Gilbert & Sullivan are the undisputed masters of comic opera and the proud parents of the modern musical. That their works are more in demand today than when they were created well over a century ago is ample proof of the lasting brilliance of Gilbert & Sullivan. Summerset is proud to present their most popular and some say most brilliant work, The Pirates of Penzance. When the hero was but a boy, his father instructed his nurse to have him apprenticed as a pilot. She thought he said "pirate" and the zany troubles begin!

Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
Sponsored by Hy-Vee of Austin
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Director - Jerry Girton
Musical Director - Scott Blankenbaker June 12 - 18