Student company performing comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan and others, open to musicians, actors, and technicians of all experience levels.
- Joining
- Audition
- When
- Usually recruits in fall and spring
How to join
- Audition — You perform for the group, often with a callback round.
Details
- Status
- Recognized
- Dues
- No dues required
- Experience
- Orchestra welcomes musicians with any or no experience with G&S.
What they do
- Technical theater (design, crew, production management)
- Producing Gilbert and Sullivan shows
- Technical theater staff work
- Orchestra weekly rehearsals before show runs
- Orchestra social events
- Fall and spring productions
- Staging Gilbert and Sullivan productions with cast, staff, and orchestra
Mission, in their words
To be an organization in which individuals interested in theater can learn and develop new skills.
In the news
- Experiencing Live Theater With “The Pirates of the Penzance”The Harvard IndependentNov 20, 2025
Sources
- Cast – Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan PlayersClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- Audition for The Gondoliers! – Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan PlayersClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- The Pirates of Penzance (Fall 2025) – Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan PlayersClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan PlayersClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players articleClub website · seen Oct 12, 2026
- Staff – Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan PlayersClub website · seen Oct 12, 2026
- Orchestra – Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan PlayersClub website · seen Sep 30, 2026
- Instagram: @hrgspClub's social account · seen Oct 3, 2026
- Experiencing Live Theater With “The Pirates of the Penzance” | Harvard IndependentHarvard-related site · seen Sep 30, 2026
- Wikipedia: List of Harvard College undergraduate organizationsOther website · seen Oct 1, 2026
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