Two Farmingdale residents will be featured in a Long Island premiere of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard, which will be performed at Five Towns College in Dix Hills tomorrow, March 14 at 8 p.m.

The large cast of the production is headed by Bob Hollinger of Farmingdale as the doomed Col. Fairfax. Carol Schwenker of Farmingdale is a member of the chorus.

Hollinger, 53, whose performance in productions of Gilbert and Sullivan dates back to his college years, played his role once before - while with a production company in England. "He's kind of a conniving character," he said of the colonel. "He gets the woman in the end, but he steals her away from the tragic hero, Jack Point." He added, "He's sort of a ladies' man."

Hollinger, who moved to Farmingdale less than three years ago, is a school teacher by day. He teaches in an inner city New York City public elementary school. "Most people are terrified of the inner city," he said, noting that the children whom he teaches are very receptive and responsive. "They're not anywhere nearly the monsters people make them out to be." He added that he integrates his interest in the arts into his teaching through a project which combines literature, music, theater and drawing.

Schwenker, 45, is a mother of three who has lived in Farmingdale since 1980. In the past, she was very active with Farmingdale PTA, and, along with Millie Booth, started the first school store at East Memorial School about 10 years ago. During the early 1990s, she served on the executive board of East Memorial PTA and as a delegate to PTA Council. Also during that time, she served on a Farmingdale School District school-business partnership survey committee. She is currently employed by MCI as the assistant to the director for the northeast region for network MCI conferencing.

In addition to being a friend of the stage herself, Schwenker also described her children - David, a 10th grader at Farmingdale High School, Kristen, a sixth grader at East Memorial, and Joanna, a first grader at East Memorial - as outgoing. She noted that Kristen plays clarinet in both general and jazz band at the school, that she sings in the school's chorus, and that she has been selected for both all-county and all-district school band competitions.

Like Hollinger, Schwenker also has an appreciation for Gilbert and Sullivan. She, too, started performing in their pieces during college.

Enthusiastic about the production, Schwenker, who is in her fourth performing season with Gilbert and Sullivan, commented, "The music is gorgeous." She added, "The sets are outrageous this year."

Hollinger echoed her enthusiasm, noting that this show contains the most beautiful music written by the duo. "I like the music very much," he said.

Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island is presenting the production. The non-profit group, which has toured the Island and the New York metropolitan area for 44 years, represents only the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Although the group staged two small performances of Yeoman on Long Island during the past month - one in Manhasset and one in Shoreham - tomorrow's production is being called the premiere, according to Hollinger. This is because those performances only consisted of the principal roles and piano accompaniment - without the chorus or full orchestra, which will be featured in tomorrow's show, he said.

The upcoming show is directed by Gayden Wren, and features the 20-piece Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Orchestra of Long Island, conducted by Music Director Daniel Kravetz. Among the show's other 1998 performance sites are Plainview, Syosset, Uniondale, Wantagh, Orient and Long Beach.

In addition to Hollinger and Schwenker, several other Long Island residents are featured in the cast.

Richard Solow and Patricia Gallagher, both of West Hempstead, will play the touring players, Jack Point and Elsie Maynard. Wayne Grinthal of Copiague plays Sergeant Meryll, with Cesar Lopez of Babylon and Christine Beers of Copiague as his children, Leonard and Phoebe. Zig Bakoonin of Amity Harbor appears as Dame Carruthers. Martin Fuller of Oceanside plays the malevolent jailer Wilfred Shadbolt, with Helaine Libowitz of Hicksville as Kate. Freeport's John Holly and Merrick's Howard Bernstein play the First and Second Yeoman, with Gayden Wren of Garden City and Joseph Maddalena of Merrick as the First and Second Citizens.

"Our base is the Long Island theater community," said company president Patricia Gallagher. "Traveling throughout the Island as we do, we are seen everywhere, and people are constantly asking how they can get involved in our productions."