Regional U.S. Productions: The performance
rights for Pimpernel are available from the Tams-Witmark Music Library. Local and regional
productions are happening throughout the U.S. and beyond. You can watch for updates on this site, on the
Production List at the Official Scarlet Pimpernel Website
or in your local theater listings. Calendar Listings:
Current & Upcoming, US.
What has been done in the past?
Minskoff Theatre, New York: Pimpernel had a unique development in New
York. It has seen three separate incarnations on the Great White Way. The show
first opened on 9 November 1997 at the Minskoff Theatre with Douglas Sills,
Christine Andreas and Terrence Mann in the lead roles. Previews for this run
started on 7 October 1997, and it played through 1 October 1998. This wasn't an
outright closing, however...
In an unprecedented move, new producers came on board in mid-run to revitalize
the show. The creative team, with new director Robert Longbottom, made numerous
revisions. These included many alterations to the script and blocking, and the
addition, modification or removal of several songs. Thus, the original version of
the show was quite different from any of those which have been performed since.
The revised Pimpernel resumed performances at the Minskoff on 10 October 1998.
The second run of the show officially opened on 4 November, and played through 30
May 1999. Douglas Sills remained in the title role, and was joined by Rachel York
and Rex Smith. The "Encore!" recording was
released to reflect the changes in the song list for this production.
Neil Simon Theatre, New York: Needing to vacate the Minskoff Theatre,
Pimpernel saw a few more changes to allow it to play in smaller venues.
It went on a "mini-tour" during the summer of 1999, stopping in Dallas and
Houston, Texas and in Atlanta, Georgia.
The leads for this tour were Ron Bohmer, Carolee Carmello and Marc Kudisch.
This cast and production then returned to New York, opening at the Neil Simon
Theatre on 10 September 1999 and playing there through 2 January 2000.
First U.S. tour: The first national tour of
Pimpernel played in thirty-two cities. The tour opened in New Haven,
Connecticut on 20 February 2000, and its final performance was in Grand Rapids,
Michigan on 1 April 2001. The touring cast featured William Michals, Amy Bodnar
and, playing the lead role at different times, Douglas Sills, Robert Patteri and
Ron Bohmer.
Regional productions: Starting in the spring of 2001,
Pimpernel has appeared on stages across the U.S. and beyond. You can
find details in the Calendar Section and on the
Production List at the
Official Scarlet Pimpernel
Website. For information on upcoming performances, see
above. Calendar Listings:
Past,
US.
Tampere, Finland: Pimpernel had its European premiere at
Tampere Theatre on 10 October 2001, where previews began 5 October. The show had a
successful run of 76 performances in the 2001-02 season, ending 18 May. The show
reopened for another season on 15 October and closed on 31 December 2002. The well
received production has played almost 100 performances over a period of fifteen
months. The production had alternating leads: Kake Aunesneva played Percy with
Marjorie as Marguerite and Jukka Leisti as Chauvelin; and Mikko Nousiainen played
Percy with Ritva Jalonen as Marguerite Kari Arffman as Chauvelin. Mikko Viherjuuri
directed and provided the Finnish book translation, with lyrics translated by Jukka
Virtanen. See the
production details
listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Finland.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada: Kingston College
hosted the Fine Arts Department of Liberty University, presenting the
Canadian premiere of Pimpernel, 18-19 January 2002.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Canada.
Atizapán and Monterrey, México: Pimpernel had its Spanish
language premiere in México on 25 January 2002. Grupo de Teatro del Sistema Tec de Monterrey
presented thirteen performances of the show in Atizapán in January, March and April, and one in
Monterrey in February 2002. Tec de Monterrey reprised this production at Campus Monterrey, on 21-23 November
2008 and 16-18 January 2009. The Spanish translation was done by Mónica Diaz. See the details of the
first run and
second run on the
Pimpernel website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past,
México.
The United Kingdom: Pimpernel had its UK premiere in a production by the St. Mary's
Players in Clifton, Bristol, England, 2-6 April 2002. The show has seen many productions throughout the UK
since then, by different performing groups. The London-area premiere was presented by the SideShow Theatre
Company in Ilford, East London, England, 19-22 February 2003. The Scottish premiere was presented by The
Leven Amateur Musical Association in Leven, Fife, Scotland, 11-15 March 2003. The Welsh premiere was
presented by The Abbey Players in Swansea, Wales, 23-27 November 2004. Current and upcoming productions in
the UK are listed above. For a complete list of past productions, and more information,
visit the past international production
list at the official Pimpernel website. Calendar Listings:
Past, UK.
