*There Will Be A 20 Minute Intermission!*
Stage Director: Robert W. Schneider
Music Director: Elizabeth Hastings
Choreographer: Caitlin Belcik
Stage Manager: Miranda Van Mooy
Thursday Matinee performance led by Associate Conductor and Pianist: Griffin Strout
Stage Director: Robert W. Schneider
Music Director: Elizabeth Hastings
Choreographer: Caitlin Belcik
Stage Manager: Miranda Van Mooy
Thursday Matinee performance led by Associate Conductor and Pianist: Griffin Strout
Cast
Elsie Lilly............................Grace Margaret Craig
Lily Pond................................Gillian Weatherford
Crystal Poole....................................Emily Holguin
Madame Matroppo..........................Sabrina Brush
Dick Rivers...........................................Sam Dubin
Georgiana Kettle...............Carlyn Jade Barenholtz
Eddie Kettle........................................Trent Mosty
Elsie Darling.............................Samantha Altman
Percy Darling...................................Teddy Ladley
Frenchman..........................................Alex Poletti
Dinghy, the Sailor............................Brandon Roth
Buoy, the Sailor.........................Orlando Montalvo
Ship Steward/ Hotel Clerk............Erin Burtchaell*
*Dance Captain
Lily Pond................................Gillian Weatherford
Crystal Poole....................................Emily Holguin
Madame Matroppo..........................Sabrina Brush
Dick Rivers...........................................Sam Dubin
Georgiana Kettle...............Carlyn Jade Barenholtz
Eddie Kettle........................................Trent Mosty
Elsie Darling.............................Samantha Altman
Percy Darling...................................Teddy Ladley
Frenchman..........................................Alex Poletti
Dinghy, the Sailor............................Brandon Roth
Buoy, the Sailor.........................Orlando Montalvo
Ship Steward/ Hotel Clerk............Erin Burtchaell*
*Dance Captain
Synopsis
ACT ONE:
The Hudson River Day Line is under way on a summer day (“We’re on Our Way”). The boat stops for fifteen minutes at Poughkeepsie, New York. Dick Rivers comes aboard and, at first sight, falls in love with Elsie Lilly, the star pupil of the great voice teacher Madame Matroppo. To be alone with Elsie, he persuades Madame Matroppo to let him interview her pupil for a newspaper article. Elsie is not easily wooed. She tells Dick that she used to be engaged to a man named Eddie. She knows that Dick is always in love with the next girl he meets (“Some Sort of Somebody”).
Newlyweds Eddie and Georgina Kettle board the boat. Eddie is much smaller than Georgina and she treats him like an infant (“Thirteen Collar”). Georgina asks Eddie if he has been in love before her, and he says he used to have an affair with a girl named Elsie. Then two other honeymooners, Percy and Elsie Darling enter. In this relationship, Percy belittles Elsie and refuses to listen to her wishes (“Bungalow in Quogue”). As the couples run into each other, Eddie and Percy turn out to be college friends and realize they were both married that afternoon by the Reverend Hoskins. The couples rejoice (“Isn't it Great to Be Married”).
Georgina and Percy get off the boat and leave Eddie and Elsie Darling behind. Georgina has to find Eddie's missing luggage, and Percy needs to send a telegram. The boat suddenly leaves, and Eddie and Elsie have no idea what to do without their partners. As they look for help, two Sailors woo their prospective girlfriends with nautical tricks (“Good Night Boat”).
Eddie and Elsie Darling decide to get off at the next stop and attempt to make their way back to their partners and Elsie is despondent (“Left All Alone Again Blues”). When they decide to eat, they realize they don't have any money. Eddie sees his acquaintance Dick Rivers and decides to ask him for some money. Eddie pretends that Elsie Darling is his bride so that Dick will give him the money out of sympathy for the honeymoon couple. Dick tells him about his newfound love, Elsie Lilly and that she is on the boat as well. He does not realize that Eddie and Elsie Lilly are old lovers. Dick leaves, and Eddie and Elsie Darling sit down to eat (“Hot Dog”).
Elsie Darling encourages Eddie to have a martini, and he immediately feels drunk. Dick returns with Madame Matroppo and introduces her to the "newlyweds". Eddie and Elsie Darling realize that they are about to be reunited with their spouses and they decide it is better to have a friend than a lover (“If You’re A Friend of Mine”) but their passions take the best of them and they kiss as the passengers celebrate their wedding (“Wedding Bells Are Calling Me”). As everyone is celebrating, the Steward asks Eddie and Elsie Darling for their tickets but their absent spouses have them and the Steward declares that she will throw them off at the next stop.
