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Productions 1980-1989 Theatre Productions

Fall 10-17-1986

The Night of the Iguana (1986)

San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

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~ I Hal J. Todd, D irector has acted and directed for regional professional theatres such as the Pittsburgh Playhouse, the Seattle Repertory, the San Francisco Actor's Workshop and the American Conservatory Theatre; for Shakespeare festivals at San Diego, Ashland, Oregon, and Boulder, Colorado; at Universal and M.G.M. Studios; and at Carnegie Tech and Northwestern Universities. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the Director's Guild and the Screenwriters Guild. He has been an SJSU faculty member since 1964 and was Department Chair between 1964 and 1982. His recent SJSU productions include The Country Wife, Dracula, and last season's Dark of the Moon. Todd has directed three Tennessee Williams plays in the University Theatre, Iguana, , and . He has also played both Tom and Jim and directed in stock productions. Todd received a Fulbright Fellowship for 1985 to Yugoslavia where he was a Fulbright professor at the Faculty of Performing Arts. Last Spring he was invited back to Belgrade for the premier of one of his plays at the Professional National Children's Theatre (in Serbo-Croatian!)

PRESENTEDANDPRODUCEDBY From the Director's Pen THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Tennessee Williams ( 1911-1983 ), the "foremost American playwright of his time" and second only perhaps to Eugene O'Neill at any time, was honored with five Pulitzer Prizes or New York Critics Circle best play awards. The first of these was for The Glass Menagerie ( 1945 ), the last for SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY The Night of the Iguana (1961 ). A score of his works were successfully adapted for the screen. Supported in Part by Startling sexual aspects such as rape (in Streetcar Named Desire), sterilization and castration (Sweet Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Bird of Youth), impotence () and cannibalism () aroused controversy and stimulated enthusiasm for his plays, but it was Will iams' gift for The U.S. Department of Education portraying the larger-than-life-or-death struggles of flawed and vulnerable protagonists with or Ryder System against their delusions in the self-made hell of what he called "endured but unendurable pain" which makes them unique and memorable. This production is an associate entry in the American College Theater Festival. The aims of this national theater education pro­ Misfits in a relentlessly cruel world, most of these characters are bent or broken. The fragile gram are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater Laura is trapped in her glass menagerie; Blanche comes by streetcar but is hauled off in an asylum production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for ambulance; Alma flees through the smoke to promiscuity one summer while Catherine faces a sudden lobotomy for the indiscretions of another. Only Brick seems likely to beat the roof he adjudication by a regional ACTF representative, and certain stu­ shares with Maggie the Cat. dents are selected to participate in ACTF programs involving awards, scholarships and special grants for actors, playwrights, Until The Night of the Iguana. Here the fugitive tormented Reverend Lawrence T. Shannon, designers and critics at both the regional and national levels. victim and victimizer of women, seems hell-bent on self-destruction. The earthy Widow Faulk lusts for him; the spirited spinster Jelkes yearns for him. T he conclusion seems an affirmation of life. On the night of the iguana ("one of God's ugli est creatures"), through Hannah's Last year more than 580 productions and 13,000 students ministrations Shannon comes to terms with both the wonders and horrors of the " fantastic" real participated in the American College Theater Festival nationwide. world. He releases the iguana, recaptures some dignity and the will to go on. By entering this production our department is sharing in the ACTF goals to help college theater grow and focus attention on the exemplary work being produced in college and university theaters across the nation. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Directed by Hal J. Todd Scenic Design Lighting Design Donamarie Reeds Ken Dorst Costume & Makeup Design Rhonda W. Roper Property Design Sound Design Suellen Sellers l } John Cunningham

