS.................................................................................................................................... 28
ACCOMPANISTS 28
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS 29
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS 30
BOX OFFICE TREASURERS 31
CHOREOGRAPHERS 31
COSTUME DESIGNERS 33
DIRECTORS OF PLANT & PROPERTY 34
DIRECTORS OF HOUSING AND DINING AND CHEFS 34
PRINCIPAL CONDUCTORS 36
PUBLICITY (OR MARKETING) DIRECTORS 38
STAGE DIRECTORS 39
STAGE MANAGERS 39
SCENIC DESIGNERS/TECHNICAL DIRECTORS/LIGHTING DESIGNERS 42
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY ERROR! BOOKMARK
NOT DEFINED.
PERSONNEL INDEX ................................................................................................................................. 44
PRODUCTION ANNALS .......................................................................................................................... 72
1969 – INAUGURAL SEASON 72
1970 – SECOND SEASON 76
1971 – THIRD SEASON 81
1972 – FOURTH SEASON 86
1973 – FIFTH SEASON 91
1974 – SIXTH SEASON 96
1975 – SEVENTH SEASON 101
1976 – EIGHTH SEASON 106
1977 – NINTH SEASON 111
1978 – TENTH SEASON 116
1979 – ELEVENTH SEASON 121
1980 –TWELFTH SEASON 126
1981 – THIRTEENTH SEASON 131
1982 – FOURTEENTH SEASON 136
1983 – FIFTEENTH SEASON 141
1984 – SIXTEENTH SEASON 146
1985 – SEVENTEENTH SEASON 151
1986 – EIGHTEENTH SEASON 156
1987 – NINETEENTH SEASON 161
1988 – TWENTIETH SEASON 166
1989 – TWENTY-FIRST SEASON 171
1990 – TWENTY-SECOND SEASON 177
1991 – TWENTY-THIRD SEASON 182
1992 – TWENTY-FOURTH SEASON 187
1993 – TWENTY-FIFTH SEASON 193
1994 – TWENTY-SIXTH SEASON 199
1995 – TWENTY-SEVENTH SEASON 204
1996 – TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON 209
1997 – TWENTY-NINTH SEASON 214
1998 – THIRTIETH SEASON 219
1999 – THIRTY-FIRST SEASON 224
2000 – THIRTY-SECOND SEASON 229
2001 – THIRTY-THIRD SEASON 234
2002 – THIRTY-FOURTH SEASON 239
2003 – THIRTY-FIFTH SEASON 244
2004 – THIRTY-SIXTH SEASON 249
2005 – THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON 254
2006 – THIRTY-EIGHTH SEASON 259
2007 – THIRTY-NINTH SEASON 263
2008 – FORTIETH SEASON 268
2009– FORTY-FIRST SEASON 272
2010– FORTY-SECOND SEASON 277
2011 – FORTY-THIRD SEASON 282
CHARACTER LIST .................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
INTRODUCTION

With the approach of CLOC’s 40th anniversary season, there was increasing discussion among those close to
the organization about what might be an appropriate way to celebrate this extraordinary event. The obvious
device was to hold some sort of a gala celebration. These are in themselves great events, but require
enormous amounts of work to be done right. They are usually tied in to an endowment or building fund-
raising effort to make that enormous effort worthwhile. CLOC had recently completed a successful capital
campaign for the renovation of two of its dormitories on the West Falmouth campus and we concluded that a
new campaign at this time was not appropriate and would probably not be successful.

Further discussion began to center on the idea of bringing F. Paul Driscoll’s 25th anniversary history and
annals of the Company up-to-date and a consensus emerged that this would be a good thing, but who was
there to do it.

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Paul had written the narrative, compiled the annals, and produced the 25 anniversary gala by himself. It was
a huge undertaking and not one we could lend too much time to because we were involved in producing the
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25 anniversary season, itself a huge undertaking. Paul did a brilliant job on the book itself and then on the
25th gala celebration event. By 2008, he had been Editor-in-Chief of Opera News for 5 years and was in no
position to offer his services again.

Somewhere during these discussions, our good friend and nephew, Erik Haslun, joined in. He took a look at
the scope of the project, and then volunteered to take it on as a personal gift to the Company. His only
stipulation was that he could not continue the narrative prose portion of the book.

