The Ballad of Baby Doe (1981)
Music by Douglas Moore
Libretto by John Latouche
Company Premiere
Performed in English
Performances: June 20, 28, July 4, 8, 10
Other Productions: 1995
Cast
Horace Tabor: Brian Steele
Augusta Tabor: Rose Taylor
Mrs. Elizabeth Doe: Jennifer Ringo
Mama McCourt: Penny Gallagher
William Jennings Bryan: Edward Bogusz
Chester A. Arthur: Jeffrey Mosher
Father Chapelle: Philip Burkett
Sarah: Victoria Brandt
Mary: Mara Dumski
Emily: Mary Westbrook-Geha
Effie: Barbara Shulze
Sam: Charles Matthew Foerschler
Bushy: Charles Garmen
Barney: Kimm Julian
Jacob: John Kuether
An old silver miner: Joel Dulyea
Saloon keeper: Brian Nelson
Kate: Annette Nauraine
Meg: Susan Jacquemot
Cousin Jack: Thomas Potter
Samantha: Marge Maust
A clerk at the Clarendon Hotel: Evan Denmark
Albert: Larry Adamczyk
Four Washington Dandies: David Price, Nicholas Park, David Small, Richard Harper
Footman: Wilburn Brasfield
Baby Doe’s Family: Brian Nelson, David Mannell, Pam Lewis, Roxann Kraemer
Elizabeth, age 12: Kara Cogswell
Silver Dollar, age 7: Sara Jeanne Mace
Mayor of Leadville: David Price
Newsboys: Michael Best, David Mannell
A Denver politician: Paul Kreider
Silver Dollar: Susan Jacquemot
Dance hall girls: Karl Goettel, Marilyn Mims, Michele Troise, Roxann Kraemer
Production
Conductors: Robert L. Larsen, Victor DeRenzi
Stage Director: Robert L. Larsen
Assistant Stage Directors: Thomas Holliday, Buck Ross, Dugg McDonough
Scenic Designer: Dean Tschetter
Lighting Designer: Robert Wierzel
Chorus Master: Victor DeRenzi
Costumes: Krause Costume Company
