The Hypocrites' bring their award-winning and audience favorite production from their native Chicago. An eighty-minute exotic excursion featuring bathing beauties, philosophizing pirates, and grown men in remarkably short shorts! Warning: If you want boring, stay away; this experience will cause immense joy and the compulsion to spontaneously sing along. Come ashore with the "Very Model of A Modern Major General," the Pirate King, and a banjo-picking Mabel. The show features beach balls, sunshine (the artificial kind), and tons of fun music.
Pirates of Penzance
A.R.T. Season
May 10, 2013 - June 2, 2013
"Spirited, affectionate, and nearly irresistible"
Boston Globe
| A production by | The Hypocrites |
| By |
Gilbert and Sullivan |
| New adaptation by | Sean Graney , Kevin O'Donnell |
| Arrangements |
Kevin O'Donnell and cast |
| Directed by | Sean Graney |
| Set Design | Tom Burch |
| Costume Design | Alison Siple |
| Lighting Design | Jared Moore |
| Sound Design | Darby Smotherman |
| Properties Design | Maria DeFabo |
| Music Director | Andra Velis Simon |
| Stage Manager | Miranda Anderson |
| Choreography | Katie Spelman |
| Pirate King/Sergeant | Robert McLean |
| Major General/Samuel | Matt Kahler |
| Frederic | Zeke Sulkes |
| Ruth/Mabel | Christine Stulik |
| Ensemble | Ryan Bourque, Kate Carson-Groner, Emily Casey, Dana Omar, Doug Pawlik, Shawn Pfautsch |
| Vocal Director | Andra Velis Simon |
| Assistant Director |
Thrisa Hodits |
| Scenic Buyer |
Ryan Anderson |
| Scenic Painters |
Brain Crete, Heather Morris |
| Carpenters |
Evan DelGaudio, Dan Lincoln, Matthew Meeds |
| Carpenter Interns |
Krystin Matsumoto, Vinca Merriman |
“The Hypocrites apply their winning formula of hip deconstruction and dark comedy to the cherished operetta”
Chicago Tribune
The brilliant 80-minute-long revamping of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic is so good, you’ll leave with with sore cheeks from grinning throughout the entire show. The not-so-swashbuckling pirates lack both swords and swagger, but make up for these shortcomings — and then some. They’re extraordinarily talented musicians who meander about while playing guitars, banjos, an accordion, a squeezebox, spoons and a saw. More
I left this production singing the operetta’s glorious melodies. It’s not always necessary to be enlightened by theater. Sometimes it’s more than enough to have a rollicking good time. More
...the American Repertory Theater is presenting a spirited, affectionate, and nearly irresistible sendup of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance’’ by the Hypocrites, a Chicago-based troupe. More
Pirates of Penzance is tantamount to a three-ring circus being held at a beach volleyball tournament. More
The Hypocrites production of Sean Graney's adaptation of "The Pirates of Penzance" has landed on the mainstage of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. More
Press Releases
For Immediate Release: April 25, 2013
Contact: Kati Mitchell 617-496-2000x8841
kati_mitchell@harvard.edu
American Repertory Theater
in Association with the Loeb Drama Center
presents
The... More
For Immediate Release: October 5, 2012
Contact: Kati Mitchell 617-496-2000x8841
kati_mitchell@harvard.edu
American Repertory Theater
In Association with the Loeb Drama Center
Announces Final... More
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Need to know
Recommended Ages 8 and up.
The best way to experience this show is from the Promenade.
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