A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Based on the plays "Miles Gloriosus",
"Pseudolus",
and "Mostellaria" by Plautus (251-183 B.C.)
1972
Elkader Iowa
Directed by Cherryl Dyrland
CAST
PROLOGUS, an
actor..............................................................Terry
Dyrland
SENEX, an old
man................................................................Gary
Formanek
DOMINA, his
wife.....................................................................Donna
Geach
HERO, his son, in love with
PHILIA............................................Craig Strutt
HYSTERIUM, slave to SENEX and DOMINA......................Tom
Chandler
PSEUDOLUS, slave to
HERO..................................................Terry
Dyrland
ERRONIUS, an old
man.............................................................Kevin
Neylan
MILES GLORIOSUS, a
warrior...........................................Chuck Lammers
LYCUS, a buyer and seller of
courtesans..............................Mathew Karpan
TINTINABULA, a
courtesan..................................................Debera
Ioerger
PANACEA, a
courtesan.............................................................Susan
Karpan
THE GEMINAE,
courtesans......................................................Kathy
Klinge
........................................................................................................Lois
Zbornik
VIBRATA, a
courtesan..............................................................Maureen
Kolz
GYMNASIA, a
courtesan..................................................Mary
Ann Chester
PHILIA, a
virgin..............................................................................Debra
Kolz
THE PROTEANS
John Gnagy
Lee Lenth
Sheryl Zittergruen
Assistant
Director..............................Mary Harstad
Musical Director..................................Donna Geach
Technical Director..............................Terry Dyrland
Choreographer.....................................Susan Karpan
Costumes.................................................Verna
Lenth
Stage Manager.......................................Don Harstad
Lights.......................................................John
Donlon
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
Overture.................................................................................................Orchestra
Comedy Tonight..................... Pseudolus, Proteans and the Entire Company
Love I Hear ......................................................................................................Hero
Free.............................................................................................Pseudolus & Hero
The House Of Marcus Lycus ...........Lycus, Pseudolus, Hero, and Courtesans
Lovely.................................................................................................. Philia & Hero
Pretty Little Picture........................................................Pseudolus, Hero & Philia
Everybody Ought To Have A Maid......Senex, Pseudolus, Hysterium & Lycus
I'm Calm......................................................................................................Hysterium
Impossible..............................................................................................Senex & Hero
Bring Me My Bride.................Miles, Pseudolus, Lycus, Courtesans & Proteans
ACT II
That Dirty Old Man..........................................................................................Domina
That'll Show Him.................................................................................................Philia
Lovely (reprise)....................................................................Pseudolus & Hysterium
Funeral Sequence...............................Pseudolus, Miles, Courtesans & Proteans
Comedy Tonight (reprise)..................................................................Entire Company