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SMT Performance
of
The Telephone & The Medium

Words and Music by Pulitzer Prize winner Gian-Carlo Menotti.

Performed June 28 - July 8, 2001 at DBCC Theater Center

SMT Performance

Scenes from SMT production of "The Telephone" and "The Medium". (Photos: News-Journal/Bob Pesce)

Creative Team

Director — Lester Malizia
Choreographer — Chuck Hoenes
Musical Director — Tippen Davidson
Scenic Designer — Mark Nayden
Costume Designer — Brian J. O'Keefe
Lighting Designer — Annmarie Duggan
Sound Designer — Todd Kinsley
Production Stage Manager — Mark Harborth*
Stage Manager — Michael Sheldon
Assistant Choreographer — Belinda Allen
Dance Captain — Liz George

CAST - The Medium

Madame Flora — Jane Christeson
Monica — Angela Sacco
Toby — Luke Griswold
Mrs. Nolan — Shannon Polly
Mrs. Gobineau — Emily Carroll
Mr. Gobineau — Michael Shiles

MUSICAL NUMBERS - The Medium

Act I:
Where, Oh Where?
Baba's Entrance: How Many Times I've Told You
Good Evening Madame Flora
It Happened Long Ago
You Must Be Very Silent
Mummy, Mummy Dear
What Is It? What Is It?
Baba, What Has Happened?
Song Of The Black Swan

Act II:
Bravo! (The Monica Waltz)
Monica, Monica, Can't You See?
Where Is Monica?
Good Evening, Madame Flora
Don't Stand There Like A Fool
Afraid, Am I Afraid? (Baba's Aria)

CAST - The Telephone

Lucy — Elizabeth Stanley
Stanley — Joseph Spieldenner

MUSICAL NUMBERS - The Telephone
("L'Amour à Trois")

Oh! Just What I Wanted
Hello! Hello? (Lucy's Aria)
That Was Margaret

Try Again And Again
It All Began On A Sunday
Oh Where Has He Gone?

SYNOPSIS

"The Telephone" comically examines modern romance as Ben (Joseph Spieldenner) attempts to propose to his girlfriend Lucy (Elizabeth Stanley) -- if only she would get off the phone!

"The Medium" explores the world of the supernatural as the fraudulent Madame Flora (Jane Christeson, contralto), in the midst of conducting a séance, feels a spectral hand on her neck. She accuses her daughter Monica (Angela Sacco, soprano) and mute assistant Toby (Luke Griswold) of playing a cruel trick. Was Madame Flora going mad, or was the otherworld extracting revenge? The cast included Michael Shiles (baritone) and Emily Carroll (soprano) as Mr. and Mrs. Gobineau. Shannon Polly (mezzo-soprano) performed the role of Mrs. Nolan.

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES

SMT's Menotti tribute treat for both ear, eye
Gian Carlo Menotti, the composer who created two Pulitzer-winning musicals as well as one of the most ubiquitous Christmas classics, "Amahl and the Night Visitors," plans to celebrate his 90th birthday next week.

SMT on line with ‘Medium,’ ‘Telephone’
There's a point to Seaside Music Theater's pairing two very different Gian Carlo Menotti musical plays -- "The Telephone" and "The Medium."

‘Camelot’ VIDEO/DVD

Here's a film version of "The Medium" directed by Gian Carlo Menotti and starring Marie Powers, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Leopoldo Savona, Belva Kibler, Beverly Dame, and Donald Morgan.

(*) Courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

SMT PerformanceofThe Telephone & The Medium

SMT Performance
of
The Telephone & The Medium