The Matchmaker
By Thornton Wilder
11th November - 2nd December 2000
SYNOPSIS
This bold classic comedy set in New York at the turn of the century is a wonderfully comic end of year romp
full of mistaken identities with larger than life characters. "The Matchmaker", by Thornton Wilder, is based
on his own earlier "The Merchant Of Yonkers" and was also turned into the highly successful stage and screen
adaptation better known as "Hello Dolly".
CAST
| Horace Van Der Gelder |
|
Barry Spring |
| Dolly Levi |
|
Kathy Lowe |
| Irene Molloy |
|
Ngaire Jones |
| Minnie Fay |
|
Hannah Walker |
| Cornelius Hackl |
|
Darren White |
| Barnaby Tucker |
|
Amin Sheik |
| Ermengarde |
|
Rebecca Leys |
| Joe Scanlon |
|
Bryan Nicholson |
| Ambrose Kemper |
|
Mark Anthony |
| Malachi Stack |
|
Matt MacDougall |
| Gertrude |
|
Robin Nicholson |
| Flora Van Huysen |
|
Sheila Summers |
| Cook |
|
Reeva Chapman |
| August |
|
Keith Harford |
| Rudolph |
|
Barry Vaughan |
| The Cabman |
|
Peter Mason |
| The Gypsy |
|
Boris Brown |
CREW
| Director |
|
Brian Hannam |
| Production Assistant |
|
Sherrill Allen |
| Stage Manager |
|
John Whittaker |
| Set Design |
|
Derrick Knight |
| Stage Decor &
Art |
|
Justine Wyatt |
| Set Decor and Furniture |
|
John Kelleher |
| Costume Design |
|
Lara Blomfield |
| Lighting Design |
|
Robert Coup |
| Sound Design |
|
Nick Baker |
| Property Design |
|
Tammy O'Halloran
& Sherrill Allen |
| Properties Team
Leader |
|
Llana Pearce |
| Props Assistants |
|
Christine Evans, Jeanette Thorne &
Jane Kline |
| Rehearsal Prompt |
|
Sally Ann Smith |
| Wardrobe Assistants |
|
Audrey Stickland, Helen Stilwell &
Robin Nicholson |
| Technical Assistants |
|
Bob Downes
& Jonathan Sadler |
| Set Construction |
|
Alan Stokes, Roy Dillon &
Alan and Dot Fish |
| Photography |
|
Barry Spring |
| Front Of House |
|
Gwen Dillon |
| Box Office |
|
Helen Stilwell |
| Reservations |
|
Colin Snedden |
|
Programme Design
|
|
Syd Mannion |
|
|
|
| Special Acknowledgements |
|
Pat Weatherill |
|
|
Leanne Wyatt |
|
|
Jason Twemlow |
|
|
Jane Holland |
|
|
Marion Olsen |
|
|
Auckland Music Theatre |