Kiss Me Kate
Music & Lyrics by Cole
Porter
Book by Sam & Bella Spewack
October 7-9, 1982
Elkader Iowa
Directed by Paul Engelhardt
Cast
Fred Graham (actor, producer,
writer, superman).......Dale Butikofer
Harry Trevor...............................................................Dean
Thuente
Lois Lane.......................................................................Cindy
Piirto
Lilli Vanessi......................................................................Ann
Kuehl
Hattie........................................................................Peggy
Bronson
Stage Doorman..........................................................Greg
Bernhard
Paul................................................................................Ron
Kaiser
Bill Calhoun..............................................................Rod
Torkelson
Ganster 1......................................................................Jeff
Cousins
Ganster 2.....................................................................Marty
Berns
Harrison Howell.........................................................Curtis
Ruhser
SINGING DELIVERY MEN
Richard Fette, Sherryl Zittergruen
Todd Forsythe, Jeff West, Ron Kaiser
"TAMING OF THE SHREW" Players
Bianca (Lois Lane)................................................Cindy
Piirto
Baptista (Harry Trevor)......................................Dean
Thuente
Gremio (First Suitor)...................................Sherryl
Zittergruen
Hortensio (Second Suitor).........................................Jeff
West
Lucentio (Bill Calhoun)......................................Rod
Torkelson
Katharine (Lilli Vanessi)...........................................Ann
Kuehl
Petruchio (Fred Graham)....................................Dale
Butikofer
Haberdasher........................................................Curtis
Ruhser
SINGING & DANCING ENSEMBLE
Donna Anderson, Ronda Baade, Lori Fox
Kathy Grave, Sue Kuehl, Kathy Jacobson
Patricia Rittter, Diane Torkelson, Mary Zittergruen
Nathanial (Petrucio's Servant)...................................Lee
Lenth
Gregory (Petrucio's Servant)................................Richard
Fette
Phillip (Petruchio's Servant)................................Todd
Forsythe
Orchestral Director..............................................Dennis
Hanna
Vocal Director.................................................Kathy
Jacobson
Choreography...............................................Kathy
Moorhouse
Stage Manager....................................................Mary
Harstad
Lights..................................................Jay
Moser, Don Harstad
Piano...................................................................Bonnie
Butler
Set Construction......................Judson Francis & Tom
Chandler
Costumes...............................Cheryl Schafer & Barb
Chandler