The Tender Land- Aaron Copland (a semi-staged reading) Joseph Caminiti, Conductor Elizabeth Manus, Music Director Emily Bullock, Producer Friday, March 29, 2019 Saturday, March 30, 2019 Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
PROGRAM The scene is a farm in the rural midwest of the United States. The time is approximately the 1930’s, June, the time of Spring graduation and Spring harvest.
CAST LAURIE: MARTIN: GRANDPA MOSS: MA MOSS: BETH MOSS: TOP: MR. SPLINTERS: MR. JENKS: MRS. JENKS:
Strummer Steele D. Brenten Megee Samuel Loposky Isabela Pazdzierski Taylor Koenigsberg Evan Nelson Andrew Cassell Richard Cross Chase Sanders
CHORUS Leanne Frist Matthew Hayden Isabella Bennett Lena Morella Mateo Rodriguez ORCHESTRA Violin I Freddy Contreras-Romero, Concertmaster Blair Cunningham Kyla Eryka de Guia Violin II Brittany Welty, Principal Abby Stratton Hanna Choi Viola Monica Zheng, Principal Robert Cuthill Cello Lia Criscuolo, Principal Elisa Aquino Gomez Hyewon Jo Ally Paino Taylor Cope Bass James Devor, Principal Amber Kowal Flute Jessica Lynch, Principal Christina George
Oboe Theoron Hershey, Principal John DeBiase, English horn Clarinet Zach Stola, Principal Nadine Silverman (bass clarinet) Bassoon Meghan Freer, Principal Peter Young Horn Matthew Hontz, Principal Ellie O’Hare Trumpet Zachary Walter, Principal Charlotte McMillen Trombone Jordan Rowan, Principal Kyle Jackier Percussion Cameron Davis, Principal Luke Thurston Piano/Celesta Elvira Kobzeva
TECHNICAL PERSONELL Technical director and Lighting design: Todd Williams Costumes/Props: Emily Bullock Choreography: Devaney Ross, Chase Sanders Rehearsal pianist: Tracy Cheung
SYNOPSIS Act I Beth, a young girl, is playing with her doll, Daniel, in front of her family's farmhouse. The mailman, Mr. Splinters, brings a package for her mother. It is Beth's older sister Laurie's graduation dress; the next day she will become the first in their family to graduate from high school. Ma Moss invites Splinters to the graduation party that night; Splinters tells her that two strange men have been seen in the neighborhood, and that they have raped two of the local girls. Laurie comes in; she wonders that her childhood has passed so fast; she feels like she has outgrown her home town. She is angry that her mother, and especially her grandfather, try to control her life. Two drifters, Martin and Top, enter; they meet Laurie, and convince her grandfather, against his better judgement, to hire them to help with the harvest. Laurie invites them to her party, and Top asks Martin to get Grandpa drunk there so he can get acquainted with Laurie. Act II At the party, Grandpa makes a toast to Laurie; while the guests dance, Top begins to get Grandpa drunk. Ma Moss, still suspicious, sends Mr. Splinters for the sheriff. Martin dances with Laurie; the two of them, smitten with each other, go off alone to the porch; their kiss is interrupted by Grandpa, and Ma Moss accuses the boys of being the men who attacked the other local girls; just as she does, though, Splinters returns, saying the sheriff has already caught those men, who have confessed. Grandpa tells Martin and Top to leave by morning. Act III That night, Martin and Laurie meet secretly outside. They agree that Laurie will come with Martin when he leaves, but after she leaves Martin begins to have second thoughts; when Top arrives, he convinces Martin that Laurie couldn't come with them; they depart. Laurie, coming out and finding them gone, decides to leave anyway rather than staying for her graduation. Ma Moss, left alone with Beth, turns her attention to her younger daughter; as the curtain falls, she goes back into the house and Beth is left playing in the road as at the beginning of the opera. http://usopera.com/operas/tender.html Please Turn Off All Electronic Devices
UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit www.wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Sunday, March 31, 2019, 3:00 PM Wind Ensemble Andrew Yozviak, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Sunday, March 31, 2019, 6:00 PM Senior Recital: Riley, Connor, tenor In Young Lee, director Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:30 PM Faculty Recital: Ovidiu Marinescu, cello Ovidiu Marinescu, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Thursday, April 4, 2019, 12:00 PM Madeleine Wing Adler Concert Series - Freshman Scholarship Competition Ralph Sorrentino, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Grand Foyer Performing Arts Center Friday, April 5, 2019, 7:30 PM Latin Jazz & Jazz Combos Marc Jacoby, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center *Tickets required for this event.
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