D€DlCJiClONS PRODUCCION SCJiff The Department of Theatre and Dance dedicates the spring season at Production Stage Manager: Daniel Sakimura MAIN STAGE Kennedy Theatre to Judith R. Hughes, who retired in December 2005 after Assistant Stage Manager: Elizabeth Harwood 2005 -2006 SEASON twenty years of leading the College of Arts and Humanities. Her efforts to Interpreters and Assistants for the Guest Artists: Huimei Chang, promote, support, and expand theatre and dance at UHM, and Asian A. Megan Evans, Fan Xing, and Nicolas Logue, performance in particular, have greatly enhanced the education of our with additional assistance from Alexia Hsin Chen, students and the cultural c limate of our community. Zi Hong Miao Nakamura, Chong Wang, and Karis Shing Van Lo Sound Board Operator: Theo Rhodes The Asian Theatre Program and members of the Women Generals of the Light Board Operator: Molly McKenna Family company dedicate this production to renowned Jingju artist Stage Assistants: Andrew Blake, Kristina Cavit, Andrew Giordano, Madam Shen Xiaomei, who since 1979 has seNed as artistic advisor for Jennifer Lee, Melissa Stevens, Josh Stevenson, Joe Tomita Chinese theatre as taught and performed at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her commitment to bringing Jingju performance into international Staff Costume Shop Manager: Hannah Schauer Galli theatre education and onto the international stage has greatly enriched Costume Alteration Crew: Andrea Errdmans, Kelley Graves, theatre training and performance here in Hawai'i, and has prompted the Katherine Greenway, Kelly MammeL Angela Price Board of Regents to award her an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Makeup Coordinator: Dusty Behner, assisted by Alexia Hsin Chen formally bestowed on opening night. and Christa Elettherakis Hair and Headdressing: Julie J. Amsberry, Cati Bischoff, Casey Penelope Louise Bryant, Katie Daniels, Katherine Greenway, Amy Miner, Tanya Tevorn, Hank West, D. Omar Williams Wardrobe Supervisors: Kelley Graves, Anji Scalf Dressers: Aisha Goshi-Otaguro, Emily Hare, Kelly Uzardi, Stacy stout, Rosanne Witt Staff Technical Director: Daniel J. Anteau Staff Asst. Technical Director/Facilities Coordinator: Gerald W. Kawaoka Set Construction Crew: Darna Banks, Dean Bellin, Nina Buck, Justin Deland, Joshua Greenspoon, Ulu Mills, Daniel Sakimura, Shawn Thompson, Daphne Velasquez, Robert Wyllie Faculty Design Consultant: Joseph D. Dodd fRONC Of IJOUS€ SCJiff Staff Theatre Manager: Marty Myers Box Office Supervisor: Nicole Tessier, Danielle Williams Box Office Staff: Kelsie PascuaL Robert Wyllie, Ashley Gagabi Publicity Director: Jessica L. Jacob Publicity Assistant: Ashley Logan Graphic Designer and Photographer: Karis Shing Van Lo House Manager: Frank Episale Assistant House Managers: Mitch Mattson, Jonathan Cabrera American Sign Language Interpreters: Linda Miller, Michele Morris Department Office Staff: Tana Marin, Lori Ann Chun Department Chair: Gregg Uzenbery Director of Theatre: W. Dennis Carroll fRONC Of IJOUS€ lNfOR)WlClON Women Generals of the Yang Family will be performed with one intermission. Jingju arises from the Chinese people-it embodies and can represent us Please join us at 7pm on Saturday February 11 and February 18 for special perhaps more clearly and completely than any other performing art. Yet pre-show discussions. along with generations of other Jingju artists in China, I believe that Jingju is The Saturday, February 18th performance will be interpreted in American also an art of international value. To achieve the international recognition that has been accorded other originally-ethnic arts such as ballet, opera, Sign Language. and realistic theatre, Jingju like those arts must be studied in depth-and For large print programs, Assistive Listening Devices or any other accessibility seriously performed-by non-ethnic