We discussed this at some length with him and agreed to ask him to proceed with the update. He was able to
incorporate all of the detailed work done by Paul Driscoll for the 25th anniversary book and then began
painstakingly adding the up-dates since the 1993 season. Fortunately, desktop computing has come a
remarkably long way in 15 years and manipulating and editing files was considerably easier than it had been.
Nonetheless, there were many hours of painstaking data entry that had to be undertaken and many details had
to be worked over to insure the best accuracy possible.

During the course of the revisions, Erik came up with several new and expanded sections for the annals. The
most interesting and useful to CLOC fanatics is the table he added so that one can look up a title of any
CLOC show and then compare cast lists for each production. To answer the question, “Who played Katisha
in the Mikado over the years?” one only has to go to that show and page down the cast list to Katisha and
there they all are! Other new sections include a list of production and business staff for all years by position,
a list of all holders of endowed chairs by year and production totals of musical and stage Directors.

Who are the “Annals of the College Light Opera Company” for? Well, they are for everyone with an interest
in CLOC. Scholars and researchers will find incredible amounts of useful information. An author writing a
biography of Nancy Anderson, for example, can go here and find everything about her stage life with CLOC.
People with random memory questions about who played what when or what was the cast of a show in 1970
can easily find the information. It should be a great Trivial Pursuits reference also for died-in-the-wool
CLOC groupies!

This volume is available in hard copy from us for $125.00, and is available at our website for free
downloading or reference – www.collegelightoperacompany.com

Our sincere thanks to F. Paul Driscoll and Erik Haslun for making this record of the CLOC saga possible.
We look forward to a continued and long friendship with them both!

Robert and Ursula Haslun
Oberlin, Ohio, December 2010

P.S. As with any such reference volume, the possibility for errors to creep in is large. We ask anyone who
discovers such errors to please tell us about them so that we can correct them.
PRODUCTION LIST – SHORT FORMAT
(1969-2012)

Show Total
Year Season Week Name Director(s) Conductor
Prod. Prod.
1969 1 1 1 1 TRIAL BY JURY Shlosberg/Tull Tobias
1969 1 1 1 2 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Tobias Fidlar
1969 1 2 1 3 BRIGADOON Bamberger Fidlar
1969 1 3 1 4 IOLANTHE Tull Tobias
1969 1 4 1 5 THE BEGGARS OPERA Tull Foote
1969 1 5&6 1 6 THE MIKADO Shlosberg Tobias
1969 1 7 1 7 DIE FLEDERMAUS Bamberger Tull
1969 1 8 1 8 H.M.S. PINAFORE Drew Tobias
1969 1 9 1 9 THE FANTASTICKS Bamberger Tobias

1970 2 1 1 10 RUDDIGORE Bamberger Tobias
1970 2 2 1 11 KISS ME KATE Bamberger Roffman
1970 2 3 1 12 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Shlosberg Tull
1970 2 4 1 13 THE VAGABOND KING Bamberger Smith
1970 2 5 1 14 PATIENCE Shlosberg Tull
1970 2 6 1 15 CAROUSEL Shlosberg/Tull Smith
1970 2 7 1 16 THE GONDOLIERS Payne Tull
1970 2 8 1 17 GUYS AND DOLLS Payne Smith
1970 2 9 1 18 THE MERRY WIDOW Saputo Tull

1971 3 1 1 19 WIENER BLUT Bamberger Tull
1971 3 2 1 20 IL CAMPANELLO DI NOTTE Bamberger Tull
1971 3 2 2 21 H.M.S. PINAFORE Ferraro Johnson
1971 3 3 1 22 FINIAN'S RAINBOW Bamberger Tull
1971 3 4 1 23 COX AND BOX Bamberger Tull
1971 3 4 2 24 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Ferraro Johnson
1971 3 5 1 25 CAN-CAN Ferraro Johnson
1971 3 6 1 26 PRINCESS IDA Bamberger Tull
1971 3 7 1 27 THE DESERT SONG Ferraro Boswell
1971 3 8 2 28 IOLANTHE Ferraro Tull
1971 3 9 1 29 BABES IN ARMS Bamberger Boswell

1972 4 1 2 30 THE MIKADO Tull Tull
1972 4 2 1 31 THE GYPSY BARON Metcalf Tull
1972 4 3 2 32 THE GONDOLIERS Lucas Tull
1972 4 4 1 33 THE NEW MOON Kaler Meyer
1972 4 5 1 34 UTOPIA, LTD. Tull Tull
1972 4 6 1 35 KISMET Kaler Meyer
1972 4 7 1 36 OF THEE I SING Lucas Meyer
1972 4 8 2 37 PATIENCE Lucas Tull
1972 4 9 1 38 THE PAJAMA GAME Tull Meyer

