 Randolph Hunt had preferred to present operettas by Gilbert & Sullivan, including a performance of "The Mikado" in 1959, when the new auditorium was completed.Ton and Mielenz first collaborated on a 1962 production of "Brigadoon" by Lerner & Loewe.In 1964 Mielenz left Capuchino to teach at San Bernardino Valley College, followed by Chabot College in Hayward, California.