Performing & Fine Arts: Mock's Crest

Mission Statement

Mock's Crest is a semi professional company devoted to a yearly summer production of comic light opera, primarily the operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan, that combines professional singers and musicians with the students, faculty and staff in the Department of the Performing and Fine Arts at the University of Portland.  The production company was originally created under the guidance of Dr. Roger Doyle in 1990 with the support of the theatre faculty as his production team.  The goal of this organization is to bring quality musical theatre to the University’s campus, the local Mock's Crest neighborhood and the greater Portland area by remounting and reinterpreting these great works of music, and connecting the young performing artists at the University to the larger Portland music community. 

This Year’s Production: Die Fledermaus

 

The Program

Each summer, the University of Portland’s semi-professional theater company, Mock’s Crest Productions, stages a production of comic light opera. This year’s featured operetta is Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, which will be shown on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, as well as two Thursday performances, during the month of June on the University’s campus in Mago Hunt Theater.

Evening performances are June 7-8, 14-15, 20-22, 27-29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are June 9, 16, 23, and 30 at 2:00 p.m. In addition to the performance, you may also join us for brunch or dinner service and introductory remarks by company members before the show. The meal which is available 90 minutes before each show, is hosted under coverage of a tent on the lawn in front of Mago Hunt Theater and is provided through the University’s food service provider, Bon Appetit Management Company. Snacks and beverages are also available for purchase during intermission.

The Synopsis

Join us for an evening of white lies, mistaken identities, and revenge set in the roaring 20s of New York City. The womanizing Gabriel Eisenstein is convinced by his friend Dr. Falke to postpone a ten-day jail term in order to attend a fabulous party that evening at the penthouse apartment of Orlofsky, a famous bon vivant. Falke hopes to punish Gabriel for a previous encounter. In her husband’s absence, Rosalinda receives her former flame Alfred, but they are soon interrupted as the warden comes for her husband. To protect her reputation, she convinces Alfred to pose as Gabriel and be carted off in Jail in his place. Following instructions from Falke, Rosalinda disguises herself as a Hungarian countess and goes to the party in the hopes of exposing her husband’s philandering ways. But as the champagne flows, so do the misdeeds of our guilty subjects until all is resolved the next morning.

The Players

One of several individuals returning to Mock’s Crest Productions this year is Kristine McIntyer who has directed a number of previous Mock’s Crest shows, including “The Mikado” in 2010. Other veterans include resident University faculty member Larry Larsen who will be designing the sets and lights and resident costume designer Darrin Pufall. Returning cast members include Catherine Olsen and Brian Tierney, both last seen in the 2011 production of “The yeoman of the Guard,” and Stacey Murdoch who was in the 2009 production of “A Little Night Music.”

The tickets

Tickets are available starting May 6 at 9:00 a.m. through the University of Portland’s Mago Hunt Box Office. In addition to returning the order form, tickets may be purchased by emailing magohuntboxoffice@up.edu or by calling the Box Office at 503-943-7287. Tickets are $30 for adults. Seniors, students (with valid I.d.), and groups of ten or more are $25 each. For those interested in a meal before the show, dinners are $14.50 and include farm fresh green salad, local vegetables, grilled chicken breast, fingerling potatoes, and a dessert station with fresh berries. Brunch is $13.50 and features local vegetable frittata, ham and smoked salmon, fingerling potatoes, fresh fruit, and baked pastries.

University of Portland
Mago Hunt Center Theatre
5000 N Willamette Blvd
Portland, OR  97203