 Cast 
Jennie McGraw............................................................ Karen Wonder Dumont
Willard Fiske.....................................................................Mark A. B. Lawrence
Female Conscience..........................................................................Robin Booth
Male Conscience.................................................................... Geoffrey Peterson
John McGraw/Douglas Boardman............................................. Stan Stewart
Mrs. Fiske.........................................................................................Kristen Park
Andrew Dickson White............................................................ Doug Mathews
Lettie McGraw.............................................................Elizabeth Banlaki Frank
Robella............................................................................................Katrina Kuka
Mathias.................................................................................. Daniel A. P. Taylor
 Orchestra 
Piano/keyboard.................................................................... William Cowdery
Violin........................................................................................ Sarah Cummings
Flute........................................................................................... Laura Campbell
Clarinet........................................................................................... John Greenly
Horn...............................................................................................Terry Martens
Double Bass................................................................................... Andrew Ryan
 Production Staff 
Director........................................................................................Rachel Hockett
Music and orchestral director.............................................. William Cowdery
Producer...................................................................................... Karen Dumont
Producer, Dryden performance....................................................Kristen Park
Stage manager, properties..............................................................Ellie Hobbie
Lights........................................................................................... Sophie Tantillo
Costume designer, head costumer...........................................Melissa Snyder
Costumers................................... Lauren Cowdery, Liz Woods, Kristen Park
Hair and make-up design............................................................Katrina Kuka
Promotional photos and poster design....................Elizabeth Banlaki Frank
The Cornell Savoyards have been delighting Ithaca audiences since 1953.
Comprising Ithaca community members, students, and staff of Cornell
University and Ithaca College, the group welcomes new members. Find
them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CornellSavoyards.
Many thanks to the Savoyards Board, Lisa Boquist and the Cornell University Costume Shop, Fine Character, Fall Creek Upholstery, Pastimes
Antiques, First Congregational Church, Judith Pratt, Loralyn Light, Ithaca
Shakespeare Company, Dryden Historical Society, the Cornell Chimesmasters, Chad Dumont, Katy Heine, and Al Grunwell/Fingerlakes Recording.
 Act I 
Scene 1: Jennie’s Crypt, Sage Chapel
“Guilty as Sin”.................................................................................Company
“Set the Record Straight”............................................ Jennie and Company
Scene 2: Cornell Library
“Dante and Petrarch”.......................................................................... Willard
McGraw Parlor / Garden Party
“Dante and Petrarch” (Reprise)............................... Willard, Woman, Man
Scene 3: Cornell Library
“No One Knows Another”/“Without Love I”........................... Mrs. Fiske
McGraw Parlor
“My Cousin”/“Without Love II”......................................................... Lettie
Cornell Library
”Willard Is a Scholar”/“Without Love III”.........................................White
McGraw Parlor
“My Daughter”/“Without Love IV”.... McGraw, Mrs. Fiske, Lettie, White
Scene 4: McGraw Parlor / Cornell Library
“When the Cat’s Away”..................... Mrs. Fiske, Lettie, Robella, Mathias
“Nice Talk”.............................................................................. Jennie, Willard
“Foolish Logic”............................................. Jennie, Willard, Man, Woman
“The Rant”..........................................................................................McGraw
“When the Cat’s Away” (Reprise).................................................Company
Intermission
 Act II 
Scene 1: McGraw Parlor / Cornell Library
“A Prince Among Merchants”.......................................................Company
Scene 2: Iceland and Berlin
“Traveling Through Europe”................................................ Jennie, Willard
“Wedding Chorus”.......................................................................... Ensemble
Scene 3: Honeymoon
“Please Promise Me”.............................................................. Jennie, Willard
Scene 4: McGraw Parlor
“The Will Case Madrigal”................Mrs. Fiske, Lettie, White, Boardman
Scene 5: Jennie’s Crypt, Sage Chapel
“Jennie’s Will”.............................................................. Jennie and Company
The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions
Invites You to Enjoy Our Free Summer Events Series
For six weeks every summer, Cornell University’s School of Continuing
Education and Summer Sessions (SCE) invites students, faculty, staff,
alumni, area residents, and visitors to continue their education in one of the
most enjoyable ways possible—by attending our free summer events! For
information about this year’s performances, lectures, and outdoor concerts,
go to summer.cornell.edu/events.
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•year-round, part-time study options open to all,
•executive education and custom-designed programs,
•online courses in the summer and winter,
•summer programs for high school students, and
•travel adventures and on-campus summer programs for adults and
children.
Cornell Savoyards Musical Theatre presents
Jennie’s Will
A Musical History in Two Acts
Learn more about our programs at sce.cornell.edu.
Join us for the first show of our 2015 free events series:
Princess Ida, June 23-24 at the Schwartz Center
Continuing the celebration of Cornell’s sesquicentennial, the Savoyards
will next stage Princess Ida, Gilbert and Sullivan’s burlesque on feminism,
philanthropy, and higher education.
Set in upstate New York after the Civil War, this original adaptation will
investigate the political and social context of Cornell’s founding, reproduce the campus culture of regional women’s colleges such as Vassar and
Wells, and honor the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention. The opera’s
staging will borrow theatrical elements from Gilded Age civic pageants,
tableaux vivants, magic lantern shows, and lyceums.
Jennie’s Will is presented in memory of Carol Jean Buckley, creator of
the role of Jennie McGraw, who died of ALS at the age of 40, and Daniel
Booth, originator of the role of John McGraw, taken from us too young
at the age of 53, both members of the 1997 debut production.
The show will be reprised on Saturday, February 28, at 8:00 p.m. at
the First Presbyterian Church of Dryden, 6 North Street, Dryden, NY,
preceded at 7:15 by a talk by Corey Earle about Jennie McGraw’s life
and the legal battle following her death. Info: [email protected].
Music by Mark G. Simon
Libretto and Lyrics by Pamela Monk
Directed by Rachel Hockett
Music and Orchestra by William Cowdery
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
February 7, 8:00 p.m.
February 8, 3:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Cornell University
School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions
with support from the Department of Music
in celebration of Cornell’s Sesquicentennial
To learn more about Cornell’s year-long celebration, visit 150.cornell.edu.