ACT TWO:
At the Honeymoon Inn, it is evening and Madame’s students are enjoying themselves (“Honeymoon Inn”). Eddie and Elsie Darling realize that there is no return boat or train until the next day. They get two separate rooms at the Inn. Eddie must use Percy's luggage since he left his own suitcase back in Poughkeepsie. He spills rice out of Percy's suitcase, and the desk clerk thinks that the pair are married. This means they must register as husband and wife. Elsie convinces Eddie that he must destroy the register, since it could be used as evidence to request a divorce.
As Eddie and Elsie Darling settle into their separate rooms, the Frenchman checks in and leads the entire hotel in some of the newest dance crazes (“I’ve Got To Dance”). He soon catches the amorous eyes of Madame Matroppo who recounts one of her greatest love songs from her performing days (“Moon of Love”)
Eddie leaves his room and secretly spills ink on the register to cover his name. As Elsie Darling tries to keep the Clerk occupied she says she has spotted a mouse and that leads to pandemonium in the hotel. Once everything settles down, Dick Rivers attempts to win Elsie Lilly’s heart but she rejects him again (“Old Boy Neutral”)
Dick finally runs into Elsie Lilly and confesses his love for her. She tells him she doesn't want to settle down, but he tells her that he doesn't want to either (“Old Boy Neutral”). Georgina and Percy arrive at the Inn but they can't be sure whether Eddie and Elsie Darling are guests because the register is ruined. It is late so they decide to stay at the Inn as well. To the surprise of the clerk they also get two separate rooms. Georgina learns that Percy's wife is named Elsie and comes to the unsettling conclusion that she must be the same Elsie that Eddie loved long ago. Unhappily they both go to bed. Meanwhile, Elsie Darling knocks on Eddie's door because she is afraid a mouse is in her room. He comforts her and tells her to be brave (“Babes in the Wood”).
The next morning Dick meets Percy and Georgina and informs them that the "newlyweds" Eddie and Elsie Darling are at the Inn. He tells them how they had cocktails on the boat; Percy and Georgina are shocked and angry. The clerk informs Madame Matroppo that she has always wanted to learn how to sing so Madame demonstrates with her autobiographical piece (“Katy Did”)
Eddie takes a few leftover roses and knocks on Elsie Darling's door. She rejects him in view of Elsie Lilly who, believing that Eddie is a two timer, rejects Eddie as well. Now that she is free, Elsie Lilly confesses her love to Dick and they run off to get married (“Nodding Roses)”
Eddie and Elsie Darling are confronted by Percy and Georgiana and as all they gang up on Eddie he shouts them down and finally becomes his own man to which the Clerk congratulates him with a “Very good, Eddie!”
As the couples begrudgingly start to go back to one another a telegram from Reverend Hoskins arrives and it tells them that his license, unknowingly, has expired and they are not married after all! Eddie and Elsie Darling embrace and soon the guests celebrate the new unions (“Wedding Bells Are Calling Me”)
The Hudson River Day Line is under way on a summer day (“We’re on Our Way”). The boat stops for fifteen minutes at Poughkeepsie, New York. Dick Rivers comes aboard and, at first sight, falls in love with Elsie Lilly, the star pupil of the great voice teacher Madame Matroppo. To be alone with Elsie, he persuades Madame Matroppo to let him interview her pupil for a newspaper article. Elsie is not easily wooed. She tells Dick that she used to be engaged to a man named Eddie. She knows that Dick is always in love with the next girl he meets (“Some Sort of Somebody”).
Newlyweds Eddie and Georgina Kettle board the boat. Eddie is much smaller than Georgina and she treats him like an infant (“Thirteen Collar”). Georgina asks Eddie if he has been in love before her, and he says he used to have an affair with a girl named Elsie. Then two other honeymooners, Percy and Elsie Darling enter. In this relationship, Percy belittles Elsie and refuses to listen to her wishes (“Bungalow in Quogue”). As the couples run into each other, Eddie and Percy turn out to be college friends and realize they were both married that afternoon by the Reverend Hoskins. The couples rejoice (“Isn't it Great to Be Married”).
