"All aboard! River City, Next station stop!"
Meredith
Willson's
The Music
Man
Book,
Music, and Lyrics by
Meredith Willson
Based on a story by Meredith Willson
and Franklin Lacey
The
Palace Theatre
September
15 - 25, 2005
Steve
Arnold, Director
Sue Freet, Assistant Director
Mike Modrow, Assistant Director and Stage Manager
Sheila Monson and Conni Huber, Music Directors
Joan Cooling, Choreographer
Judy Trygstad, Pit Band Director
Ed Cardwell, Technical Director
Ida Higgins, Costume Design
Mary Horst, Set Design
Kevin Bookmeier, Lighting Design
Julie Canaday, Rehearsal Accompanist
This
production is sponsored by
Farmers
Savings Bank and Trust
Past ACT I shows sponsored by Farmers Savings Bank and Trust include:
The Sound of Music (2004)
Annie
(2003)
Lost in Yonkers (2003)
Romeo and Juliet (2002)
Harvey (2001)
Bridge to Terabithia (1994)
Night of January 16 (1993)
The Odd Couple (1993)
Dancers (1992)
River
City, Iowa
July, 1912
"You really ought to give Iowa a try!"
It's a seventy-six trombone extravaganza, one of the best loved musicals of all time, and it's set right here in Iowa and was written by an Iowan! This is the story of Professor Harold Hill, a lovable con man who convinces the town of River City, Iowa in the summer of 1912 that they need a boys' band. The only problem is, he can't read a note of music! He fools the entire town into believing he is a musician - but after he pockets their money, he can't quite tear himself away. A joyful, energetic, celebration of small town Iowa, a show about US!
Performance Photographs
The Cast:
Traveling Salesmen:
Kevin
Ahrenholz
Darran Sellers, Jason
Yessak
Charlie
Cowell: David Canaday
Train
Conductor: Mike Modrow
Harold
Hill: Anthony Bopp
Mayor
Shinn: Brian Larkin
Olin
Britt: Ray Bookmeier
Oliver Hix: Ed Dickerson
Ewart
Dunlop: David Gates
Jacey
Squires: Alan Nebola
Marcellus
Washburn: Greg Walston
Tommy
Djilas: Jesse Bunge
Marian
Paroo: Sheila Monson
Mrs.
Paroo: Linda Merritt
Amaryllis: Willow Huber
Winthrop
Paroo: Ben Hyland
Eulalie
Mackecknie Shinn: Jill g. Lockard Bopp
Zaneeta
Shinn: Sarah Allyn
Gracie
Shinn: Rachel Monson
Alma
Hix: Bunny Feller
Maude
Dunlop: Sue Gates
Mrs.
Squires: Sherry Stout
Ethel
Toffelmeier: Conni Huber
Constable
Locke: Jeff Akers
River
City Boys’ Band:
Ben Akers,
Corey Cooling, Will Hancock, Blake Havran, Ben Hyland, Wesley Lyons, Luke Owens,
Ben Stainbrook, Nicholas Stout,
Jackson Tranel
Wa
Tan Ye Girls:
Sarah Allyn, Camille Fank, Molly Ternus, Haley Jo Wambacher, Rachel Monson
Chorus
/ Townspeople:
Kevin
Ahrenholz, Katie
Akers, Sarah Allyn, Kevin Bookmeier, Ray Bookmeier, Jesse Bunge, Allison Canaday,
Emma Clingman, Ed Dickerson, Camille
Fank, Bunny Feller, David Gates, Sue Gates, Rachel Gustafson, Katie Hancock,
Mark Hancock, Will Hancock, Alyssa Hanson, Blake Havran, Connie Huber, Ivy Huber, Willow Huber, Gina Lahue, Brian Larkin, Wesley Lyons, Rachel Monson, Alan Nebola, Mark Noe, Tess
Noeller, Luke Owens, Kimberly Shafar, Ben Stainbrook, Nicholas Stout, Sherry Stout, Molly Ternus, Jackson Tranel, Greg Walston,
Suzie Westlund, Hayley Jo Wombacher, Jordan Yessak
Pit Orchestra:
Director/Flute: Judy Trygstad
Piano: Lori Ferguson
Percussion: David Canaday
Bass: Derek Ferguson
Trombone: Rachael Larkin
Baritone: Jan Roth
Trumpet: John Fuoto, Mike Grimm
Oboe/Violin: Molly Ternus
Bari Sax: Aaron Pingenot
Flute: Kelly Monohan
"He left River City the library building, but he left all the books to HER!"
"My Friends, you've got Trouble! Right here in River City!"
Mason
City, Iowa
The Real River City
The Meredith Willson Birthplace in Mason City, Iowa
Meredith Willson, creator of The Music Man, was born in this house on May 18, 1902. Now a museum, the house sits next to the recently built Music Man Square, a tribute to Iowa's most famous musician and to the play in which he paid such special tribute to his home state.
Music
Man Square in Mason City, Iowa
Next door to the Meredith Willson Birthplace Museum
Inside Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa
One of the features of Music Man Square is a recreation of Main Street in River City, featuring all the familiar businesses found in the play.
The Footbridge in Mason City, Iowa
The footbridge featured in the play in which Harold Hill and Marian meet during the second act of The Music Man is based on this Mason City landmark!
Historic architecture in Mason City, Iowa
Meredith Willson's boyhood, growing up in Mason City, Iowa, provided much of the inspiration for The Music Man. In the early part of the 20th century, when Meredith was a child, many architectural treasurers were being built in Mason City, including both a hotel and a private residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. An associate of Frank Lloyd Wright also constructed a whole neighborhood of homes built in the Prairie School design, one of which is pictured above. The footbridge is located in this neighborhood.
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