Pagliacci

7:30PM, Friday, June 27, 2025
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
9501 Skokie Blvd,
Skokie, IL 60077
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2:00PM, Sunday, June 29, 2025
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
9501 Skokie Blvd,
Skokie, IL 60077
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Music & Libretto by:Ruggero Leoncavallo
ConductorUff. Emanuele Andrizzi
DirectorSasha Gerritson
Performed in Italianwith English Supertitles
Venue:North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Running Time:105 Minutes (there will be a 15 minutes intermission)
Tickets:$25 – $50

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The season concludes with one of the pillars of Italian opera and one of the most passionate dramas of all times, I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Sung in Italian, Pagliacci follows the story of a troupe of actors led by Canio and his unfaithful wife Nedda. Love triangles, heartbreaks, betrayal and violent verismo vendettas erupt on stage, where art imitates life in this tragic masterpiece.

Starring:

  • Michelle Allie Drever | Nedda
  • Jonathan Burton | Canio
  • Franco Pomponi | Tonio
  • Jerek Fernandez | Peppe
  • Jonathan Wilson | Silvio

Chorus:

  • Floriana Bivona
  • Lizzie Broeker
  • Benjamin Burney
  • Melanie Budreck
  • Winifer Castaneda
  • Jorie Clark
  • Ryan Daly
  • Jade Dasha
  • Angeal DeVenuto
  • David Green
  • Abigail Greer Arcamona
  • Cameo Humes
  • Marina Karimi
  • Jess Koehn
  • Ally Lewkowski
  • Cary Lovett

    • Samantha McGonigal
    • Margaret Meierhenry
    • Gisella Milla
    • Lauryn Nelson
    • Chiemerie Obianom
    • Jennifer Parr
    • Brian Pember
    • Leo Radosavljevic
    • Pamela Spann
    • Diana Stoic
    • Meg Thomas-Cary
    • Daniel Uglunts
    • Jose Vargas Ramirez
    • Carmen Vizin
    • Vince Wallace
    • Kevin Wheatle

      Children’s Chorus:
    • Leah Born
    • Rachel Born
    • Ella McCarty
    • Sarah Winger
    • Emily Laginess
    • Rae Hill
    • Eliza Hinton
    • Riley Tone

    Crew

    Conductor: Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi
    Director: Sasha Gerritson
    Chorus Master: Richard Robbins
    Assistant Conductor: Catherine O’Shaunessy
    Production Manager: Darren Brown
    Technical Director: TBA
    Costume Designer: Bill Morey
    Costumes Supervisor: Erzebet Schneider
    Set Designer: Shane Cinal
    Lighting Designer: Mike Goebel
    Recording Engineer: Mary Mazurek
    Hair & Wigs Designer: Melanie Saso
    Makeup Designer: Errin Austin
    Supertitle design: Sasha Gerritson
    Assistant to the Director: Gisella Milla
    Supertitle Operator: TBA
    Master Electrician: Sebastian Medina
    Assistant Lighting Designer: Hannah Wein
    Stage Manager: Kaitlyn Meine
    House Manager: Lorenzo Formosa
    Publicity Director: James Juliano (SHOUT!)
    Production Assistant: Jacob Little
    Orchestra Manager: Luis Viva
    Chorus Accompanist: Leo Radosavljevich