Galway, Ireland: The Irish premiere of
Pimpernel was presented by the Galway Musical Society, 8-13 April 2002.
For more information see the
production
listing at the official Pimpernel website. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Ireland.
Second U.S. Tour: A non-equity tour of Pimpernel travelled the
States, starting 27 September 2002 in Byron Center, Michigan and ending 20-21
November 2002 in Logan, Utah. Rye Mullis played the title role, Anne Brummel
was Marguerite and Stephen Brown was Chauvelin. For more information visit the
tour page at the
official Pimpernel website. Calendar Listings:
Non-Equity Tour.
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia: The Willoughby
Musical Society presented the Australian premiere of Pimpernel at
Bailey Hall in the Civic Center, in Chatswood (Sydney area), 12-23 November
2002. The production was directed by Tom Sweeney, with music direction by Mark
Pigot and choreography by Frances Alexander. Matt Reynolds carried the title
roles, and was joined by Hannah Free as Marguerite and Sean Andrews as
Chauvelin. See the
production details
listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Australia.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada: The Windsor Light Opera
presented Pimpernel at the Chrysler Theatre, 15-24 November 2002. The
production was directed by David Burrows, with musical direction by Rick Farrer
and choreography by Lauren Posloski. Karl Miller played Percy, Jeanne DeLong
was Marguerite and Glenn DeLong was Chauvelin. See the
production details
listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Canada.
Halle, Germany: The German language premiere production of Pimpernel recently
concluded its sixth season, which ran from 26 January 2008 through 17 May 2008 at the Opernhaus
Halle.
The first season opened on 14 February 2003 and ran through 13 June 2003, the second ran
from 1 November 2003 through 25 March 2004, the third ran from 19 November 2004 through 6
March 2005, the fourth ran from 3 December 2005 through 17 June 2006 and the fifth ran from
27 January through 17 June 2007.
The cast of this production has included Darius Merstein-MacLeod and Christoph Goetten as Percy,
Ann-Christin Elverum and Maricel as Marguerite and Christopher Murray as Chauvelin. Koen Schoots, who
brought Jekyll to Bremen, is music director. The German translation was provided by
Wolfgang Adenberg. See the
production details
listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Halle, Germany.
Hamilton, New Zealand: The Hillcrest High School
presented the premiere of Pimpernel in New Zealand, at the WestpacTrust
Community Theatre in Hamilton, 8-10 April 2003. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
New Zealand.
Zoetermeer, The Netherlands: Greg & Baud Productions
presented the Dutch-language premiere of Pimpernel at Buytenpark
Theater, 12-29 June 2003. The production had an alternating cast, made up of
Marco Valk and Remco Hoogweg as Percy, Milan van Weelden and Frank Bovelander
as Chauvelin, and Martine de Jong and Evelien van Hooff as Marguerite. The
translation was by Sebastiaan Smits. See the
production
details listing on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Netherlands.
Klingenberg am Main, Germany: The second production of Pimpernel
in Germany was presented at the tenth annual Clingenberg Festival in Klingenberg
am Main. The production was the centerpiece of the summer, open-air festival, and
was performed 18 June - 27 July, 2003. Wolfgang DeMarco was Percy, Anna Carolin
Stein was Marguerite and Marc Pagan was Chauvelin. See the
production
details listing on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Germany
Klingenberg am Main.
Münster, Germany: Freies Musical Ensemble
Münster launched another German staging of Pimpernel with performances
in Münster, Gütersloh, and Witten-Annen from 5 July through 26 July, 2003.
Leading the cast were Carsten Ulmer as Percy, Kristina Leugers as Marguerite and
Carsten Jaehner as Chauvelin. See the
production
details listing on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Germany
Freies Musical Ensemble.
Nunawading, Victoria, Australia: NOVA Music Theatre
presented the second Australian production of Pimpernel at the Whitehorse
Centre in Nunawading (Melbourne area), 17 October through 1 November 2003. The
cast was led by Shaun Joseph as Percy, Hannah Free as Marguerite and Denis Rebic
as Chauvelin. See the
production
details listing on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Australia.
Holstebro, Denmark: The Danish language
premiere of Pimpernel took place at The Musical Theater of Holstebro,
21 January - 1 February 2004. In this production, Percy was played by Ole
Jørgensen, Marguerite by Karina Ørsted Nielsen and Chauvelin by
Kent Blak Campos. The Danish translation was by Mogens Kjær and John
Eggert. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Denmark.
Victoria, Gozo, Malta: The Helping Hands Group
presented Pimpernel at the Don Bosco Theatre on 26 and 27 March 2004.
The production starred Rob Ricards as Percy, Karen Polidano as Marguerite and
Roger Tirazona as Chauvelin. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Malta.
