Yeoman of Regard - 2012
Kathy Lague has a Twenty-five year history with The Sudbury Savoyards but considers herself a third generation Savoyard as both her father and grandfather were “Savoyards” by definition – her father in Pittsburgh and her grandfather in England.
Kathy started by paying her dues in the Sudbury chorus and quickly rose to center stage in the 1990 production of Ruddigore as Rose Maybud and has never looked back. In 1995 she made her directing debut on the other side of the boards as Co-Stage Director for The Mikado, moving on to both Stage and Music Director for the 1998 production of H.M.S. Pinafore and again in 1999 for Iolanthe. She continued to direct for The Sudbury Savoyards over the next decade, including Ruddigore, The Gondoliers, The Sorcerer, Patience, The Mikado, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, and last year’s 50th Anniversary production of H.M.S. Pinafore.
Quite often while directing, singing, or acting, Kathy has also taken on whatever needed to be done: Costume construction, Ticket Reservations, Box Office, Playbill Ads & Layout, Set Painting and construction, Score Production, Task List Chief, Choreographer, Page Turner, and even a term or two on the Board of Trustees.
Kathy has upheld the tradition of not auditioning the chorus members while her directorial efforts over the years have continuously raised the bar of the quality of Sudbury’s productions. As with many of our honored Yeomen, it is not just a long and faithful term of service that earned Kathy this honor, but the commitment, imagination and leadership during these years that characterize her participation, without which the Savoyards would not be the organization it is today.
YEAR | PRODUCTION | ROLE |
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1987 | Iolanthe | first appeared in the chorus as "Kathy Hardwick", Costume crew |
1988 | Utopia, Ltd. | Phylla, a Utopian maiden as "Kathy Lague", Sewing crew |
1989 | HMS Pinafore | Chorus, Playbill Ad Chief |
1990 | Ruddigore | Rose Maybud, Playbill Ad Chief, Costume Crew, Secretary of the Board of Trustees |
1991 | The Gondoliers | Fiametta in the chorus of contadine, Costume Construction Crew, Telephone Ticket Sales, Playbill Layout, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees |
1992 | The Sorcerer | Aline, Playbill Layout, Treasurer |
1993 | The Pirates of Penzance | Playbill Layout, Treasurer |
1994 | Patience | Patience, Assistant Conductor, Playbill Layout |
1995 | The Mikado | Co-Stage Director with Sally Osborn, Costume Construction Crew |
1996 | Princess Ida | Lady Psyche, Tickets Chief |
1996 | Charley's Aunt | Costume Construction Crew |
1997 | The Yeomen of the Guard | Elsie Maynard, Score Production, Tickets Chief |
1998 | Trial by Jury / HMS Pinafore | Music Director (Trial), Stage and Music Director (Pinafore), Board of Trustees |
1998 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell, Painting Crew, Board of Trustees |
1999 | Iolanthe | Stage and Music Director, Secretary of the Board of Trustees |
1999 | Foggerty's Fairy | Malvina de Vere |
2000 | Ruddigore | Stage Director, Constume Construction Crew, Publicity |
2000 | You Can't Take It With You | Penelope Sycamore, Costume Chief |
2001 | The Gondoliers | Stage Director, Co-Costume Designer |
2001 | Blithe Spirit | Edith, Costume Crew, Ticket Sales and Reservations, Publicity, Wallpaper-hanger for Set |
2001 | Fortieth Anniversary: Places, Please and Trial by Jury | Chorus, Angelina |
2002 | The Sorcerer | Stage Director |
2002 | Engaged | Mrs. MacFarlane, Wallpaper-hanger for Set |
2003 | Patience | Stage Director |
2003 | Hay Fever | Set Construction and Painting, Playbill Layout, Music Consultant, Box Office, Ticket Sales and Reservations |
2003 | 1st Annual Fall Craft Fair | Co-Chair, Publicity Chief |
2004 | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel |
2004 | The Boys Next Door | Playbill Layout, Box Office, Ticket Sales and Reservations, Pubilicity Crew |
2004 | 2nd Annual Fall Craft Fair | Co-Chair, Publicity Chief |
2004 | The Abduction from the Seraglio | Constanza |
2005 | The Mikado | Stage Director |
2005 | The Matchmaker | Miss Flora Van Huysen |
2006 | The Grand Duke | Julia Jellicoe, Ticket Reservations |
2006 | California Suite | Ticket Reservations, Box Office |
2007 | Iolanthe | Stage Director, Task List Editor |
2007 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Ticket Chief, Set Painting, Page Turner |
2008 | The Yeomen of the Guard | Ticket Reservations, Task List Chief |
2008 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Ticket Chief |
2009 | Utopia, Limited | Ticket Reservations, Assistant House Manager, Task List Chief |
2009 | Our Town | The Stage Manager, Ticket Chief |
2010 | Princess Ida | Stage Director |
2010 | On Golden Pond | Set Construction |
2011 | HMS Pinafore | Stage Director |