Utopia, Limited – Fall 2025

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). All performances will feature full supertitles for both lyrics and dialogue.

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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 (L)
  • Sunday, October 12 at 2:30 pm
  • Friday, October 17 at 7:30 pm
  • Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 pm (L)
  • Sunday, October 19 at 2:30 pm

L: Livestream also available

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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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More Information

Preview: Utopia, Limited with the Pittsburgh Savoyards – WQED-FM Voice of the Arts

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

RolePerformer
King Paramount the First, King of UtopiaLogan Newman (Oct. 10, 11, 12)
Corey Nile Wingard (Oct. 17, 18, 19)
Lady Sophy, English GouvernanteBridget Johnston (Oct. 10, 11, 12)
Sally Denmead (Oct. 17, 18, 19)
Captain Fitzbattleaxe, First Life GuardsZhen Yu Ding (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Nicholas Graef (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Princess Zara, eldest daughter of King ParamountAlessandra Gabianelli (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Abigail Arhart (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Leander, Judge of the Utopian Supreme CourtSean Lenhart
Phobus, Judge of the Utopian Supreme CourtAlex Polichicchio
Mr. Goldbury, a Company PromoterBenjamin Zaksek (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Omar Tolentino (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Princess Theta, daughter of King ParamountKathleen Carney (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Jordan Hightower (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Princess Leta, daughter of King ParamountErin McElhenny (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Jessica McGunigle (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Thanatos, The Public ExploderEric Schaffer
Phylla, Utopian MaidenBrienne Sharo (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Chelsie Clydesdale (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Lord Dramaleigh, a British Lord ChamberlainWill Benedum (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
William Carter (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Sir Bailey Barre, Q.C., M.P.Cecil Treleven
Mr. Blushington, of the County CouncilChris Bartko
Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, KCB, of the Royal NavyDon Gudenburr
Cadmus, The Utopian Vice-ChamberlainHannah Balash
Anthea, Utopian MaidenKathryn Morosky (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Katie Kirby (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
Melia, Utopian MaidenCasey Arn (Oct. 10, 12, 18)
Kat Bowman (Oct. 11, 17, 19)
UtopiansDenise Allen
Martin Altschul
Chris Carter
Leslie Clark
Michele Gray-Schaffer
Keri Hoffmann
Amanda Leigh
Inara Manzetti
Katherine Ohliger
Anne Peterson
Emma Schmigel
Carolee Shearer
Kira Varela
Veronica White
Soph Willis