Gilbert & Sullivan Company of El Paso presents: Ruddigore
WHO: Gilbert & Sullivan Company of El Paso
WHAT: RUDDIGORE or The Witch's Curse
INFO: St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 5005 Love Road, El Paso, TX 79912
July 21, 22, 23 and July 28, 29, 30
Friday & Saturday 7:00 pm and Sunday 2:30 pm
El Paso Tickets:
Adults: $12
Seniors, Students, Military: $10
Information/Reservations: 915-479-2485
Group rates available
The Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main Street, Las Cruces, New Mexico,
August 5 & August 6
Saturday 7:00 pm and Sunday 2:30 pm
Information/Reservations: 575-523-1223
www.no-strings.org
Ruddigore will thrill El Paso audiences of all ages with spectacular music along with a frightful story of a fair maiden, professional bridesmaids, a wicked villain, and threatening ghosts that come to life to enforce a witch's curse. Many years ago, all the Baronets of Ruddigore were cursed by a witch and must commit a crime a day or be tortured to death. To escape this dreadful fate, the latest Baronet, Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, disguises himself as simple farmer Robin Oakapple while his younger brother assumed the title and the curse. Betrayed by his foster brother, Robin is discovered and must take on the responsibility of committing a crime every day to appease the curse and the ghosts of all his past ancestors. Robin is in love with beautiful Rose Maybud and wants to wed her and lead an honest life. Somehow Robin must find a way to break the witch's curse, or their future is doomed.
Ruddigore, a satirical take on the Victorian melodrama genre, was the 10th collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan opening in London at the Savoy Theatre in 1887.