artists outside of China. I am deeply requests, please contact the House Manager or call the Kennedy Theatre grateful to the University of Hawai'i for its decades of pioneering work in this Box Office at 956-7655 (voice/text). area. And I am confident that through their intensive study and respectful Please silence all pagers, phones and digital watches. No photography or performance of Jingju, these University of Hawai'i students are both helping video recording is permitted. Please refrain from eating, drinking or smoking to bring Jingju the international acceptance it deseNes, and preparing to in the theatre. contribute meaningfully to the enrichment of multicultural world theatre. In following with University of Hawai'i policy, smoking is not permitted within Shen Xiaomei 20 feet of the Kennedy Theatre building. Overall artistic supeNisor of this Resident Training Program and Production The UHM ticket program is supported in part by a grant from the Student Nanjing, China. January 2006 Activities and Program Fee Board

Visit us on the web at http :/ /www.hawaii.edu/kennedy l:lRClSClC SCJ:lff M€CODIC €NS€MSC€ peRCUSSION €NS€MSC€ NOC€S fROM CD€ D!R€CCOR Adopted and taught to the student actors and musicians by Lu Genzhang, Jinghu ...... Chorlotte D'Evelyn Conductor, Bangu...... Doniel Tschudi The story of the Yang family women successfully defending the Southern Zhang Ling, and Zhang Xigui of the Jiongsu Province Jingju Company frhu...... Michoel Lum Oaluo...... Mosoyo Shishikuro Song dynasty against invading Xixia forces has remarkable resonances under the artistic supervision of Madam Shen Xiaomei Groce Tong Constantino Vrokos with contemporary issues. The Yang women not only demand sexual parity Translated by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak and Huimei Chang Minjian Erhu ...... Celeste Williams Naobo...... William Connor Directed by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak Zhonghu...... Yuriy Mikhoylov Stephen Tschudi and excel once it is given, but also represent a triumph over ageism-the assisted by Jessica Nakamura (script coordinator, dialogue coach) Yueqin...... Liso Asono Xiaoluo...... Adriel Lam youngest among them. , is by most scholars' reckoning at and Nicolas Logue (fight captain) Sanxian...... Christopher Bradley Priscilla Tse least fifty-one years old at the time of the battles portrayed, and the Musical direction by Frederick Lou and Daniel Tschudi Pipa ...... Ed eon Kinoshita Supreme Commander is one hundred! At a deeper leveL however, this Scenic and properties design by Angela D. Price* Zhongruan ...... Koren Drozd story of profound commitment to the defense of one's native land against Lighting design by Daniel J. Anteau Dizi...... Frederick Lou invading forces has fundamental relevance to contemporary international Costume coordination by Lu Genzhang and Hannah Schauer Galli Suona...... Frederick Lou Training for heoddressing and dressing by Sandra Finney and Hannah Schauer Galli Zhong Xigui circumstances. The Jingju play Women Generals of the Yang Family was created *In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Moster of Fine Art degree in Design in 1959, adapted by playwrights Fan Junhong and Lu Ruiming from the traditional Yangju p lay A Centenarian Assumes Command (Baisui guashuat). Cl:ISC On ord~r of app~aranc~): with original performance text developed by the China Jingju Company. JIAO TINGGUI...... Alvin Chuen Git Chon As such, it is considered a "newly-created historical p layH in China-a play A Song warrior of the same generation as the recently-killed Yang Zangbaa set in the historical/fantastical past, but created in the modern period. In MENG HUAIYUAN ...... K.C. Ho'onokoo Odell production, such plays generally use the full range of traditional costuming, A Song warrior of the same generation as the recently-killed Yang Zangbaa YUANZI ...... K. Leigh Rivero, Moseeh Gonjoli. makeup, and performance techniques, while their sets often combine Male attendants in the Yang household Kelcie Noeloni Kim Chon Awo. modern design approaches with the use of traditional furniture and the Michael L. McDermott need for substantial open spaces. We a re following these authentic Jingju MU GUIYING (ACT I) ...... Annie Lokomoiko'i Lipscomb performance practices as closely as possible. Our costumes are from Wife of the recently-killed Yang Zangbaa, mather of and China, provided through the Jiangsu Province Jingju Company, and our daughter in Jaw of PRINCESS CHAI; a retired commander whose achievements a1e legendary headdressing crew has trained for many weeks to construct the e laborate PRINCESS CHAI (Choi Junzhu) ...... Fan Xing headdresses worn by the female characters. Our stage crew is costumed Widow of MATRIARCH SHE'S sixth san. mather of the 1ecentty killed , and mother-in-law of MU GU/YING and appears in full view. in keeping with the very traditional practice of YANG DAN lANG ...... Zi Hong Mioo Nakamura* jianchang stage assistants. We have worked hard to recreate the stylized "Eldest Yang Wife,· the widow of MATRIARCH SHE's eldest son: a 1etired gene/Of quality of Jingju verse recitation and song in our English version, and are YANG ERNIANG ...... Kelby Lynn Mcintyre therefore following the Chinese practice of projecting the verse on both ·second Yang Wife,· the widow ofMATRIARCH SHE's second son: a 1etired general YANG BAJIE ...... Katie Tedore sides of the stage. In contemporary performance practice. leading roles are "Eighth Yang Daughter,· the unmarried daughte1 of MATRIARCH SHE; a retired general often shared among two o r more actors in successive scenes of the same YANG JIOUMEI ...... Alexia Hsin Chen performance, and we do have d ifferent performers playing Mu Guiying "Ninth Yang Daughter,· the unmarried daughter ofMATRIARCH SHE; a retired general YANG SANNIANG ...... Karis Shing Yon Lo in the first and second acts. We a lso have several women playing men, "Third Yang Wife,· the widow of MATRIARCH SHE's thi1d san: a reti1ed general following the traditional aesthetic of assigning roles according to vocal and YANG SINIANG ...... Ashley Lorson physical abilities rather than sex. Most importantly, however, every actor "Fourth Yang Wife, • the widow of MATRIARCH SHE's fourth son: a 1etired general and musician in our company has received in-depth. professional training in YANG WUNIANG ...... Christo Elettherokis "Fifth Yang Wife.· the widow of MATRIARCH SHE's fifth son: a refired general preparation for these performances. MATRIARCH SHE (She Toijun) ...... Jomy L. Nohokueluo Torres l:ICKNOWC€DOOM€NCS This p roduction is the culmination of a six-month Jingju Resident The eldest member of the Yang family, mothe1 of an ent11e generation of male Training Program held at the University of Hawai'i from August 2005 through and female generals. and mothe1 In Jaw to the widows of the dead or missing men: GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR THE 2005-2006 JINGJU RESIDENT TRAINING PROGRAM January 2006. During this p rogram more than 60 students have undergone a reveled retired commander AND PRODUCTION PROVIDED BY: YANG WENGUANG ...... N icole Tessier* intensive training in the techniques of Jingju movement, vocalization, 14 year old san ofMU GUIYING and the recently killed Yang Zongbao. Office of the Chancellor, University of Howoi'i at Manoa music ianship, makeup, costuming. and staging utilized in today's g1andson of PRINCESS CHAI, and great grandson of MATRIARCH SHE University Research Council Special Funding for Scholarly and Creative Works performance. Their teachers have been three master artists from the Jiangsu YANG QINIANG ...... Dusty Behner The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations ·seventh Yang WiYe. · widow of