By arrangement with Rodgers and Hammerstein

THE LIGHT OPERA GUILD

presents "SOUTH PACIFIC"

Music by RICHARD RODGERS Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd

Book by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd and Joshua Logan Adapted from James A. Michener 's Pulitzer ,Prize Winning Novel "Tales of t he South Pacific"

Production and Musical Direction bY;t' ~~ ROBERT L. BRIGGS • 4! IL0./i: , Choral Direction and Staging by • (~p.~~ BETTY JANE GRIMM ~.,~; December 7 and 8, 1956 8:15 P.M. WESTCOTT AUDITORIUM

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY TALLAHASSEE Sponsored by SIGMA ALPHA IOTA

CAST (In order of appearance) NGANA ______Gayla Frank, Cheryle Thompson (alternate performances) JER 0 ME ______Monk G uilford HE NR Y ______Mike B ru sh ENSIGN NELLIE FORBUSH ______Beverly Brown EMILE de BECQUE ______Richard Waff BLOO D Y MARY ______Betty Jane Grimm BLOODY MARY'S ASSISTANT ______Kay Hufford S TE WPOT ______Chick Cicio LUTHER BILLIS ______John Zilles PROFESSOR ______Lonnie Keene LT. JOSEPH CABLE, USMC ______Sheldon Torn CAPTAIN GEORGE BRACKETT, USN ______Craig Monroe COMMANDER WILLIAM HARBISON, USN. __ _ George Goldstein YEOMAN HERBERT QUALE ______Larry Zingale SGT. KENNETH JOHNSON ______Bob Blanton SEABEE RICHARD WEST ______~ _____ Carl Herman Rosenbush SEABEE MORTON WISE ______Karl Nelson SEAMAN TOM O'BRIEN ______Wesley Chesnut RADIO OPERATOR BOB McCAFFREY ______Mike Brush MARINE CPL. HAMILTON STEEVES ______Joseph Fast PVT. VICTOR JEROME ______Norman Ingram PVT. SVEN LARSEN ______William Parrish LT. GENEVIEVE MARSHALL ______Nancy Oexle ENSIGN LISA MANELLI ______Dale Apple ENSIGN CONNIE W ALEWSKA ______Lynne Canaday ENSIGN JANET McGREGOR ______Sally Ford ENSIGN BESSIE NOONAN ______Carol Carpenter ENS I G N R IT A AD AM S ______E laine Clark ENSIGN SUE YAEGER ______Pat Doyle ENSIGN BETTY PITT ______Corena Scott ENSIG N CORA MacRAE ______Nettie Black ENSIGN DINAH MURPHY ______Ruth McLester L IAT ______Liz Armes MARCEL ______Eric Maddox LT. BUZ'Z ADAMS, USN ______Steve Bevan The action of the play takes place on two islands in the South Pacific dur­ ing the recent war. There is a week's lapse of time between the two acts.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I DITES-MOI POURQUOI ______N gana and Jerome A COCKEYED OPTIMIST ______Nellie TWIN SOLILOQUIES ______Nellie and Emile SOME ENCHANTED EVENING ______Emile BLOODY MARY IS THE GIRL I LOVE Sailors, Seabees, Marines THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME ______Billis and Men BALI HA'I ______Bloody Mary I'M GONNA WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUTA MY HAIR Nellie and Nurses I'M IN LOVE WITH A WONDERFUL GUY ______Nellie and Nurses YOUNG ER THAN SPRINGTIME ______Cable FINALE ______Nellie and Emile

ACT II ENTR' ACTE ______The Orchestra THANKSGIVING FOLLIES ______Nellie and Ensemble HAPPY TALK ______Bloody Mary, Liat, and Cable HONEY BUN ______Nellie and Billis YOU'VE GOT TO BE TA UG HT ______Cable THIS NEARLY WAS MINE ______Emile REPRISE: SOME ENCHANTED EVENING ______Nellie FINALE

THE ORCHESTRA Violins: Robert Sedore, concertmaster, Dorothy Flory, Donald Michel, Dorothea James, Carl Gorodetzsky, John MacLean, Lois Schnoor, Don John­ son; Violas: Arthur Murphy, Maria De Luca; Cellos: Owen Sellers. June Thaden; String Bass: Fred Roska; Flute: Dale Jensen; Oboe: Charles Alley; English Horn: Harold Luce; Clarinets: Tony Swain. Lillian Olsen; Bassoon: William Taylor; Horns: Sidney Wilck, Richard Adams, Pat Johnson; Trumpets: Charles Turner, Mike Hipps, Shirley Wallace; Trombones: John Bracewell, Price Buhrman; Tuba: Fred Hollis; Percussion: Bob Baden; Harp: Mary Reeder; Piano: Charles Farley.

CREDITS - The LIGHT OPERA GUILD is deeply indebted to the following: Shaw's Furniture for the setting in Emile's Terrace; U. S. Naval Re­ serve, U. S. Marine Corps Tank Battalion Unit, National Guard. U. S. Army ROTC for uniforms and equipment; Coca Cola Bottling Co. for beverages; Liggett and Myers for cigarettes; Miss Carolyn Glenn, music teacher at Sealey School for her assistance with the children in the cast.

PRODUCTION STAFF Lighting ______Max Estes, Byron Nichols Stage manager ______Maurice King Staff pianists ______Charles Farley, Elaine Clark Publicity ______R. L. Briggs Makeup supervision ______Betty Jane Grimm Properties ______Martha Baggett Wardrobe mistress ______Phyllis Miller Tickets ______~ ------______Kay Vernon and Nancy Dvorak Ushers ______Carol Rehkop Sound technician ______Darrell Harbaum Stage crew and scenery construction-Ralph Chambers, Peggy DeBolt, Muriel Fielding, Bette Holloway, Eric Maddox, David McCommon, Carolyn New­ som, Allen Putman; Maurice King, in charge. The LIGHT OPERA GUILD wishes to express its sincere appreciation to its sponsor SIGMA ALPHA IOTA, professional, honorary music fraternity for women. Its sponsorship of the LIGHT OPERA GUILD is only one of many services rendered each year at the Florida State University. Its con­ tributions to the advance ticket sales and the arrangements for ushering are essential to the ultimate success of this production. Many of the members of the South Pacific company are also members of this organization.

SIGMA ALPHA IOTA President ______Char-laine Ralston Vice-President ____ Connie Rodabaugh Treasurer ______Carol Owen Secretary ______Louise Gillespie Cl!aplain ______Pauline Hecht

THERE WILL BE A TEN MINUTE INTERMISSION BETWEEN ACTS