The Yeomen of The Guard or, The Merryman and His Maid

Full Orchestra Performances

Saturday, June 20, at 8 p.m.
The Star Playhouse at the Suffolk Y JCC in Commack.

Sunday, June 21, at 3 p.m.
The CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale.

Saturday, June 27, at 8 p.m.
The Jeanne Rimsky Theatre at the Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington.

Sunday, June 28, at 3 p.m.
The Madison Theatre at Molloy University in Rockville Centre.

Principal Only Performances (Piano) in April/May

Director: Gayden Wren
Music Director: Stephen O’Leary
Maestro: Michael C. Haigler
Rehearsal Assistant: Farah Chandu

Looking for a ‘Few Good Men’!

Rehearsals for the 2026 production of The Yeomen of The Guard are underway! The show has been cast BUT we are still looking for a few men to act in a non-singing capacity. Contact gaslocoli1954@gmail.com for information on upcoming rehearsals!

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ABOUT

The Yeomen of the Guard; or The Merryman and His Maid, is the darkest and most emotionally engaging of the Savoy Operas. The opera takes place in the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry VIII.

In the 1510s, the noble Colonel Fairfax has been wrongly accused of sorcery by a scheming cousin who covets his estate. He has been confined to the Tower of London,
where he is scheduled to die within the hour.

Fairfax hatches a plan to foil his cousin by secretly marrying a strolling singer, named Elsie Maynard, who agrees to be his bride in exchange for 100 pounds in gold, expecting to be a widow in an hour. However, Fairfax miraculously escapes, and chaos ensues—not least for Elsie and for her partner, Jack Point, who wants her to marry him.”

ROLES:

Sir Richard Cholmondeley: lieutenant of the Tower.
Colonel Fairfax: war hero unjustly sentenced to die.
Sergeant Meryll: leader of the Tower warders.
Leonard Meryll: war hero assigned to the Tower.
Jack Point: strolling player/jester.
Wilfred Shadbolt: head jailer and assistant tormentor.
Elsie Maynard: strolling player/singer.
Phoebe Meryll: craftswoman employed at the Tower.
Dame Carruthers: housekeeper of the Tower.
Kate: Dame Carruthers’ niece.
The Headsman: executioner.
First Yeoman: member of the Tower Warders.
Second Yeoman: member of the Tower Warders.
First Citizen: craftsman employed at the Tower.
Second Citizen: craftsman employed at the Tower.