Note: RVCO is a non-union, non-paying community theater organization. We encourage performers of all races and ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, and abilities to audition.
The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers has been cast. If you are interested in joing the cast in the chorus or helping out backstage, please contact us at info@rvco.org.
Stage Director: Katherine P. Nealley
Musical Director: Florrie Marks
Rehearsal dates and times tentatively set to start late August 2025 and are Sunday 7:00-10:00 p.m.; Rehearsals are Sundays 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. and Monday and Wednesday 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. at Roosevelt Community Center, 464 S. Old Middletown Road, Media, PA 19063.
Tech week dates and times:
- Sitzprobe: Saturday November 1, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Tech: Sunday November 2, 1:00 - 10:00 p.m.
- Tech run-throughs: Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday November 3 - November 5, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Show dates and times:
- November 8, 9, 15, & 16 at 2:00 p.m.
- November 8, 12, & 15 at 8:00 p.m.
Performance Site: Strath Haven Middle School, 200 South Providence Road, Wallingford, PA 19086
Cast members are to required to pay a $25 membership fee.
Show Synopsis
Two just-married Venetian gondoliers are informed by the Grand Inquisitor that one of them has just become the King of “Barataria”, but only their foster mother, presently at large, knows which one. As Barataria needs a king to put down unrest in the country, they travel there to reign jointly, leaving their wives behind in Venice until the old lady can be interviewed. It turns out that the king was wed in infancy to the beautiful daughter of the Spanish Duke of Plaza Toro, and so it seems he is an unintentional bigamist. Of course, the beautiful daughter is in love with a common servant! When the young Spaniard and the two Venetian wives all show up wanting to know which of them is queen, complications arise. No worries: The true identity of the king is revealed, and all comes out spectacularly well by the end.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will be performed in Spring 2026. Please check back in the fall for information on auditions.
Show Synopsis
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, is a story about the triumph of the common man amid the buffoonery of big business. When an ambitious window washer named J. Pierrepont Finch happens upon a book entitled 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying', he decides to begin his rise up the corporate ladder. With the book's instructions, Finch starts by landing a job in the mailroom. He is soon promoted and outsmarts his rival, Frump, the boss's nephew, before finally reaching the very top of the organization. From the beginning, Finch has the love and support of Rosemary, a marriage-minded secretary who finds him endearing. In his pursuit of the top job, Finch is in danger losing Rosemary's love. Finch's manual to success can no longer help him as he must rely on his wit and heart to save the day.
The standout score by Frank Loesser features such classics as the surreal and funny "Coffee Break", the rousing "Brotherhood of Man", and the melodious tongue-in-cheek ballad "I Believe In You", while the book by Burrows, Weinstock, and Gilbert, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1962 for Best Drama.