The Pier Point Lobster Race
Music by Sean Pflueger
Libretto by Laura W. Fuentes
Commissioned in 2018 by The College Light Opera Company (CLOC) as a part of their New Works Initiative
Premiere Dates: June 26th through June 30th, 2018
Director: Mark A. Pearson
Music Director: Jonathon Brennand
Highfield Theater
58 Highfield Dr
Falmouth, MA 02540
Recordings and Pictures
Performed by the College Light Opera Company in Falmouth, MA in June 2018
About The Pier Point Lobster Race
A One Act Operetta
The town of Pier Point is hosting its tri-centennial celebration, which will culminate in the town’s hotly anticipated lobster race. Following the race will be the sunset wedding of Lucy Parker and Nathan Bourne on the Pier, followed by a lobster feast. The winning lobster from the race will be pardoned and released prior to the feast. But the Pier has been double-booked, and a real estate magnate has their eye on developing the waterfront into condos. Can one lobster save the day?
Reviews of The Pier Point Lobster Race
06/27/2018 The Cape Cod Times declares Pflueger/Fuentes's The Pier Point Lobster Race to be "hilarious", "deliciously zany" and
"It’s too soon to proclaim them the next Gilbert and Sullivan, but if
this brilliantly funny debut is any indication, they have a long career
ahead of them."
06/28/2018 The Enterprise says "The songs were well done and funny. I especially liked 'A Boy and his Lobster'", "The play has a lot of humor" , and "I can see why it was the winner [of the competition]."
Jimmy (Hayden Kerzie) and LouEllen the Lobster
Cast of Characters
| Character Name | Description | Voice Type |
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The Honorable Edna Bourne
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Mayor of Pier Point, mother of Nathan
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Contralto
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Henry Parker
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Chair of Tricentennial Committee, father of Lucy
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Bass-Baritone
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Lucy Parker
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Marrying Nathan Bourne
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Soprano
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Nathan Bourne
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Daughter of Henry, son of Edna, marrying Lucy Parker
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Tenor
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Jimmy
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Town clerk, owner of hometown favorite lobster LuEllen
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Baritone
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Hannah
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Town employee, has a crush on Jimmy
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Mezzo
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Doreen Duncan
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Real estate magnate and owner of prize lobster Ragnarok
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Soprano
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Ezra Hatch
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Long-time Lobster Race announcer
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Bass
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Townspeople
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Chorus of 12 Townspeople (SATB)
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Real Estate Investors
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Chorus of 12 Real Estate Investors (SATB)
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For Performance Right or Perusal Score
The Pier Point Lobster Race is a great show for a company or university that performs light opera such as Gilbert and Sullivan or Offenbach. There are 8 roles and several solos for members of the ensemble. The ensemble is integral to the plot of the show and is divided into two mixed groups, rather than the standard men's and women's choruses of G&S. There is a piano score and an arrangement for chamber orchestra with a similar contingent of a Gilbert and Sullivan pit.