1973 5 1 2 39 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Tull Tull
1973 5 2 1 40 NAUGHTY MARIETTA Frymire/Frymire Tull
1973 5 3 3 41 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Tull Thompson
Show Total
Year Season Week Name Director(s) Conductor
Prod. Prod.
1973 5 4 1 42 THE STUDENT PRINCE Frymire/Frymire Tull
1973 5 5 1 43 THE SORCERER Frymire/Frymire Tull
1973 5 6 1 44 OKLAHOMA! Shawn Boswell
1973 5 7 2 45 RUDDIGORE Shann Thompson
1973 5 8 1 46 PAINT YOUR WAGON Shann Boswell
1973 5 9 1 47 LEAVE IT TO JANE Howarth Boswell
1973 5 10 1 48 YANKEE INGENUITY Shann Dransfeldt

1974 6 1 3 49 H.M.S. PINAFORE Brunyate Thompson
1974 6 2 2 50 DIE FLEDERMAUS Frymire/Frymire Kowalke
1974 6 3 3 51 PATIENCE Frymire/Frymire Thompson
1974 6 4 1 52 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Brunyate Kowalke
1974 6 5 3 53 IOLANTHE Frymire/Frymire Thompson
1974 6 6 1 54 ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Frymire/Frymire Kowalke
1974 6 7 2 55 PRINCESS IDA Howarth Kowalke
1974 6 8 1 56 MY FAIR LADY Howarth Thompson
1974 6 9 1 57 JACQUES BREL Howarth Thompson

1975 7 1 3 58 THE MIKADO Payne-Carter Thompson
1975 7 2 2 59 THE MERRY WIDOW Lucas Kowalke
1975 7 3 2 60 BRIGADOON Payne-Carter Kowalke
1975 7 4 2 61 UTOPIA, LTD. Howarth Thompson
1975 7 5 1 62 THE THREEPENNY OPERA Howarth Kowalke
1975 7 6 1 63 CARNIVAL! Howarth Thompson
1975 7 7 2 64 GUYS AND DOLLS Lucas Kowalke
1975 7 8 3 65 THE GONDOLIERS Lucas Thompson
1975 7 9 1 66 LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE Howarth Thompson

1976 8 1 2 67 KISMET Gately Thompson
1976 8 2 4 68 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Frymire/Frymire Thompson
1976 8 3 2 69 THE VAGABOND KING Lucas Porco
1976 8 4 3 70 RUDDIGORE Bamberger Thompson
1976 8 5 1 71 THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE Lucas Porco
1976 8 6 1 72 THE RED MILL Howarth Thompson
1976 8 7 1 73 SOUTH PACIFIC Lucas Porco
1976 8 8 3 74 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Howarth Thompson
1976 8 9 1 75 THE MUSIC MAN Howarth Thompson

1977 9 1 4 76 IOLANTHE Fleenor Thompson
1977 9 2 2 77 NAUGHTY MARIETTA Frymire/Frymire Thompson
1977 9 3 2 78 CAROUSEL Lucas Kowalke
1977 9 4 2 79 THE SORCERER Frymire/Frymire Thompson
1977 9 5 2 80 THE DESERT SONG Lucas Kowalke
1977 9 6 2 81 FINIAN'S RAINBOW Fleenor Thompson
1977 9 7 1 82 LA PÉRICHOLE Lucas Kowalke
1977 9 8 4 83 H.M.S. PINAFORE Gately Thompson
1977 9 9 1 84 ANYTHING GOES Gately Thompson

1978 10 1 4 85 THE MIKADO Tull Thompson
Show Total
Year Season Week Name Director(s) Conductor
Prod. Prod.
1978 10 2 3 86 DIE FLEDERMAUS Fleming Tull
1978 10 3 2 87 KISS ME KATE Fleming Tull
1978 10 4 2 88 THE STUDENT PRINCE Siebelt Thompson
1978 10 5 3 89 PRINCESS IDA Tull Thompson
1978 10 6 2 90 OKLAHOMA! Siebelt Copley
1978 10 7 1 91 NO, NO, NANETTE Tull Thompson
1978 10 8 4 92 PATIENCE Tull Thompson
1978 10 9 1 93 CANDIDE Siebelt Thompson

