The Matchmaker (Comedy)

Synopsis

Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th Century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved with two of Vandergelder’s clerks, several lovely ladies, and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant where this swift farce runs headlong into hilarious complications. After everyone gets straightened out romantically, Vandergelder finds himself affianced to the astute Dolly Levi herself.

Cast List

Horace Vandergelder played by Emerson D. Caress II

Ambrose Kemper played by Russell Morrison

Joe Scanlon played by Bob Sullivan

Gertrude played by Barbara Whitney

Cornelius Hackl played by Michael McDonnell

Ermengarde played by Lindsay Babcock

Malachi Stack played by Clem DeLuca

Mrs. Dolly Levi played by Dawn E. DeVries

Barnaby Tucker played by Reid H. O'Connell

Mrs. Irene Molloy played by Amy Billings

Minnie Fay played by Julianne Wagner

A Cabman played by Kevin Keane

Rudolph played by Bob Sullivan

Gypsy Musician played by Frank Rossi

Miss Flora Van Huysen played by Deb Brunette

Cook played by Barbara Whitney