Georgina and Percy get off the boat and leave Eddie and Elsie Darling behind. Georgina has to find Eddie's missing luggage, and Percy needs to send a telegram. The boat suddenly leaves, and Eddie and Elsie have no idea what to do without their partners. As they look for help, two Sailors woo their prospective girlfriends with nautical tricks (“Good Night Boat”).
Eddie and Elsie Darling decide to get off at the next stop and attempt to make their way back to their partners and Elsie is despondent (“Left All Alone Again Blues”). When they decide to eat, they realize they don't have any money. Eddie sees his acquaintance Dick Rivers and decides to ask him for some money. Eddie pretends that Elsie Darling is his bride so that Dick will give him the money out of sympathy for the honeymoon couple. Dick tells him about his newfound love, Elsie Lilly and that she is on the boat as well. He does not realize that Eddie and Elsie Lilly are old lovers. Dick leaves, and Eddie and Elsie Darling sit down to eat (“Hot Dog”).
Elsie Darling encourages Eddie to have a martini, and he immediately feels drunk. Dick returns with Madame Matroppo and introduces her to the "newlyweds". Eddie and Elsie Darling realize that they are about to be reunited with their spouses and they decide it is better to have a friend than a lover (“If You’re A Friend of Mine”) but their passions take the best of them and they kiss as the passengers celebrate their wedding (“Wedding Bells Are Calling Me”). As everyone is celebrating, the Steward asks Eddie and Elsie Darling for their tickets but their absent spouses have them and the Steward declares that she will throw them off at the next stop.
ACT TWO:
At the Honeymoon Inn, it is evening and Madame’s students are enjoying themselves (“Honeymoon Inn”). Eddie and Elsie Darling realize that there is no return boat or train until the next day. They get two separate rooms at the Inn. Eddie must use Percy's luggage since he left his own suitcase back in Poughkeepsie. He spills rice out of Percy's suitcase, and the desk clerk thinks that the pair are married. This means they must register as husband and wife. Elsie convinces Eddie that he must destroy the register, since it could be used as evidence to request a divorce.
As Eddie and Elsie Darling settle into their separate rooms, the Frenchman checks in and leads the entire hotel in some of the newest dance crazes (“I’ve Got To Dance”). He soon catches the amorous eyes of Madame Matroppo who recounts one of her greatest love songs from her performing days (“Moon of Love”)
Eddie leaves his room and secretly spills ink on the register to cover his name. As Elsie Darling tries to keep the Clerk occupied she says she has spotted a mouse and that leads to pandemonium in the hotel. Once everything settles down, Dick Rivers attempts to win Elsie Lilly’s heart but she rejects him again (“Old Boy Neutral”)
Dick finally runs into Elsie Lilly and confesses his love for her. She tells him she doesn't want to settle down, but he tells her that he doesn't want to either (“Old Boy Neutral”). Georgina and Percy arrive at the Inn but they can't be sure whether Eddie and Elsie Darling are guests because the register is ruined. It is late so they decide to stay at the Inn as well. To the surprise of the clerk they also get two separate rooms. Georgina learns that Percy's wife is named Elsie and comes to the unsettling conclusion that she must be the same Elsie that Eddie loved long ago. Unhappily they both go to bed. Meanwhile, Elsie Darling knocks on Eddie's door because she is afraid a mouse is in her room. He comforts her and tells her to be brave (“Babes in the Wood”).
The next morning Dick meets Percy and Georgina and informs them that the "newlyweds" Eddie and Elsie Darling are at the Inn. He tells them how they had cocktails on the boat; Percy and Georgina are shocked and angry. The clerk informs Madame Matroppo that she has always wanted to learn how to sing so Madame demonstrates with her autobiographical piece (“Katy Did”)
Eddie takes a few leftover roses and knocks on Elsie Darling's door. She rejects him in view of Elsie Lilly who, believing that Eddie is a two timer, rejects Eddie as well. Now that she is free, Elsie Lilly confesses her love to Dick and they run off to get married (“Nodding Roses)”
Eddie and Elsie Darling are confronted by Percy and Georgiana and as all they gang up on Eddie he shouts them down and finally becomes his own man to which the Clerk congratulates him with a “Very good, Eddie!”
As the couples begrudgingly start to go back to one another a telegram from Reverend Hoskins arrives and it tells them that his license, unknowingly, has expired and they are not married after all! Eddie and Elsie Darling embrace and soon the guests celebrate the new unions (“Wedding Bells Are Calling Me”)
