Goat Hall Productions presents
SAN FRANCISCO CABARET
GRAND OPERA
Arias and Duets from
Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini
and more, plus
scenes from
Mark Alburger's
Mice and Men
(after John Steinbeck)
Each show will feature different arias/duets
Champagne reception after each performance!
Saturday, September 6, 8 pm
Sunday, September 7, 4 pm
Friday, September 12, 7:30 pm
Sunday, September 14, 4pm
Community Music Center
544 Capp Street, San Francisco
(East of Mission, West of South Van Ness,
between 20th and 21st Streets)
Free on-street parking weekdays/Saturdays
after 6pm and all day Sundays
Tickets - $15 adults / $10 seniors and students
Reservations - (415) 289-6877
www.goathall.org
Scenes from
MICE AND MEN
An Opera in Five Acts
Mark Alburger
After John Steinbeck
CHARACTERS In order of appearance
GEORGE Wayne Wong
LENNIE Maria Mikheyenko
CANDY Alix Jerinic
BOSS / CARLSON Megan Cullen
CURLEY Mark Alburger
CURLEY'S WIFE Suzanna Mizell
OFFSTAGE SOPRANO Marilyn Pratt
SLIM / WHIT Erin Lahm
CROOKS Adam Broner
PIANIST Alexander Katsman
SCENE The Salinas River Valley, California, circa 1935
ACT I The Pond
ACT II The Bunkhouse
ACT III The Bunkhouse
ACT IV Crook's Shack
ACT V Scene 1 The Barn
Scene 2 The Pond
Rehearsal shots, 8/10/08
Act I K "We're gonna get the jack together" (Wong, Mikheyenko)
"What you gonna say tomorrow to the boss?"
"I can sure remember"
"George, you asleep?"
Act II C "Where you boys been workin'?" (Wong, Mikheyenko, Cullen)
"Him, too?" (Wong, Mikheyenko, Cullen)
"I'll be watchin' you" (Wong, Mikheyenko, Cullen)
"So you wasn't gonna say a word!" (Wong, Mikheyenko)
Act 2 H "He was in here a minute ago" (Mizell, Mikheyenko, Wong)
"Hi, Slim" (Mikheyenko, Mizell, Lahm)
"Keep away from her" (Wong, Mikheyenko)
Act III F "Seen the new kid?" (Wong, Mikheyenko, Lahm)
"Ain't she a lulu?" (Wong, Mikheyenko, Lahm)
Act IV E "Any you boys seen Curley?" (Lahm, Mikheyenko, Broner, Mizell)
"It's funny how whenever" (Mizell, Lahm, Mikheyenko, Broner)
Act 5, Scene 1 A "I'm lonely" (Mizell, Pratt, Mikheyenko)
"I want to talk to someone" (Pratt, Mikheyenko, Mizell)
Act V, Scene 1 C "Ah, you're messin' it up!" (Mizell, Mikheyenko, Pratt)
"That's enough!"
"You're gonna get me in trouble!" (Pratt, Mikheyenko, Mizell)
"Ah!" (Pratt, Mikheyenko, Mizell)
Postlude (Mizell, Pratt)
Act V, Scene 2 Finale "And I can tend the rabbits" (Wong, Mikheyenko)
"Look there, across the river." (Wong, Mikheyenko)
"You and me" (Mikheyenko, Wong)
"I gotta. We gotta." (Wong)
Dress Rehearsal
September 5, 2008
San Francisco Community Music Center
Capp Street, San Francisco
Act I K "Tell us how it's gonna be." (Wong, Mikheyenko)
"We're gonna get our own little place." (Wong, Mikheyenko)
"The ranch is 'bout a quarter mile up that way" (Wong, Mikheyenko)
"But you ain't to get in no trouble" (Wong, Mikheyenko)
Act II Prelude (Katsman, Lahm, Cullen, Jerenic, Mizell, Pratt)
(Lahm, Cullen, Jerenic, Mizell)
