Our Fountain Hills Theater opened May 17 until June 2 with Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance.” How can that be, you say…that play on our small stage!

Well, once again they have shown us their creativity, out-of-the-box thinking and their special kind of magic. They even throw in steam punk!

What the heck is steam punk? According to Caitlin Kittredge, “It’s sort of Victorian-industrial, but with more whimsy and fewer orphans.” It’s the uniqueness of the costumes that is the director’s vision and that is what you have. It is usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting and “What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner.” Got it? Just go see it.

The lead role of “Frederic” is young Bjorn Eriksson who, according to his voice teacher/coach Anita Bakey, is especially “suited to the Gilbert and Sullivan lead tenor roles…” and we have him right here.

Ted Hance as the Major General with a slew of daughters was born to do Gilbert and Sullivan and if you can’t quite catch it all, that’s the point and part of the fun. All the daughters do a good job and Laura Pyper as Mabel, straight from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, has the voice of an angel.

Complete with pirates, police and Alex Gonzalez as the Pirate King…all’s well that ends well.

Call the box office for tickets at 837-9661. See you at the theater.