The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-25
Pirates OF Penzance'' To
Be Presented Here Tonight
Operetta To Be Put On
In Open-Air At Navy
Ball Field Beginning
At Sis

With good clear weather as
sured for tonight, Key Westers
and the visitors here today are
looking forward to the open-air
presentation tonight of the color
full comic opera, "The Pirates of
Penzance," being staged at the
Navy Ball Field. Curtain time is
S:15 p. m.
Final dress rehearsal of the
operetta was held last night at
the ball field. when the entire
cast, principals, and an aug
mented orchestra went through
the entire production, smoothing
off what few rough spots remain.
ed in the show. New costumes,
better lighting effects, and
longer period of rehearsals under
the general direction of George
Mills White give assurance to the
statement which has been made
that the performance will be high
ly enjoyable by those attending
tonight.
DIR. Clarence Carter Nice, state
director of the Federal Music
Project. Dr.. Nikolae Sokoloff di-
rector, a part of the Works Prog
ress Administration, arrived here
yesterday morning by plane to act
as guest conductor for the per-
Torrance tonight. Over the high
way yesterday came members of
the Miami Symphony Orchestra
and other musicians in the Fed
eral Music Project who are adding
to the perfection of the orchestral
accompaniment.
Ticket sales already made in
dictate that virtually every seat
at the Navy Ball Field will be
taken up tonight when the must
cal story of "The Pirates of Pen
zance" is unfolded. Programs for
the performance and all events in
LA Semana Allegro" or The
Week of Joy, went on sale yes
terday and can be obtained the
same places tickets are being sold.
They also will be available at the
ball field tonight.
The leading roles are being
played by Janice Maloney Lewis
as Mabel and by George Mills
White as Frederick who played
those respective parts when the
operetta was presented here and
in Miami last year. Eva B. War
ner takes the part of Ruth, pratt
cal maid-of-all-work, Avery John
son plays the part of Richard, a
pirate king, and Edmund Curry
takes the part of Samuel, his
lieutenant, all of whom were in
the production last year. Curry
Harris is this year playing the
difficult part of the major-gen-
eral, while H. Roger Alton is act
ing as Edward, a sergeant of po-
lice. Jesus Carmona is his cor
poral. Lena Bervaldi, Olive Day,
and Lily Wilhelm play the parts
of three of the major-general's
daughters.
Assisting in the directorial and
technical work in connection with
the staging of the operetta have
been Dorothy Schober and Jennie
Vecker, bookholder and prompter
Harry Adams. dances; Dorothes
Lynch, drama; Gus Ayala, ac-
companist; Olive Day, business
management; Stanley Wood and
William H. Hoffman, art direc-
ton; Mary Louise Spottswood
and Ralph E. Gum, costumes
Newton Russell, lighting; Fred
Clark, sound engineering. and E
Walton Blodgett and Henry l.
LaCagnina, properties.
Members of the drum and bugle
corps of the American Legion
Post here, assisted by some mem
bers of the Key West Junior
Patrol, will serve as ushers at the
performance tonight, as they die
last year.
1t was announced today by
those sponsoring the production
that a special section of the seats
has been reserved for members OF
the colored population who viii
attend the affair.