Cast (In order of appearance) Production Staff Pancho .... Ramon Sanchez Stage Manager and Assistant Director .. . . Joseph Christensen Maxine Faulk ... Donna Federico Technical Director .... James R. Earle, Jr. Pedro ...... Rob Langeder Assistant Stage Managers ...... Adam Novicki, Michelle Stone The Rever and T. Lawrence Shannon ...... Jon Patrick Selover Scenic Artists ...... Eric Fisher, Donamarie Reeds Wolfgang ...... Kelly McAllister Stage Crew ...... *Michael Huckaby Hilda .. . .. Allaire A. Paterson Sylvia Streit Herr Fahrenkopf . . .Steven Burright Scenic Construction ...... Drama 52 Students and Drama 10 Students Frau Fahrenkopf ...... Rita Faye Wadsworth Property Crew ...... *Mikel Sooter Marlo Caramat, Susan Kreider and Elvin Mitchell Hank ...... Lance Wright Lighting Crew ...... Nita Duarte Miss Judith Fellows ...... Betsey Hayman Sound Technician ...... Michelle Stone Hannah Jelkes .. Bridget Kowalczyk Costume and Makeup Design under the supervision of .... Elizabeth M. Poindexter Charlotte Goodall .. Dena Lou Reynolds Cutter / Fitter . . .Rhonda Roper Miss Nellie Bush ...... Janice Paxson Costume Construction ...... Deborah Eason, Mary Wong, Drama 52 Students Miss Edna Baker .. .. Ann Rands and Drama 10 Students Nonno (Jonathan Coffin). .. James Cornwell Costume Crew ...... *Sybil Barefoot Jake Latta .. . .. Jerry McAllister Renee Ardizzone, Colleen Develin, and Linda Mizuhara Makeup Crew ... . Kathy Keister, Vanessa Pacheco, and Ramon Sanchez Men's Hair Stylist .. Donna Federico *denotes crewhead Time: Summer, 1940 Act I Scene 1: Afternoon Scene 2: Later that afternoon Ackno wledgements: Place: Costa Verde Hotel Nonno 's wig & beard ...... -.. · ...... · ...... Richard Stead Puerto Barrio, Mexico Act II That night SJSU Facilities Develo pment and Operations ...... Grounds Crew There will be one 12 minute intermission Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Services. Inc. DonnaFederico,MFACandidate UniversityTheatreTechnicalProductionStaff: Although she graduated from Havre's Northern Montana Shop Foreman . .. Steven Placke College in 1985, Ms. Federico did most of her undergraduate work in theatre at SJSU in the late 60's. She has acted and Master Electrician ...... Chris Thorne designed makeup for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Scene Shop Assistants ...... )ames Cornwell Ashland and for the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts Russell M . Doolittle in Santa Maria. Janice Paxson After securing a cosmetologist license, she designed for many Costumer . .. . Eliza Chugg major theatre companies including A.C.T. in San Francisco. Costume Shop Assistants ...... Donna Federico However, she never stopped performing and worked as a night Rhonda Roper club singer until she returned to the stage as Miss Tweed in Maureen Smidebush Something's Afoot at Southern Oregon State College in Ashland. Costume Loan Coordinators ...... Ann Rands This is her second year as a Graduate Student at SJSU and her Colin MacDougall

.L thesis role of Maxine will help her earn a Master of Fine Arts Prop Room Coordinator ...... Cathy Moser Degree in May. Last year SJSU audiences saw Ms. Federico as Lighting Assistant ...... Carol Couch Hallie in Buried Child, Mrs. Hale in Trifles, Grandma in The American Dream and Jewel in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. University Theatre Front of House Staff About the MFA Program Director of Theatre. . Bob Jenkins The Master of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre is offered for students with aptitudes and orientation Publicist ...... Vanita Moore for professional theatre training in the areas of Performance (acting, directing) or Scenography Box Office Manager ...... Kathleen Eads (scene, costume, lighting design, technical direction). The objective of the program is to deliver House Manager ...... Darlene Conwell the skills, capacity, and understanding of the art and craft of theatre in highly motivated students Photographer ...... Scott Baker as preparation for professional careers in theatre. Only those students who demonstrate exceptional talent, motivation, and committment to their training are admitted and retained in Publicity Crew ...... Rob Langeder the program. San Jose State University is the only State school in Northern California to offer Ann Rands this pre-professional degree in performance. Drama 10 Students Box Office Crew ...... Kelsey Harding Rob Langeder Rosa Leon Jenny McAllister Jerry McAllister Colin MacDougall Michelle Robinson Jon Selover