The Ballad of Baby Doe and Madame Butterfly, 1981 July-August

Program from the Central City Opera House Association's 1981 July productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" and "Madame Butterfly".

The Ballad of Baby Doe
Production staff includes: John Moriarty (conductor), Donald Oenslager (original designs), Joan Arhelger (lighting), Duain Wolfe (chorus director), Peter Mark Schifter (director), Patton Campbell (costumes), Lynn Taylor- Corbett (choreographer), Michaek Ehrman (assistant director)
Cast includes: Samuel L. Cook (An Old Silver Miner), William D. Parcher (A Saloon Bartender), William Justus (Horace Tabor), Christopher Critelli (Sam), Frank Farina (Bushy), David Neal (Barney), Curb Scheib (Jacob), Jean Glennon (Katie), Jean Cantrell (Meg), Dana Krueger (Augusta Tabor), Ruthann Turekian (Sarah), Randy Minkin (Mary), Lynn Yakes (Emily), Judy Donham (Effie), Karen Hunt (Mrs. Elizabeth Doe), Lisa Monheit (Samantha), Kim Scown (A Clerk at the Clarendon Hotel), David Oreutt (Albert), Jocelyn Wilkes (Mama McCourt), Samuel L. Cook/ Richard Blocher/ James McGuire/ William Parcher (Washington Dandies), Jean Cantrell (Cornelia McCourt), Joan Campbell (Claudia McCourt), John McGhee (Peter McCourt), Ken Peterson (Phillip McCourt), David Oreutt (Papa McCourt), Kim Scown (Father Chapelle), Steven Taylour (a Footman at the Willard Hotel), Jane Cady/ Krista Waldmann (Elizabeth Tabour, age 12), Karina Steele/ Holly Byerly (Silver Dollar (as a child)), Frank Farina (Chester A. Arthur, President of the U.S.), Richard Blocher (Mayor of Leadville), Brian Robertson (William Jennings Bryan), Chrisopher Critelli/ Richard Blocher (Newsboys), Richard Blocher (Doorman at the Tabor Grand), Brian Robertson (A Denver Politician), Joan Lauren Campbell (Silverdollar (grown up))

Madame Butterfly
Production staff includes: Randall Behr (conductor), Robert Edward Darling (director and designer), Joan Arhelger (lighting), Duain Wolfe (chorus director), Talmage Fauntleroy (assistant director), Gary DiPasquasio (accompanist)
Cast includes: Anthony Laciura (Goro), Judith Christin (Suzuki), James Lauren Schwisow (Lt. B. F. Pinkerton), Jake Gardner (Sharpless), Martha Sheil (Cio- Cio- San, Madame Butterfly), William D. Parcher (The Imperial Commisioner), Curt Scheib (The Official Registrar), Ruthann Turekian (Cousin), Lynn Yakes (Cio-Cio-San's mother), Judy Donham (Aunt), David. H. Orcutt (Yakuside), David Neal (The Bonze), James McGuire (Prince Yamadori), Jason Clauser (Sorrow), Lisa Monheit (Kate Pinkerton)