Clarence “Dude” Stephenson

Dude directed the High School operetta from 1953-04 and the Intermediate operetta from 1956-09. More than 5000 students have participated in these productions.

Also appearing in photos:

Operetta Staff - Kenneth Jewell, Melvin Larimer, Maynard Klein, Edward German

Operetta Student Actors: Constance Hauman, Christie (Gunn) Hefner, Lory Nuremberg, Kathy Manning, Cheryl (German) Clark, Carol (Reich) Scheffler, Jon Burston, Steven Skibell, George Shepard, Paul Nelson, Susan Klump, Howard Cash, and various castmembers of operettas in which Clarence "Dude" Stephenson was involved.

Operetta and Theatre Productions(HS and Int.) Stephenson was involved in: Ruddigore...Gilbert and Sullivan (1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2004) The Gondoliers...Gilbert and Sullivan (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1968,1971, 1979, 1988, 1994, 1995, 2003) Patience...Gilbert and Sullivan (1955, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002) The Pirates of Penzance...Gilbert and Sullivan (1956, 1961, 1965, 1992, 2000, 2001) The Mikado...Gilbert and Sullivan (1957, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1983, 1991, 1998) H.M.S. Pinafore...Gilbert and Sullivan (1957, 1963, 1971, 1981, 1989, 1997) The Sorcerer...Gilbert and Sullivan (1958, 1969, 1974, 1980, 1993, 1994) Princess Ida...Gilbert and Sullivan (1959, 1968, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1994, 1996) Iolanthe...Gilbert and Sullivan (1962, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1998) The Yeoman of the Guard...Gilbert and Sullivan (1966, 1981) The William Simpson...Stephenson and Loundermilk (1969, 1976, 1979, 1999) The Prince of Elsinore...Stephenson (1975, 1983) The Grand Duke...Gilbert and Sullivan (1978) Thespis...Gilbert and Sullivan (1984) Locked Out...Stephenson and Blau (1985) The Original KO-KO...Stephenson, Gilbert and Sullivan (1987) The Zoo...BC Stephenson and Sullivan (1988, 1995, 2001) Get Thee to a Nunnery...Stephenson and Sullivan (1989) Locked In...Stephenson and Steenson (1990, 2002) Ode on a Grecian Cluclei...Stephenson and Steenson (1991) A Tyrolean Tragedy...Stephenson, Strauss, Benasky, Straus, Steenson and Kalman (1992, 2001) The Cluckley of the Opera...Stephenson, Hauerbach and Clark (1993) Invitation to Dance...Stephenson and Carlson (1994) Trial by Jury...Gilbert and Sullivan (1998) The Chocolate Soldier...Stephenson, Strange, Benatsky and Straus (2000) Salad Days...Reynolds and Slade (2000) The Music of Victor Herbert...Taggart (2002) A Celebration of Past Operetta Performances at Interlochen...Gilbert and Sullivan (2002) The Imposter of the Opera...Stephenson, Sullican, Frimi, Hauerbach and Clark (2002) The Epilogue...Gilbert and Sullivan (2004) This is Worth Fighting For (2005) How Do You Feel? (2007) Your Decade Cavalcade (2008) 100 Years of Broadway...and Then Some! (2009)