Adapted from Homer’s 11th Century BC epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, The Golden Apple however, takes place at the turn of the 20th Century, in Washington State, near Mt. Olympus, in the small town of Angel’s Roost. Everyone is thrown into confusion when Menelaus’s wife, Helen, runs off with a traveling salesman (in town to judge an apple pie contest) named Paris. Ulysses, just returned from the Spanish- American War, is already restless and goes to retrieve Helen, leaving his wife Penelope for a ten-year adventure. Entirely through-sung, in styles ranging from operetta to calypso to jazz (“Lazy Afternoon”), The Golden Apple was one of the very first musicals to open Off-Broadway. This mash-up of eras, styles and locales transferred to Broadway only a month later and won the 1955 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical.
The Golden Apple


The Golden Apple
Cast














Sasha Weiss *
Mrs. Juniper/Madame Calypso














Perry Lambert *
Menelaus/Scylla














Matt Kriger *
Diomede














Tim Woods *
Patroclus














Bryan Vickery *
Nestor














Adam Trent
Ajax














Dayna-Alice Austin *
Ensemble














Abby Bolin *
Ensemble














Rory Dunn *
Ensemble














Mitchell McCollum *
Ensemble














Kendra Munger *
Ensemble














Lamont Alexander Pierce *
Ensemble














Dana Shaw *
Ensemble
* Guest Artist
Show Details
When
February 8, 2015 7:00 pm
Where
Moss Theatre
Format
Staged Concert Reading
Music by
Jerome Moss
Book and Lyrics by
John LaTouche
Director
Michael Van Duzer
Musical Director
Richard Berent
Choreographer
Todd Nielsen
Paris Sequences Choreographer
Mark C. Reis
Production Supervision
Robin DeLano & David Holmes
Show Photographer
Alan Weston