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The Mikado - 2006

50th Anniversary Production

 

Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko
Phil Barber (Nanki-Poo) barters with Kevin Kary (Ko-Ko) for the hand of Yum-Yum in THE MIKADO.

 

 

 

Mikado program 1972
Program illustration by Betty Scott from the Players 1972 production of The Mikado.
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three little maids 2006
Lindsay Adkins (Peep-Bo), Carolyn Averill (Yum-Yum) and Joni Cossaboom (Pitti-Sing)
Katisha
Lisa Woods (Katisha) threatens Phil Barber (Nanki-Poo) and Carolyn Averill (Yum-Yum) in the 2006 production of THE MIKADO
 50th Anniversary Production
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The Wilbraham United Players first took the stage in November of 1956 with a production of H.M.S. Pinafore.  Following that performance, the Players (at that time known as the Wilbraham United Church Players) performed Gilbert and Sullivan productions ending, in 1994 with a final G&S production of The Pirates of Penzance.  The Players have continued to be an active Community Theatre organization performing all kinds of theatre.

In honor of our 50th Anniversary celebration, the Players returned to our G&S roots.  A new production of The Mikado, directed by WUP member Deborah Trimble, was staged in March and April of 2006.

David Chivers (Pooh-Bah), Kevin Kary (Ko-Ko) and Mark Jacobson (Pish-Tush) in The Mikado.
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Van Brower (Mikado) and Valerie Peterson (Katisha) - members of the 1982 production of The Mikado.

WUP Trivia - Van Brower played the role of the Mikado in both the 1972 and 1982 productions of the Mikado. 

Deborah Trimble - director of the 2006 production played Yum-Yum in the 1982 production!  Her daughter Carolyn Averill played Yum-Yum in the 2006 production.

 

 

The Mikado  - Michael Stenning

Nanki-Poo   - Philip Barber

Ko-Ko - Kevin Kary

Pooh-Bah - David Chivers

Pish-Tush - Mark Jacobson

Yum-Yum - Carolyn Averill

Pitti-Sing - Joni Cossaboom

Peep-Bo - Lindsay Adkins

Katisha - Lisa Woods