LOT Presents: Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" and Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi"

Opera's most dramatic tragedy meets its most outrageous comedy in this double bill full of masks, mayhem, and mistaken identities!

First up, it's tear behind the greasepaint in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" - where jealousy burns hot, and the show must go on...even when murder takes center stage. Then, laugh your way through Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi" - a fast-paced farce of family, fortune, and faked funerals, where one crafty outsider cons his way into the will of the century.

Two tales. One unforgettable night. Will you cry first - or laugh last?

When: August 15, 2025, at 7:30 p.m; August 17, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Theatre Lawrence; 4660 Bauer Farm Dr., Lawrence, KS 66049
Tickets: https://www.lawrenceopera.org/pagliacci-schicchi

PAGLIACCI CAST AND CREW
Directed by: Matthew Haney
Accompanied by: Megan Widger
Maestro: Raffaele Cipriano
Composed by: Ruggero Leoncavallo

Canio/Pagliaccio - Jared Brooks
Nedda/Colombina - Anna Mans
Tonio/Taddeo - Samuel Cotten
Beppe/Arlecchino - Chester Roi Perez-Bingham
Silvio - Powell Brumm
CHORUS: Polly Ayala, Iris Gaul, Addison Acheson, Kristine Overman, Sydney Stewart, Chelsy Cordon, Emma Molteni, Alexis Crist, Anna'Marie Sosa, Linda Jorgenson, Katie Parsons, Madelynn Knisley, Lisa Gerstenkorn, Cadence Mayfield, Timothy Dennison, Nico Caruso, Jonathan Henrikson, James Kerrigan, Samuel Kennedy, Trent Barnecott, Don Hires, Joshua Jensen, Spencer McIntire, William Palo, Levi Valko, Noah Tarjan, Frederic Lee

GIANNI SCHICCHI CAST AND CREW
Directed by: Joseph DeSota
Accompanied by: Megan Widger
Maestro: Raffaele Cipriano
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini

Gianni Schicchi - David Clark
Lauretta - Jie Li
Zita - Susan Hash
Rinuccio - Nico Caruso
Gherardo - Chester Roi Perez-Bingham
Nella - Alexis Crist
Gherardino - Sydney Stewart
Betto di Signa - Levi Valko
Simone - Don Hires
Marco - Kailun Hu
La Ciesca - Kristine Overman
Maestro Spinelloccio - Joshua Jensen
Ser Amantio di Nicolao - Spencer McIntire
Pinellino - TBA
Guccio - Trent Barnecott

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