Voltaire’s biting wit, Bernstein’s toe-tapping, heart-warming melodies, and a barrel-load of laughs make for a wild ride across the “best of all possible worlds.” Yet from Montevideo to El Dorado, calamity seems to follow poor Candide and Cunegonde everywhere they go; what’s the use of optimism when the odds seem stacked against you?

MUSIC│ Leonard Bernstein
BOOK│ Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire
LYRICS│ Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein
SUNG IN│ English
PROJECTED SUPERTITLES│ English
RUN TIME│ Approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes
GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY│ Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Candide

Cunegonde

Old Lady
BRIAN VU KATRINA GALKA MEREDITH ARWADY

 

PAQUETTE

MAXIMILIAN

BARON/kING OF ELDORADO
LISA MARIE ROGALI‡ SCHYLER VARGAS CARLOS AHRENS

 

PANGLOSS/VOLTAIRE

CACAMBO
BRADLEY DEAN JONATHAN PIERCE RHODES

 

Grand inquisitor

martin/james
RYAN JOHNSON JONATHAN PATTON

 

BARONESS

/VANDERDENDUR

MINISTER’s WIFE/QUEEN OF ELDORADO
KEELY FUTTERER ALICIA RUSSELL TAGERT

 

CONDUCTOR│ Joseph Colaneri
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION DIRECTOR│ Francesca Zambello
DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER│ Eric Sean Fogel
SET DESIGNER│ James Noone
COSTUME DESIGNER│ Jennifer Moeller
LIGHTING DESIGNER│ Mark McCullough
HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGNER│ Tom Watson
SOUND EFFECTS DESIGNER │ Joel Morain

 

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Cast

Bradley Dean, Pangloss/Voltaire Website

Brian Vu, Candide Website

Katrina Galka, Cunegonde Website

Meredith Arwady, Old Lady

Schyler Vargas‡, Maximilian/Ensemble Website

Jonathan Patton‡, Martin/James/Ensemble Website

Jonathan Pierce Rhodes‡, Cacambo/Ensemble; Candide (Cover) Website

Ryan Johnson‡, Grand Inquisitor/Governor/Ensemble

Lisa Marie Rogali‡, Paquette/Ensemble Website

Keely Futterer‡, Baroness/Vanderdendur/Ensemble Website

Kailee Brandt‡, Soprano/Featured Dancer Website

Joelle Lachance, Soprano/Female Ensemble

Amanda Sheriff‡, Soprano Ensemble Website

Alicia Russell Tagert‡, Minister's Wife/Queen of Eldorado Website

Emma Sucato‡, Mezzo/Featured Dancer

Kyle Sanchez Tingzon‡, Countertenor Website

Carlos Ahrens, Tenor/Baron/King of Eldorado; Cacambo (Cover)

Henry Benson‡, Tenor/Minister

Peter Murphy‡, Tenor/Featured Dancer

Truman Tinius‡, Tenor/Featured Dancer

Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson‡, Baritone/Featured Dancer

W. Morgan-Hill Edgar, Baritone/Male Ensemble

Olivier Zerouali‡, Bass/Baritone/Agent

Artistic Team

Eric Sean Fogel, Director/Choreographer Website

Andrea Beasom, Associate Choreographer

Francesca Zambello, Original Production Director Website

Mario Pacheco‡, Assistant Director

James Noone, Set Designer

Jennifer Moeller, Costume Designer Website

Mark McCullough, Lighting Designer

Tom Watson, Hair & Makeup Designer Website

Joel Morain, Sound Effects Designer

Dustin West, Production Stage Manager

Iván Dario Cano, Stage Manager

Meghan Spear, Asst. Stage Manager

Natalie Main, Asst. Stage Manager

Abbey Murray-Stark, Apprentice Stage Manager

Madison Hertel‡, Dance Captain Website

Joseph Colaneri, Conductor Website

Micah Gleason‡, Assistant Conductor Website

Grant Wenaus, Principal Coach/Continuo Website

Laura Bleakley‡, Assistant Coach

Katherine Kozak, Chorus Director

Kathryn LaBouff, English Diction Coach Website

Jason Zacher‡, Pangloss/Voltaire (Cover); Bass/Agent/Senor Website

Keely Futterer‡, Cunegonde (Cover) Website

Emily Triebold, Old Lady (Cover); Mezzo Ensemble

Korin Thomas-Smith‡, Maximilian/Father Col. (Cover);Bass/Baritone

Madison Hertel‡, Paquette (Cover); Soprano/Featured Dancer Website

Emily Harmon‡, Baroness/Vanderdendur (Cover); Mezzo Ensemble Website

Nataniel Catasca, Grand Inquisitor/Govenor (Cover)

Justin Burgess‡, Martin/James (Cover)

‡ member of the Young Artists Program