1979 11 1 2 94 BABES IN ARMS Ketter Gothold
1979 11 2 1 95 MLLE. MODISTE Siebelt Schubert
1979 11 3 1 96 THE GRAND DUKE Howarth Gothold
1979 11 4 2 97 CARNIVAL! Howarth Schubert
1979 11 5 4 98 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Ketter Willis
1979 11 6 2 99 MY FAIR LADY Siebelt Schubert
1979 11 7 5 100 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Ketter Gothold
1979 11 8 2 101 THE NEW MOON Siebelt Kowalke
1979 11 9 1 102 COMPANY Lucas Kowalke

1980 12 1 5 103 H.M.S. PINAFORE Ketter Tyler
1980 12 2 2 104 OF THEE I SING Ketter/Ellington Tyler
1980 12 3 3 105 THE VAGABOND KING Siebelt Schubert/Weiller
1980 12 4 4 106 THE GONDOLIERS Ketter Tyler
1980 12 5 1 107 THE DOLLAR PRINCESS Siebelt Weiller
1980 12 6 1 108 GEORGE M! Siebelt Tyler
1980 12 7 2 109 THE PAJAMA GAME Ketter Gothold
1980 12 8 5 110 IOLANTHE Howarth Gothold
1980 12 9 1 111 MAN OF LA MANCHA Howarth Gothold

1981 13 1 1 112 PLAIN AND FANCY Siebelt McPhee
1981 13 2 5 113 THE MIKADO Ketter Spear
1981 13 3 2 114 THE GYPSY BARON Lucas McPhee
1981 13 4 1 115 ROSE-MARIE Siebelt McPhee
1981 13 5 4 116 RUDDIGORE Dolph Spear
1981 13 6 1 117 CAMELOT Siebelt Weiller
1981 13 7 5 118 PATIENCE Ketter Tyler
1981 13 8 1 119 ROBERT AND ELIZABETH Ketter Tyler
1981 13 9 1 120 SHE LOVES ME Lucas Weiller

1982 14 1 1 121 WEST SIDE STORY Siebelt Tyler
1982 14 2 5 122 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Ketter Tyler
1982 14 3 1 123 SONG OF NORWAY Siebelt Weiller
1982 14 4 3 124 THE MERRY WIDOW Lucas Tyler
1982 14 5 1 125 WONDERFUL TOWN Siebelt McPhee
1982 14 6 1 126 SWEETHEARTS Ketter McPhee
1982 14 7 1 127 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Dolph Gebert
1982 14 8 3 128 THE SORCERER Dolph Gebert
1982 14 9 1 129 WHERE'S CHARLEY? Ketter Weiller
Show Total
Year Season Week Name Director(s) Conductor
Prod. Prod.
1983 15 1 6 130 IOLANTHE Donohoe Gebert
1983 15 2 3 131 THE DESERT SONG Lucas Johnson
1983 15 3 3 132 KISMET Howarth Gebert
1983 15 4 4 133 PRINCESS IDA Howarth Johnson
1983 15 5 3 134 GUYS AND DOLLS Dolph Weiller
1983 15 6 6 135 H.M.S. PINAFORE Dolph Weiller
1983 15 7 2 136 SOUTH PACIFIC Ketter Johnson
1983 15 8 1 137 COUNTESS MARITZA Lucas Weiller
1983 15 9 1 138 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED Dolph Briskin

1984 16 1 2 139 TRIAL BY JURY Dolph Weiller
1984 16 1 6 140 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Dolph Weiller
1984 16 2 2 141 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Dolph Weiller
1984 16 3 3 142 BRIGADOON Howarth Granger
1984 16 4 2 143 ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Howarth Granger
1984 16 5 2 144 THE RED MILL Ketter Granger
1984 16 6 3 145 THE STUDENT PRINCE Siebelt Sperling
1984 16 7 5 146 THE GONDOLIERS Siebelt Sperling
1984 16 8 3 147 CAROUSEL Ketter Hastings
1984 16 9 2 148 LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE Dolph Hastings

1985 17 1 6 149 THE MIKADO Ketter Weiller
1985 17 2 3 150 THE NEW MOON Dolph Weiller
1985 17 3 1 151 FIORELLO! Ketter Granger
1985 17 4 2 152 ANYTHING GOES Dolph Granger
1985 17 5 3 153 OKLAHOMA! Meikleham Granger
1985 17 6 4 154 DIE FLEDERMAUS Lucas Gebert
1985 17 7 1 155 THE MOST HAPPY FELLA Ketter Weiller
1985 17 8 6 156 PATIENCE Dolph Gebert
1985 17 9 1 157 DAMES AT SEA Lazarus Gebert

