A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
graphic by Lisa Sacks
April 1999
book by BURT SHEVELOVE and LARRY GELBART

music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM

directed by SHARON BISANTZ
choreographed by LISA EVANS
music director JANE RAITHEL
produced by CORINNE KINSMAN

 

"Something for everyone" is not just a catchy lyric from the unforgettable music in this epic comedy. Audiences will find many things to love about this Tony-award winning musical. Return with us to the streets and villas of ancient Rome where, in 200 BC, a slave with a penchant for exaggeration (Pseudolous) can earn his freedom if he can just get his master (young Hero) together with the one special girl (Philia) he loves. But alas, another claims her (Miles Gloriosus). As the conniving slave uses his intelligence, charm and wit to overcome the limitless obstacles, the confusion mounts and the stage is set for this outrageous, madcap musical farce.

 

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Cast
Prologus
Rob Mattson

 

 

The Proteans
Jamie Shea
David Slomin

 

 

 
Brian Loges
Senex
Rich White
Domina
Lynn Devitt
Hero
Doug Hodge
Hysterium
Sean Kavanagh
Marcus Lycus
Craig Howard
Pseudolus
Rob Mattson
Tintinnabula
Emily Snodgrass
Panacea
Jessica Jenkins
Vibrata
Kristin K Fehlau
The Geminae

Kate Beattie
Sara Martin
Gymnasia
Laura Sweet
Philia
Mary Sweeney
Erronius
Jack Sweet
Miles Gloriosus
Chuck Holleman

 

Musical Numbers
Overture
Orchestra
ACT I
Comedy Tonight
Rob Mattson, Company
Love, I Hear
Doug Hodge
Free
Rob Mattson, Doug Hodge
Lovely
Doug Hodge, Mary Sweeny
Pretty Little Picture
Rob Mattson, Doug Hodge, Mary Sweeny
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
Rich White, Rob Matteon, Sean Kavanagh, Craig Howard
I'm Calm
Sean Kavanagh
Impossible
Rich White, Doug Hodge
Bring me My Bride
Chuck Holleman, Rob Mattson, Courtesans and Soldiers
ACT II
That Dirty Old Man
Lynn Devitt
That'll Show Him
Mary Sweeny
reprise: Lovely
Rob Mattson, Sean Kavanagh
Funeral Sequence
Rob Mattson, Chuck Holleman, Courtesans and Soldiers
Finale
Company

 

The Crew
Candace Litchfield
Stage manager
Rick Shamel
lighting designer
John MacKenzie
Set Designer
Frank Gill
Head Set Builder
Art Kinsman
Head Set Builder
Miranda Reinhard
Set building
Bill Butcher
Set building
Judy Perkins
Set building
Helen Pilicy
costume designer
Joan Burke
costumes
Delores Carabillo
costumes
Charles Atherton
Makeup
Tillie Sweet
Makeup
Lori Livermore
Props
Sally Bull
Props
Pat Salvati
Props
Heddie Kent
Set dressing head honcho