
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Play and Gabriel Pascal's Motion Picture "PYGMALION"
Directed by Wanda Blount
Music Director Rachel Faidley
Benefactor, patron, season and general admission tickets will go on sale May 26, and are $18.00 for adults and $15.00 for youth.
The box office is staffed on weekdays, starting May 26, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM and 6:30 - 7:30 PM, and one hour before each performance. For reservations, call our Box Office at 641-792-1230.
You are welcome to leave a message with your ticket request and phone number and the staff will reserve your tickets and call you back with confirmation.
Hailed by critics and audiences for its heart and its wit, My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical about transformation, patronage, gender politics and class, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion. Acclaimed Professor and confirmed bachelor Henry Higgins makes a wager with his linguistic colleague Colonel Pickering that in six months he can pass off “gutter snipe” Eliza Doolittle as a duchess at an embassy ball. Through arduous training, day and night, Eliza learns how to speak English “properly,” and transforms into a lady respected and adored by all classes. Along the way she bewitches young Freddy Einsford-Hill into falling in love with her, and convinces a supposed linguistics expert that she is royalty. Through her transformation process, Eliza forges a deep connection with Colonel Pickering and most especially with Professor Higgins. However, she finds herself in a difficult position, now too refined to go back to her old life and not with any means or desire to live life as a lady of leisure – especially by herself. When Higgins completely fails to acknowledge Eliza’s role in her own transformation, she leaves his home. It is only then that Higgins realizes that he cares deeply for Eliza. The musical ends with Eliza’s return to Higgins’ home, and the ending is left ambiguous, yet it is beloved for being both one of the cleverest and one of the most romantic shows of all time.
Roles | Descriptions |
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Henry Higgins | Male, Lead, Baritone |
Colonel Pickering | Male, Lead, Baritone |
Eliza Doolittle | Female, Lead, Soprano |
Mrs. Higgins | Female, Supporting, Spoken |
Mrs. Pearce | Female, Supporting, Mezzo-Soprano |
Professor Zoltan Karpathy | Male, Supporting, Spoken |
Alfred P. Doolittle | Male, Supporting, Baritone |
Freddy Eynsford-Hill | Male, Supporting, Tenor |
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill | Female, Featured, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto |
A Bystander | Either or Both, Featured, Spoken |
Costmongers | Male, Featured, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Bass-Baritone |
Butler | Male, Featured, Spoken |
Footman | Male, Featured, Silent |
Lord Boxington | Male, Featured, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Bass-Baritone |
Lady Boxington | Female, Featured, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto |
Flower Girl | Female, Featured, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto |
Footman | Male, Featured, Spoken |
Selsey Man | Male, Featured, Spoken |
Hoxton Man | Male, Featured, Spoken |
Queen of Transylvania | Female, Featured, Spoken |
Harry | Male, Featured, Bass |
Jamie | Male, Featured, Tenor |
Mrs. Hopkins | Female, Featured, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto |
George | Male, Featured, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Bass-Baritone |
Maid | Female, Ensemble, Silent |
Busker | Either or Both, Ensemble, Silent |
Servant | Either Gender, Ensemble, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass |
Steward | Male, Ensemble, Tenor, Baritone, Bass |
Footman | Male, Ensemble, Silent |
Ensemble | Either Gender, Ensemble, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass |
Who's Who in the Cast and Crew
Role | Actor |
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Eliza Doolittle | Jennifer Earl |
Henry Higgins | Will Edgar |
Colonel Pickering | Matthew Earl |
Alfred P. Doolittle | Jeff Carter |
Mrs. Pearce | Leah Cope |
Mrs. Higgins | Brooke Soppe |
Freddy Eynsford-Hill | Zachary Daly |
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill | Jenny Swersie |
Harry | Layne Keller |
Jamie | Steve Barnett |
Lady Boxington | Sandy Olsthoorn |
Queen of Transylvania | Jenn Beukema |
Mrs. Hopkins Cockney Flower Seller Angry Woman | Julie Goodman |
Maid Servant Chorus Cockney | Rachel Anderson |
Maid Servant Chorus Cockney | Nikki Berry |
Maid Servant Chorus Cockney | Tori Peterson |
Maid Servant Chorus Cockney | Miles Soppe |
Opera Crowd Ascot Cockney | Joy Stout |
Opera Crowd Ascot Cockney | Carolyn Warrick |
Cockney Flower Seller Cockney | Robin Stoner |
Cockney Flower Seller Cockney | Mel Wilson |
Cockney Flower Seller Cockney | Christy Gebhart |
Flower Girl for Freddy Cockney | Zoey Mason |
Mrs. Higgins Maid Cockney | Brooklynn Audas |
Cockney Quartet Higgins Footman Servant Chorus Ascot | Kent Leckband |
Professor Zoltan Karpathy Cockney Quartet Ascot | Terry Faidley |
Lord Boxington Cockney Quartet Angry Man | Bryan Healy |
Hoxton Man Cockney Quartet Footman at Embassy | Michael Myers |
Higgins Butler Servant Chorus Cockney | Larry Hurto |
Bartender George Ascot Cockney | Arvin Van Zante |
Cockney Footman at Embassy | Jona Swersie |
Policeman Cockney | Chad Gebhart |
Selsey Charles the Chauffeur Cockney | Cale Gebhart |
Music Director: Rachel Faidley
Instrument | Musician |
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Piano | Greta Wallace |
Bass | Chas Beeler |
Percussion | Cathi Wickett |
Trombones | Joel Schoening Jaime Cantu |
Trumpets | Alan Cline Joel Jones |
French Horn | Linn Reisetter |
Flute | Bobbi McCleary |
Clarinets | Deb Stoulil Pam Andrews |
Violins | Kristin Brostrom Kate Fudge |
Viola | John Keller |
Cello | Alisha Jones |
Production Staff
Stage Manager | TBA |
Rehearsal Pianist | Greta Wallace |
Choreography | TBA |
Stage Crew | TBA |
Props | TBA |
Lights | TBA |
Sound Design & Operation | TBA |
Set Design | TBA |
Set Construction | TBA |
Set Painting | TBA |
Costumes | TBA |
Hair & Makeup | TBA |
Playbill & Social Media | TBA |
Poster Design | TBA |
Approach
Our goal and our passion has been to work hard, entertain our fans, and just plain have fun. We are excited to be performing weekly and hope to see you soon at a show – take a look at our calendar, or just drop us a line.