The Pittsburgh Savoyards continue their 88th season this fall with Gilbert and Sullivan’s penultimate operetta, Utopia, Limited. Performances will be held October 10-12 and 17-19 2025 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, PA (Directions and parking). Online livestreams are also available for select performances (TBD). Select performances will feature full supertitles for both lyrics and dialogue; others will feature supertitles for lyrics only.
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Performance dates and times are as follows:
- Friday, October 10 at 7:30 pm
- Saturday, October 11 at 7:30 pm
- Sunday, October 12 at 2:30 pm
- Friday, October 17 at 7:30 pm
- Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 pm
- Sunday, October 19 at 2:30 pm
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Gilbert & Sullivan’s Utopia, Limited is a delightfully absurd operetta in which a small island decides their surest path to greatness is to copy Victorian England—down to the last legal loophole and layer of red tape. The island’s ruler calls in a troupe of overconfident British “experts” to transform their traditional island into a model of modern civilization, complete with companies, contracts, and comically complicated rules. Of course, the results are ridiculous: tradition collides with bureaucracy, common sense disappears under paperwork, and the dream of progress spins wildly out of control. With playful satire, larger-than-life characters, and music that bubbles with mischief, Utopia, Limited turns modernization into a hilarious spectacle and proves that trying to be “perfectly proper” can be perfectly disastrous.
Utopia, Limited is Gilbert & Sullivan’s thirteenth composition as a duo and originally premiered in October of 1893. Unlike their previous compositions, it was not considered a success in its time and was rarely revived professionally. In modern times, however, it has been rediscovered and celebrated by a devoted fanbase as a hidden gem of the canon.
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Production Staff
Music Director – Guy Russo
Stage Director – Robert Hockenberry
Production Manager – Lynette Garlan
Production Stage Manager – Andrea Lisiak
Assistant Stage Manager – Sam Brown
Lighting Designer – Garth Schafer
Costumer –Beth Shari
| Role | Performer |
|---|---|
| King Paramount the First, King of Utopia | Logan Newman Corey Nile Wingard |
| Lady Sophy, English Gouvernante | Sally Denmead Bridget Johnston |
| Captain Fitzbattleaxe, First Life Guards | Zhen Yu Ding Nicholas Graef |
| Princess Zara, eldest daughter of King Paramount | Abigail Arhart Alessandra Gabianelli |
| Leander, Judge of the Utopian Supreme Court | Phil Morelli |
| Phobus, Judge of the Utopian Supreme Court | Alex Polichicchio |
| Mr. Goldbury, a Company Promoter | Omar Tolentino Benjamin Zaksek |
| Princess Theta, daughter of King Paramount | Kathleen Carney Jordan Hightower |
| Princess Leta, daughter of King Paramount | Erin McElhenny Jessica McGunigle |
| Thanatos, The Public Exploder | Eric Schaffer |
| Phylla, Utopian Maiden | Chelsie Clydesdale Brienne Sharo |
| Lord Dramaleigh, a British Lord Chamberlain | Will Benedum William Carter |
| Sir Bailey Barre, Q.C., M.P. | Cecil Treleven |
| Mr. Blushington, of the County Council | Chris Bartko |
| Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, KCB, of the Royal Navy | Don Gudenburr |
| Cadmus, The Utopian Vice-Chamberlain | Hannah Balash |
| Anthea, Utopian Maiden | Katie Kirby Kathryn Morosky |
| Melia, Utopian Maiden | Kat Bowman Casey Arn |
| Utopians | Denise Allen Chris Carter Leslie Clark D. Elizabeth Cohen Michele Gray-Schaffer Keri Hoffmann Amanda Leigh Inara Manzetti Shelby Nester Katherine Ohliger Anne Peterson Oliver Schmigel Carolee Shearer Kira Varela Veronica White Soph Willis |