Please note: The final Sunday performance, April 29, will be at 2 p.m. (not 8 p.m.)
An inventive staging of this wonderfully silly Victorian musical farce. Sex and politics come together in this best-loved comedy of Gilbert and Sullivan -- The play, the fourth production of Role Players Ensemble’s 2011-2012 season, will feature a small ensemble of actors and instrumentalists.
Set in the mythical village of Titipu, where flirting is a capital offense, we find a wandering musician named Nanki-Poo who is looking for his true love, Yum-Yum. Unfortunately, Yum-Yum is destined to marry Ko-Ko. In the end, true love prevails with Gilbert and Sullivan’s bold satire and timeless music running throughout.
The Mikado features captivating melodies, hilarious lyrics and dialogue that would make any comedian of the last century envious. Musically, it features enduring favorites such as “A wand’ring minstrel I,” “Three Little Maids from School” and “Tit-willow.”