A jilted bride driven to madness, a baronet cursed to perform wicked deeds, a local guild of disgruntled professional bridesmaids, the village beauty held hostage by etiquette, the shy farmer she loves, the heroic sailor prepared to sacrifice friendship to win her hand, and ghosts!
An ancient witch’s curse has condemned each heir of Ruddigore to commit a crime a day or perish in agony. Refusing to submit to this fate, the latest baronet of Ruddigore fakes his death and goes into hiding in the local village as timid farmer Robin Oakapple leaving his younger brother, Sir Despard, to shoulder the family curse. When his identity is betrayed, will the shy and honest Robin be able to stomach the family tradition of moustache-twirling villainy-for-life or will his exasperated ancestors return from the grave to haunt him?
Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical take on Melodrama and the Victorian obsession with the supernatural, Ruddigore turns the gothic romance tropes of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Picture of Dorian Gray on their head in this zany comedy operetta that will delight the whole family.
Performances of Ruddigore will be at The Grand in Ellsworth on March 7, 8, 9 & 14, 15, 16.
News
- Annual Meeting 2024
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine will host its Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 26th at 1 pm. The meeting will be held at Dotti Schaller’s house in Sullivan, Maine (email us at info@gilbertsullivanmaine.org for the address). This is a potluck event and a time for us to gather and… - Ruddigore Auditions
Auditions for lead roles in Ruddigore will be held on on Saturday, October 19 from 1-3 PM and Monday, October 21 from 6-8 PM at the Moore Center (125 State Street) in Ellsworth. If you plan to audition, send us an email at info@gilbertsullivanmaine.org so we know when to expect… - GSSME Receives Maine Theater Grant from The Maine Community Foundation
We are delighted to announce that The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine is one of the recipients of Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater grant for 2023/24! These funds will help GSSME produce its upcoming, fully-staged production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta The Sorcerer performed with full orchestra at The… - Watch Our 2023 Production of The Pirates of Penzance!
The video recording of the 2023 GSSME production of The Pirates of Penzance is now on our YouTube channel! Open this post to watch it now! - Announcing the 2023/2024 Lee Patterson Classical Voice Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to: Zach Field, Ron Marsh, Sara Phillips, Nayeli Monahan, Aidan Pasha, Kahlan Hanle, and Catherine Hanle! - A Gilbert & Sullivan Musical Revue at New Surry Theatre
Enjoy an evening of favorite scenes and songs from the works of Gilbert and Sullivan at 7pm on Saturday, October 15th, 2022 at the New Surry Theatre in Blue Hill! Above all the shenanigans of a pattering preamble from John Wellington Wells, the discovery of a piratical paradox, and the…
