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EMPEROR NORTON Opera in One Act Music by Henry Mollicone Libretto by John S. Bowman

Diana and Michael arrive at a theatre to audition for a play about Emperor Norton, and are soon interrupted by the arrival of Marla, the playwright. She is astonished that they have been invited to audition, since the play is unfinished, but decides she can use their talents to work out the more difficult scenes of the play. A man emerges from the wings dressed as a nineteenth-century emperor, protesting that the scene bears little resemblance to Norton’s actual death. He also challenges their perceptions of other episodes in the play. Marla, Diana and Michael begin to see how the threads of the mystery come together. Marla, won over, demands that they restage the scenes, and she joins her destiny with his; Empress to his Emperor, in the realm of fantasy, spirit, art, and love.

CAST    Bharati Soman  DIANA   Brian Frutiger MICHAEL   Layna Chianakas  MARLA Mark Uhlemann THE INTRUDER MUSICAL DIRECTOR – Henry Mollicone   DIRECTOR – Jonathon Field   RUNNING TIME – 1 hour Artists, dates, and venues subject to change.
	Bharati Soman	Brian Frutiger
	Layna Chianakas	Mark Uhlemann
	Henry Mollicone	Jonathon Field

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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA PART II - REVENGE OF THE DIVAS
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Translation and Adapted Dialogue by Diane Squires

The story resumes several months after the destruction of the Paris Opera House by the Phantom, and his subsequent disappearance. Monsieur Firmin, now sole artistic director, is wrestling with the idea of reopening the Paris Opera, or simply retiring to Waikiki. However, his plans for a life of hula on the beach are soon interrupted, first by the arrival of La Carlotta, former diva of the Paris Opera who is looking to regain her past glory, and then by the dramatic appearance of the presumed-dead Phantom who still wishes to promote his disinterested ingénue Christine to primadonna. Can these two rival sopranos exist together in one opera house? Can the Phantom refrain from murder and mayhem long enough for an entire production to be mounted? Can Firmin ever get to Hawaii? Find out in this new adaptation of Mozart's comic gem The Impresario.

CAST    Gretchen McNeil  CARLOTTA Diane Squires CHRISTINE DAAE Michael Mendelsohn THE PHANTOM Tom Caldecott MONSIEUR FIRMIN Marie Sanders MADAME GIRY MUSICAL DIRECTOR – Roy Firestone   DIRECTOR – Jonathon Field   RUNNING TIME – 40 minutes Artists, dates, and venues subject to change.
	Gretchen McNeil	Diane Squires
	Michael Mendelsohn	Tom Caldecott
		Roy Firestone