Montréal, Québec, Canada: Expression
presented the third production of Pimpernel in Canada... and the first,
worldwide, in the French language. The production took place at
Monument-National, in Montréal, Québec, 7-10 April 2004. The cast
was led by Benoît Godard as Percy, Geneviève Nadeau as Marguerite
and Michel Gionet as Chauvelin. The French translation was by Francis
Grégoire. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Canada.
Brighton, Victoria, Australia: St. Leonard's
College presented the third Australian Pimpernel production, at the Kevin
Woods Centre in Brighton (Melbourne area), 13-16 May 2004. The double cast for
the production included Omar Moustafa and Andrew Olszewski as Percy, Cindy
Devola and Camilla Wallace as Marguerite and Alex Godfrey and Scott Malovan as
Chauvelin. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Australia.
Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland: The Thurles Musical
Society presented Pimpernel at Premier Hall in Thurles, Ireland, 15-19
2005. Kenneth O'Regan led the cast as Sir Percy, with Cathy Keane as
Marguerite and Darragh Kennedy as Chauvelin. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Ireland.
North Gosford, New South Wales, Australia: The
Gosford Musical Society presented Pimpernel at the Laycock Street
Theatre, 14 October through 5 November 2005. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Australia.
Dutch Tour: Het Brabants Muziek-Theater presented
a tour of Pimpernel in The Netherlands. Performances took place from 28
October through 10 December 2005. The cast was led by Dirk Postma as Percy,
Marianne Laere and Franca Couwenberg as Marguerite, and Ton Sieben as
Chauvelin. The production used a new Dutch translation by Jos Ritzerfeld. See
the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Netherlands.
Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CLOC Musical Theatre
presented Pimpernel at Monash University's Alexander Theatre in
Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 12-27 May 2006. The cast was led by Toby
Truscott as Percy, Suzanne Gedicke as Marguerite and Shaun Kingma as Chauvelin.
For more details see the
production
listing on the official Pimpernel website. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Australia.
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: Guilford Young College presented
the Tasmanian premiere of Pimpernel at Theatre Royal, 29 June - 1 July
2006. For more information see the
production
details on the Pimpernel Website. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Australia.
Wanneroo, Australia: The Limelight Theatre presented Pimpernel
in Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia from 23 November through 8 December 2006. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Australia.
Deventer, The Netherlands: Musical- en Operettevereniging Deventer
presented Pimpernel at Deventer Schouwburg in Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands,
24-26 November 2006. The cast was led by Aernout Pleket as Percy, Kim de Fuyk as Marguerite and
Robert van Leeuwen as Chauvelin. This production used the Dutch translation by Jos Ritzerfeld.
For more information see the
production
details on the Pimpernel Website. Calendar Listings: Past,
Netherlands.
Staatz, Austria: Felsenbuehne Staatz presented the Austrian
premiere production of Pimpernel at their open-air venue from 20 July through 11 August
2007. This production used the German translation by Wolfgang Adenberg. See the
production details
on the Pimpernel website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past, Austria.
Sweden: Östgötateatern presented the Swedish premiere of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Performances took place at Stora Teatern in Linköping, Sweden, 28 September - 24 November 2007 and then
at Stora Teatern in Norrköping, Sweden, 15 December 2007 - 16 February 2008. The Swedish translation
was by Magnus Lindman, and the show was directed by Stina Ancker, choreographed by Mattias Carlsson and music
directed by Janne Lindstedt. The cast was led by Richard Carlsohn, Katarina Giotas and Peter Gröning.
For more information, see the listing on the
Pimpernel website.
Calendar Listings:
Past, Sweden.
Kolbotn, Norway: Scenario (Sceneartister i Oppegard) presented the
first production of Pimpernel in Norway. The production took place at Kolben, in
Kolbotn, Norway, from 31 October through 22 November 2007. The Norwegian translation was
provided by Sven Torneberg. The cast was led by Trond Teigen and Anders Lyseggen as Percy, Liv
Ragnhild Torneberg and Kari-Mette Nordheim as Marguerite and Sven Torneberg as Chauvelin. For more
information, see Scenario's Website or the listing on
the Pimpernel
website. Calendar Listings:
Past, Norway.
Takarazuka and Tokyo, Japan: Takarazuka Revue - the famous, all-female theater company based in
Takarazuka, Japan - presented the Japanese premiere production of Pimpernel.
