Hello, Dolly! 1994

by Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart​

Directed by William Myatt

Directors Note 

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"And what do you do for a living, Mrs. Levi?" asks Ambrose Kemper in the first scene of that most delightful of musical comedies, Hello Dolly! "Some people paint, some people sew...I meddle," replies Dolly. And we are off on a whirlwind race around New York and Younkers at the turn of the century as we take part in the adventures of America's most beloved matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi.

Hello, Dolly! is the story of Mrs. Levi's efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and send his money circulating among the people like rainwater the way her late husband, Ephraim Levi, taught her. Along the way she also succeeds in matching up the young and beautiful Widow Molloy with Vandergelder's head clerk, Cornelius Hackl; Cornelius's assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy's assistant, Minnie Fay; the above-mentioned struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder's weeping niece, Ermengarde; and a few members of the audience with each other. Mrs. Levi tracks Vandergelder to his hay and feed store in Younkers, back to Mrs. Molloy's hat shop in New York, out into the street where they are all caught up in the Fourteenth Street Association Parade, and finally into the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town, the Harmonia Gardens. It is here that Dolly is greeted by the waiters, cooks, doormen and wine stewards, in one of the most famous songs in the history of American musical comedy, "Hello, Dolly!"

Hello, Dolly! is the ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with wonderful songs, shining with happy signs, alive with the personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage...Dolly Gallagher Levi!

CAST

 Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi - Mandy Hall 

Ernestina - Monique Bouvier 

Ambrose Kemper - Andy Bichler

Horace Vandergelder - Coin Johnson 

Ermengarde - Krista Roller

Cornelius Hackl - Zach Day 

Barnaby Tucker - Nick Bondi 

Minnie Fay - Hilary Hiles

Irene Molloy - Barbara Holub

Mrs. Rose - Laura Ahlstrand

Rudolph Reisenweber - Jeff Philips 

Stanley - John Sadowski 

Judge - Chris Bichler

Policeman - Mike Kelly 

Court Clerk - Rick Nelson 

Paperhanger - Eric Suh

1st Cook - Matt Zelle

2nd Cook - Ryan Andersen

Chorus - Rachel Aherns, Julie Bell, Ginny Carsten, Tania Crafton,

 Brianne Ferrell, Robyn Gauss, Liz Gray, Sara Gray, James Harrison, 

Emily Jesson, Emilyn Jones, Diana Kuykendell, Sarah Lindmark,

 Shareena Mundodi, Nina Napawan, Katie O'Brien, Megan Piechowski,

 Merideth Powell, Stephanie Roehlk, Deanna Ross, Jessica Royster,

 Amanda Schroder, Lindsay Smith, Scott Stone and Michelle Thomas

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CREW

​Assistant Director - Sam Michael 

Stage Manager - Jake Sunderbruch

Lighting Head - Dwight Brown

Sound Head - Drew Borcherding 

Set Head - Peter Wiklund

Props Head - Chet Thompson 

Costume Head - Jamie Gerdes

Make-up Head - Julie Norstrom