1986 18 1 7 158 IOLANTHE Dolph Granger
1986 18 2 2 159 ROSE-MARIE Meikleham Granger
1986 18 3 2 160 CAN-CAN Brenner Granger
1986 18 4 2 161 NO, NO, NANETTE Meikleham Wilson
1986 18 5 3 162 NAUGHTY MARIETTA Brenner Wilson
1986 18 6 1 163 THE COUNT OF LUXEMBURG Lucas Weiller
1986 18 7 3 164 MY FAIR LADY Ketter Weiller
1986 18 8 7 165 H.M.S. PINAFORE Lazarus Smith
1986 18 9 2 166 CANDIDE Lazarus Smith

1987 19 1 6 167 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Andrews Granger
1987 19 2 2 168 THE MUSIC MAN Yankee Granger
1987 19 3 3 169 KISS ME KATE Brenner Granger
1987 19 4 1 170 GIRL CRAZY Yankee Hastings
1987 19 5 1 171 ON THE 20TH CENTURY Brenner Hastings
1987 19 6 4 172 CAROUSEL Meikleham Wilson
1987 19 7 4 173 THE VAGABOND KING Lucas Wilson
1987 19 8 7 174 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Caldwell Gebert
Show Total
Year Season Week Name Director(s) Conductor
Prod. Prod.
1987 19 9 2 175 COMPANY Meikleham Gebert

1988 20 1 7 176 THE MIKADO Andrews Weiller
1988 20 2 4 177 KISMET Caldwell Rosenthal
1988 20 3 4 178 THE STUDENT PRINCE Andrews Weiller
1988 20 4 3 179 SOUTH PACIFIC Caldwell Hastings
1988 20 5 4 180 GUYS AND DOLLS Andrews Hastings
1988 20 6 4 181 THE MERRY WIDOW Null Wilson
1988 20 7 5 182 RUDDIGORE Dolph Wilson
1988 20 8 2 183 WHERE'S CHARLEY? Brenner Gebert
1988 20 9 2 184 THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE Brenner Gebert

1989 21 1 6 185 THE GONDOLIERS Andrews Rosenthal
1989 21 2 4 186 BRIGADOON Caldwell Hastings
1989 21 3 3 187 THE PAJAMA GAME Andrews Hastings
1989 21 4 1 188 HELLO DOLLY! Meikleham Granger
1989 21 5 2 189 CAMELOT Meikleham Granger
1989 21 6 8 190 H.M.S. PINAFORE Caldwell Wilson
1989 21 7 2 191 LA PÉRICHOLE Lucas Wilson
1989 21 8 2 192 ROBERT AND ELIZABETH Ketter Gebert
1989 21 9 2 193 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED Dolph Gebert

1990 22 1 8 194 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Andrews Rosenthal
1990 22 2 4 195 OKLAHOMA! LoSchiavo Hastings
1990 22 3 3 196 ANYTHING GOES LoSchiavo Rosenthal
1990 22 4 4 197 MY FAIR LADY Meikleham Weiller
1990 22 5 8 198 IOLANTHE Driscoll Weiller
1990 22 6 2 199 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Andrews Hastings
1990 22 7 4 200 THE DESERT SONG Lucas Weiller
1990 22 8 3 201 CARNIVAL! Dolph/Ketter Granger
1990 22 9 2 202 SHE LOVES ME Driscoll/Clinton Granger

1991 23 1 8 203 THE MIKADO Driscoll Rosenthal
1991 23 2 3 204 NO, NO, NANETTE Klebba Rosenthal
1991 23 3 3 205 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Driscoll Hastings
1991 23 4 1 206 HOW TO SUCEED IN BUSINESS Klebba Hastings
1991 23 5 1 207 42ND STREET Clinton Rosenthal
1991 23 6 3 208 UTOPIA, LTD. Driscoll Russell
1991 23 7 4 209 THE NEW MOON Lucas Russell
1991 23 8 1 210 ME AND MY GIRL Caldwell Weiller
1991 23 9 1 211 CINDERELLA Brenner Hastings

1992 24 1 7 212 PATIENCE Driscoll Hastings
1992 24 2 2 213 WEST SIDE STORY Clinton Hastings
1992 24 3 3 214 CAN-CAN Driscoll Russell
1992 24 4 1 215 THE KING AND I Brenner Weiller
1992 24 5 9 216 H.M.S. PINAFORE Driscoll Russell
1992 24 6 1 217 ON THE TOWN Clinton Russell
1992 24 7 4 218 NAUGHTY MARIETTA Lucas Weiller