High Society
High Society
30 April, 1st, 2nd May 2009
Director: Christopher Josey
Musical Directors: Susan Munro and Karen Thomson
Choreographer: Diane Foster
Synopsis
Tracy Lord is ecstatic about her impending marriage to George Kittredge, a successful industrialist. Soon, her ex-husband, Dexter, bounds in and informs the family that unless Tracy agrees to be photographed by two reporters from a celebrity magazine, they will print a story about Tracy’s estranged father, who is carrying on an affair with an exotic dancer. Later, the reporters, Mike and Liz, arrive to be greeted by a very strangely costumed Dinah. Tracy joins her, also dressed outrageously, and together they perform a bizarre song and dance routine. To further perplex the reporters, Tracy introduces her Uncle Wille as her father and her newly-arrived father as her uncle. Later, at Tracy’s pre-wedding ball, Tracy hides from George and invites Mike to go skinny-dipping with her in the pool. Meanwhile, Dexter has a heart-to-heart with liz, who is fleeing the amorous uncle Willie, and she admits that she’s in love with Mike, even though he doesn’t know it. She promises Dexter that neither she nor Mike will write any stories about the Lords, even if it costs them their jobs. Then, George witnesses Mike carrying the comatose Tracy up to her room, and assumes the worst. The wedding day dawns with the bride hungover and the groom furious. George confronts Tracy and Mike, but Mike swears that he did nothing wrong. Tracy decides that she can’t marry George, no matter what. In the end, she and Dexter decide to re-marry.
Cast List
Tracey Lord Sheena Coull
Dexter Haven Mark Boyle
Mother Lord Catriona Smillie
Dinah Lord Lily Confield/ Kelly Follan/ Rhona Maitland/ Kayleigh MacDonald
Uncle Willie John Wilson
Liz Imbrie Clare Brewer/ Kirsty MacDonald
Mike Connor Stephen Carruthers
George Kittredge Davie Johnstone
Seth Lord Eric McKenzie
Butler David Foster
Servants
Juliet Evans, Lynne Slezas, Samantha Wilson, Pat Jones, Karen Hosey, Denise Calder, Amy Cameron, Sian Slezas, Sharon Brown, Lauren Nicholson, Megan Scobie, Bill Denny, Robin Peake, Angus Tregaskis, Jack Ormerod, Fionnlagh Campbell, Clare Brewer, Kirsty MacDonald, Lily Confield, Kelly Follan, Rhona Maitland, Kayleigh MacDonald.
Orchestra
Susan Munro, Karen Thomson, Hazel Rose, Kirsty Miller, Keith Falconer, Dave Allan, Clair Munro, Miriam Iorwerth, Lorna Ungoed-Thomas, Sally Kirkwood, Dave Thomson, Richard Creel, Susie Hutchison, Clare Reynolds, Monica Das, Jennifer Skene, Robert Robertson.
Backstage and Technical Team
Lighting Mark Boyle, Sean McCartney, Chris Jones
Sound Martin Whyte
Prompt Diane Foster
Stage Crew Richard Coull, Brian Dickie, Donnie Munro, Ross Cameron
Wardrobe Coordinator Alison Boyle
Costumes Supplied by That Looks Good
Props Juliet Evans, Lynne Slezas, Dominic Dobson
Wedding Cake Alison Boyle
Set Design David Foster
Set Painting Club Members, Pat Boyle
Poster Design Clare Brewer
Front of House Alison Boyle, Grace Watson, Ewan Trotter, Liz Graham, Marie-Ann Cameron
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Arthur Kopit Additional Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
Based on the play “The Philadelphia Story” by Phillip Barry
Also based on the Turner Entertainment Co motion picture “High Society”
Original Broadway Production produced by: Lauren Mitchell and Robert Gailus, Hal Luftig and Richard Samson, Dodger Endemmol Theatricals, in association with Bill Haber.
Originally produced by American Conservatory Theatre, San Fransisco, CA. Artistic Director: Carey Perloff, Managing Director: Heather Kitchen.