Performances took place 20 June - 4 August 2008 in Takarazuka and 22 August - 5 October 2008 in
Tokyo. The show was presented by Star Troupe, with Kei Aran as Percy, Asuka Toono as
Marguerite and Reon Yuzuki as Chauvelin. Shuichiro Koike directed. The production won the "Grand Prize"
award at the 34th Kikuta Kazuo Drama Awards, and an "Excellence Award" at the 16th Yomiuri Theater Awards.
Reon Yuzuki (Chauvelin) won a "New Actor" award at the 30th Matsuo Entertainment Awards.
A video of Frank's visit to rehearsals has been posted on the
Takarazuka Pimpernel site (under "Movie").
More details are available on the
Pimpernel website. Calendar Listings:
Past, Japan.
Ettlingen, Germany: Pimpernel was presented at Schlossfestspiele ("Castle Festival") Ettlingen
in Ettlingen, Germany from 26 June through 17 August 2008. The open-air summer theatre festival was
celebrating its 30th year. The production was directed by Udo Schürmer and music directed by
Jürgen Voigt. More details are available on the
Pimpernel website.
Calendar Listings: Past,
Germany.
Szolnok, Hungary: Pimpernel premiered in Hungary with a preview on 2 October 2008 and an
official opening on 3 October, running through January 2009 at Szolnoki Szigligeti Színház in
Szolnok. The most recent performances of this production took place on 19 and 20 March 2009 in Budapest.
Further dates are possible. The cast was led by Attila Csengeri as Percy, Réka Koós as
Marguerite and László Molnár as Chauvelin. For more information, visit the
Pimpernel website and
the Hungarian Production Website (in
Hungarian and English). Calendar Listings:
Past, Hungary.
Baden, Austria: The German production of Pimpernel traveled from
Opernhaus Halle to Stadttheater Baden in Baden, Austria, performing from 18 October
through 30 November 2008. The cast was led by Darius Merstein-MacLeod as Percy, Maricel as Marguerite
and Chris Murray as Chauvelin. For more information see the
Stadttheater Baden website or the
Pimpernel website.
Calendar Listings: Past,
Austria.
Waalwijk, The Netherlands: Zanggroep Next Generation presented Pimpernel at
Theater De Leest in Waalwijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands, 29-31 January 2009. The cast was led by Koen
Ruis as Percy, Agnes Brokken as Marguerite and Berry van de Wiel as Chauvelin, and the production used the
Dutch translation by Sebastiaan Smits. See the
production details
listed on the Pimpernel website or the Zanggroep
Next Generation website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past,
The Netherlands.
Schwaz, Austria: Liedertafel Fruntsperg presented Pimpernel at Kolpinghaus
Schwaz in Schwaz, Austria, 6-21 June 2009. See the
production details
on the Pimpernel website for more information. Calendar Listings:
Past,
Austria.
Bremerhaven, Germany: Stadttheater Bremerhaven presented Pimpernel at their
Großes Haus (Large House) in Bremerhaven, Germany from 7 November 2009 through 16 May 2010.
The cast was led by Hans Neblung as Percy, Maike Switzer as Marguerite and Ralph Ertel as Chauvelin, under
the musical direction of Peter Stolle, with direction and choreography by Thorsten Krafft. More information
is available on the Stadttheater
Bremerhaven website (in German) and the
Pimpernel website.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
Germany.
Bielefeld, Germany: Theater Bielefeld presented the show in Bielefeld,
Germany, 6 March - 22 April 2010. The staging had musical direction by William Ward Murta, direction
by Roland Hüve and choreography by Jochen Schmidtke. More information is available on the
Theater
Bielefeld website (in German) and the
Pimpernel website.
Calendar Listings:
Past, Germany.
Wexford, Ireland: Wexford Light Opera Society presented Pimpernel at
the Wexford Opera House in Wexford, Ireland, 19-24 April 2010. For more information see the
production listing at the
official Pimpernel website. Calendar Listings:
Past, Ireland.
Cambridge, New Zealand: St. Peter's School presented Pimpernel in
Cambridge, New Zealand, from 22 through 28 May 2010. See the
production
details listed on the Pimpernel Website for more information.
Calendar Listings:
Past,
New Zealand.
Takarazuka and Tokyo, Japan: Takarazuka Revue presented their second
production of Pimpernel, this time performed by Moon Troupe at the Takarazuka Grand Theater in
Takarazuka, 16 April - 17 May 2010 and at the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater in Tokyo, 4 June - 4 July 2010.
Hiromu Kiriya led the cast as Percy with Yuki Aono as Marguerite. Masaki Ryuu and Rio Asumi
alternated in the roles of Chauvelin and Armand. Shuichiro Koike directed. A cast recording and DVD from
this production are now available. More details are available on
the Pimpernel
website. Calendar Listings:
Past, Japan.
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