MATRIARCH SHE'S seventh son: 1111111• Province Jingju Company: Mr. Lu Genzhang, an award-winning performer of from the Legislature of the State of Howoi'i and by the a fierce retlled general and expert teachei of martial arts both traditional and modern Jingju; Ms. Zhang Ling, an accomplished Jingju KOU ZHUN ...... Chong Wong Notional Endowment for the Arts The Northern Song Dynasty's Mlnlste1 of the Right University of Hawai'i Foundation Chun Ku and Soo Yong Huang performer who has played the important ro le of Mu Guiying many times; WANG HUI ...... Kemuel DeMoville Endowment for Chinese Theatre and Mr. Zhang Xigui, an accomplished Jingju musician. From the inception The Northern Song Dynasty's Minister of the Left of this project three years ago through these culminating performances, SONG RENZONG ...... Erik J. Krummel! University of Hawai'i Foundation Chinese Theatre Endowment Empe1or of the Northern Song Dynasty University of Howai'i Foundation Sheridan and Julia lng Family overall artistic supervision has been provided by Madam Shen Xiaomei, ZHANG BIAO ...... Aivin Chuen Git Chon Endowment for Asian Theatre a personal disciple of the legendary Master Mei Lanfang and one of the First Song Soldle1 and attendant to the recently-killed Yang Zongbao Freemon Visiting Artist Residency Program most respected creative artists in Jingju today. The experience of working Second SONG SOLDIER ...... Erik J. Krummel! College of Arts and Humanities, University of Howoi'i at Manoa closely with these master artists has been an exhilarating. expanding. and Third SONG SOLDIER ...... Kemuel DeMoville American Carpet One immensely rewarding one for all of us. We are all extremely grateful to Fourth SONG SOLDIER ...... K. C. Ho 'onokoo Odell MU GUIYING (Act 11) ...... Jessica Lee Jacob* them for sharing their extraordinary skills as creative artists and teachers Wife of the 1ecently killed Yang Zongbao. mothe1 of YANG THANKS GO TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR MAKING THIS PRODUCTION POSSIBLE: with such dedication, patience, and generosity, and hope that our efforts WENGUANG and daughter-in-Jaw of PRINCESS CHAI.' a retired to understand and convey a part of their vast and rich art meet with their commander whose achievements are legendary Roger Ames. Frank Beaver. Thomas Bingham, Adam Blough, Ronald Brown, First XIXIA SOLDIER ...... Motthew Toyama W. Dennis Carroll, Larry and Lily Chiang, Julio Chu, Lori Chun, Will Connor, approval. Second XIXIA SOLDIER ...... Cosey Bryant Joseph Dodd, Peggy Eu. William Feltz. Sandra Finney, Isaac Fujioka, Third XIXIA SOLDIER ...... Michoel L. McDermott Lindo Hamada, Martha Hanson, Kathy Hsiung, Judith Hughes, Gerald Kowaoka, Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak Fourth XIXIA SOLDIER ...... Moseeh Gonjoli Dorrell Kicker. George Kuo, Daniel W.Y. Kwok, Frederick Lou. Kenneth K. Lou, Professor and Director of Asian Theatre Fifth XIXIA SOLDIER ...... Fronk Kotosse Lorraine Leslie, Gregg Lizenbery, Chin-t'ong Lo, Roger Long, Karin Mackenzie, February 2006 Sixth XIXIA SOLDIER ...... Chong Wong Tona Morin, Frances Mosutsugu, Vance McCoy, Michael McDermott. Byron WANG WEN ...... N icolos Logue* Moon, Sherrie Morinaka, Marty Myers, Ryan Nakagawa. Kathy Nelson, King of the Western Xla (Xbda). foe of the Northe~n Song Dynasty WANG XIANG ...... Kelcie Noeloni Kim Chon Awo Trinh Nguyen. Cynthia Ning, Wendy Pearson, Ed Porter. Rodney Sakaguchi. 16 year-old san of Western X/a King WANG WEN Hannah Schauer Galli, Shen Xioomei, Neal Smotresk, Barbaro Smith, Iris Takaki. OLD ZHANG ...... K. Leigh Rivero Betty Tom. Carol Tsai. Daniel Tschudi. Donna Vuchinich, Brent Watanabe, Lori An elderly man who gathers he~bs for a living Yamamura, Ding Ye, Colleen Young, James Sou Tim Young. *In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Moster of Fine Art degree in Asian Performance