Pastiche presented Rick Besoyan’s Little Mary Sunshine in 2002.
The show gently spoofs such old-time favourites like “Rose Marie” and “Naughty Marietta” but has a personality all its own. The plot is a little bit of everything: Colorado Rangers led by stalwart Captain Jim; the lovely Mary Sunshine, her ‘naughty’ maid Nancy; a chorus of giggling schoolgirls and the ominous but benevolent Indian chief. Hearts are won and lost and won again, in this delightful, laugh-filled and charming show.
The score features songs including In Izzenschnooken On The Lovely Essenzook Zee, Tell a Handsome Stranger, Mata Hari and Do You Ever Dream of Vienna?
The show raised £1,750 which was donated to the Breast Cancer Campaign. In 2015, the Breast Cancer Campaign merged to become Breast Cancer Now.
| Hope | Pam McGowan |
| Chief Brown Bear | Alan Anders |
| Corporal Billy Jester | Paul Lancaster |
| Captain 'Big Jim' Warington | Steve Ellis |
| Pete | Michael Anders |
| Tex | Craig Coombes |
| Tom | Les McGowan |
| Hank | Daniel Cox |
| Buster | James Redhead |
| Slim | Maxwell Harkness |
| Will | Ron Webb |
| Little Mary Sunshine | Vanda Simmonds |
| Mme Ernestine Von Liebedich | Carol Williams |
| Cora | Roma Ridley/Debbie Langford |
| Henrietta | Stephanie Ware |
| Mabel | Charlotte Ingham |
| Maud | Grace Stafford |
| Gwendolyn | Claire Ridley |
| Blanche | Victoria Ware |
| Nancy Twinkle | Roma Ridley/Debbie Langford |
| Fleet Foot | Gloria Webb |
| General Oscar Fairfax | Rick Williams |
| Yellow Feather | Michael Anders |
| Youngsters | Olivia Holburd, Tudor Williams |
| Book, Music and Lyrics | Rick Besoyan |
| Director | Jean Hobson |
| Musical Director/Keyboards | Derek Holland |
| Rehearsal Pianist/Piano | Marjorie Darkins |
| Drums | David Hamilton-Smith |
| Choreography | Roma Ridley, Debbie Langford and Vanda Simmonds |
| Costumes | Jean Hobson |
| Set Design and Construction | Alan Anders |
| Prompt | Maggie Warren |
| Make Up | Pat McAlpine |
| Props | Geoff Williams and Joy Saunders |
| Publicity | Maggie Warren |
| Sound | Sandy Gallimore |
| Box Office | Joyce Harkness |
| Stage Manager | Paul Andrews |
| Act One | Act Two |
| Overture | Such A Merry Party |
| The Forest Ranger | Say 'Uncle' |
| Little Mary Sunshine | The Forest Ranger (Reprise) |
| Look For A Sky Of Blue | Me A Heap Big Indian |
| You're The Fairest Flower | Naughty, Naughty Nancy |
| In Izzenschnooken on the Lovely Essenzook Zee | Mata Hari |
| Playing Croquet | Do You Ever Dream Of Vienna |
| Swinging/How Do You Do? | Shell Game Dance |
| Tell A Handsome Stranger | Coo Coo |
| Once In A Blue Moon | Colorado Love Call (Reprise) |
| Colorado Love Call | The Forest Ranger (Reprise) |
| Every Little Nothing | Finale Act II |
| Finale Act I |
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