Synopsis of the Scene:

Act I : Courtyard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence in Titipu

The leading gentlemen of the Japanese town of Titipu gather for an impending celebration. A wandering musician, Nanki-Poo, enters. He has come to search for the maiden Yum-Yum, with whom he has fallen in love. Alas, the officious official Pooh-Bah informs him that Yum-Yum is to marry her guardian Ko-Ko, a former tailor but now the Lord High Executioner of Titipu. Yum-Yum appears with two of her friends, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing. Nanki-Poo tells Yum-Yum that he is the son and heir of the Mikado, ruler of Japan, but has fled the court due to the amorous advances of the Lady Katisha. Ko-Ko arrives and introduces himself and rejoices in his upcoming marriage. His enthusiasm is cut short by receiving news that the Mikado will soon be arriving for a visit; as Ko-Ko is behind on his quota of executions (never having performed any at all!), this means someone must be executed at once. The others look to Ko-Ko himself as the perfect subject. Ko-Ko discovers Nanki-Poo, in despair over losing Yum-Yum, is preparing to commit suicide. After realizing that he cannot change Nanki-Poo's mind, Ko-Ko makes a bargain with him: Nanki-Poo may marry Yum-Yum for one month, if at the end of that time he allows himself to be executed. This happy arrangement is nearly spoiled by Katisha, who arrives and tries to claim Nanki-Poo. However, she makes such a bad impression on the people of Titipu that her words are drowned out by the shouting of the crowd. But though all seems happily settled, Katisha makes it clear that she intends to return.   Act I Music 1. "If you want to know who we are" (Nanki-Poo and Men) 2. "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" (Nanki-Poo and Men) 3. "Our Great Mikado, virtuous man" (Pish-Tush and Men) 4. "Young man, despair" (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush) 5. "Behold the Lord High Executioner" (Ko-Ko and Men) 5a. "As some day it may happen" (Ko-Ko and Men) 6. "Comes a train of little ladies" (Girls) 7. "Three little maids from school are we" (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, and Girls) 8. "So please you, Sir, we much regret" (Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, and Girls)[3] 9. "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted" (Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo) 10. "I am so proud" (Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Pish-Tush) 11. Finale Act I (Ensemble)         "With aspect stern and gloomy stride"         "The threatened cloud has passed away"         "Your revels cease!" ...         "Oh fool, that fleest my hallowed joys!"         "For he's going to marry Yum-Yum"         "The hour of gladness" ...         "O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to!"         "Ye torrents roar!"

Act II: Ko-Ko's Garden

Yum-Yum is being prepared by her friends for her wedding, after which she is left to muse on her own beauty. Nanki-Poo enters and then he shares an affectionate scene with Yum-Yum. They are interrupted by Ko-Ko and Pooh-Bah. They warn them of a twist in the law that requires the wife of an executed man to be buried alive. Nanki-Poo, threatened with the loss of his beloved, proposes to die on the spot. Ko-Ko is a soft-hearted man, so he sends Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum away, promising to send the Mikado news of a fictitious execution.   Act II Music 12. "Braid the raven hair" (Pitti-Sing and Girls) 13. "The sun whose rays are all ablaze" (Yum-Yum) 14. "Brightly dawns our wedding day" (Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush) 15. "Here's a how-de-do" (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko) 16. "Mi-ya Sa-ma" ...       "From every kind of man obedience I expect" (Mikado, Katisha, Girls and Men) 17. "A more humane Mikado" (Mikado, Girls and Men) 18. "The criminal cried as he dropped him down" (Ko-ko, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Girls and Men) 19. "See how the Fates their gifts allot" (Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Katisha) 20. "The flowers that bloom in the spring" (Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, and Pooh-Bah) 21. "Alone, and yet alive" (Katisha) 22. "Willow, tit-willow" ("On a tree by a river") (Ko-Ko) 23. "There is beauty in the bellow of the blast" (Katisha and Ko-Ko) 24. "For he's gone and married Yum-Yum" ...       "The threatened cloud has passed away" (Ensemble)

The Players
Character		Actor
THE MIKADO OF JAPAN
NANKI-POO (His Son, disguised as a wandering minstrel, and in love with Yum-Yum)
KO-KO (Lord High Executioner of Titipu)
POOH-BAH (Lord High Everything Else)
PISH-TUSH (a Noble Lord)
Three Sisters - - Wards of Ko-Ko:
YUM-YUM
PITTI-SING
PEEP-BO
KATISHA (an elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo)
Chorus of School-girls, Nobles, Guards

This production will use the Main Stage Theater Seating Layout. Production Dates May 19,20,21,26,27, 1995