MAIN STAGE : Production Staff " Front of House Staff 2011-2012 SEASON Stage Manager: Lani McGettigan Winskye Staff Theatre Manager: Marty Myers Assistant Stage Managers: Amanda Stone, Denali Lukacinsky Box Office Staff: Cindy Hartigan, Jordan Hensley, Nick Murray Husted, Assistant Directors: Jenn Thomas, Nick Ishimaru Alana Kleven, Ma Yan & Ham Assistant to the Musical Director: Po’ai Lincoln Publicity Director: Tracy Robinson Rodgers merstein’s Dialect Coach: Tommy Barron Publicity Assistants: Rashida Vennie, Garrett Ornellas Vocal Coach: Laurence Paxton Graphic Designer: Brett T. Botbyl Dance Captains: Rhoda Kealoha Paz Baria, E. Monique Lincoln Web Assistants: Brock Huddleston, Erin Sim Fight Captain: Amanda Stone KL Photographer: Reese Moriyama O AHOMA! Light Console Operator: Cassandra Glaser Program Editor and Lobby Display: Kristina Tannenbaum Sound Board Operator: Matthew Kubota, Elise Shuford Kennedy Theatre House Manager:Kristina Tannenbaum Follow Spot Operators: Kirby Stolzoff, Hikari Tsuno Assistant House Managers: Garrett Ornellas, Nichole Pierce, Amber Spaulding Stage Crew: Amy Bouchard, Sky Okimoto, Reinhold Schmid Department Office Staff: Tana Marin, Lori Ann Chun Properties Coordinator: Meg Hanna Director of Dance: Gregg Lizenbery Rehearsal Accompanist: Masami Iida Department Chair: Paul T. Mitri Audio Consultant: Darren Araki and Lono Newalu of Precision Sound Staff Technical Director: Gerald Kawaoka L Front of House Information Production Electrician: Ray Moschuk, Maria L.S.L. Liu - For lost and found, large print programs, Assistive Listening Devices or any other Set Construction and Electrics Crew: Lavour Addison, accessibility requests, please contact the House Manager or call the Kennedy Trevor Henry Craighead, Jorge Garcia, Maria L.S.L. Liu, Ray Moschuk, Theatre Box Office at 956-7655. Kara Nabarrete, Lia Nakao, Donald Quilinquin, Garett T.K. Taketa, and - To arrange a Campus Security Escort from any two points on campus Students from THEA 240 and 221 please see a House Manager. Scenic Artist: Donald Quilinquin - Please silence all pagers, phones and digital watches. Assistant Scenic Artist: Maura Takeshita - No photography, video recording, or text messaging is permitted. Staff Costume Shop Manager: Hannah Schauer Galli - Please refrain from eating, drinking or smoking in the theatre. Costume Construction Crew: A’rel D. L. Boise, Amber Lehua Davidson, Acknowledgements: Nov 4,5,10,11,12*,17, 18,19 at 7:30pm Evelyn Leung, Ka`lea Raymond, Brittni Michele Shambaugh, The UHM ticket program is supported in part by a grant from the Student Samantha Shields, Students from THEA 354 Activities and Program Fee Board. Nov 13*,20 at 2pm Nov 6 at 2pm ADK Benefit *ASL Performances Wardrobe Supervisor: Sharon R. Garcia Doyle The Kennedy Theatre production program is generously supported by grants from the John Chin Young Foundation and the Hung Wo Ching Foundation. Wig Master: Samantha Shields Music by Richard Rogers Hair Crew: Evelyn Leung , Leeza Monge Supported in part by the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Hawai`i State Legislature and the NEA. Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Dressers: Catherine Chen, Mei Chibana, Ka`ena Galdeira, Jaeves Iha, Based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs Isaac Ligsay, John Sword, Nicolette Trevenen, Harold Wong Waikiki Parc Hotel, Hospitality Sponsor for the Arts at UH Mānoa. Original Dances by Agnes de Mille Quilt-Logo Designer: Laura Ruby Kennedy Theatre is a member of the Hawai‘i State Theatre Council. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Faculty Design Consultants: Joseph D. Dodd, Cheri Vasek This production ofOklahoma! is an Associate Production for the American ASL Interpreters: Jan Fried, Laura Safranski College Theatre Festival, Region VIII. College of Arts and Humanities C D epartment of T heatr e and D anc e V Visit us on the web at http://www.hawaii.edu/kennedy The American Sign Language interpretation is supported through a grant from the and the Music Department Student Equity Excellence and Diversity Fund. : Artistic Staff " Musical Numbers H Director's Note Director: Lurana Donnels O’Malley ACT I As a theatre historian well aware of the groundbreaking nature of !, I hold Musical Director: Phil Hidalgo Overture the musical in such high regard that it has always bothered me when people offhandedly use Scenic Designer: Donald Quilinquin* Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'...... Curly and Laurey it as an example of “feel-good” fluff. I see it as so much more. In its time, it was the creators’ dream for what a new American theatre could be: using the artistic forms of song, dance, Costume Designer: Cheri Vasek The Surrey With the Fringe on Top...... Curly, Laurey, and Aunt Eller and music to show American customs, stories, and characters. Playwright Lynn Riggs, Lighting Designer: Ray Moschuk* City...... Will, Aunt Eller, Cowboys and Cowgirls himself from a generation of writers passionately interested in the authenticity of the local Properties Designer: Meg Hanna* I Cain't Say No!...... Ado Annie voice, gave Rodgers and Hammerstein a story and characters that had no precedent. Agnes Dance Choreographer: Cindy Hartigan Many a New Day...... Laurey and the Women de Mille created a Dream that courageously challenged conventions of “show dance.” Dream Dance Choreographer: Harmony S.L. Aguilera* It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!...... Ali Hakim and the Men The idea for this Kennedy Theatre production came from a question: could Fight Choreographer: Paul T. Mitri People Will Say We're in Love...... Laurey and Curly a production of Oklahoma! call the audience’s attention to the historical and social Dramaturg: Yining Lin Pore Jud is Daid...... Curly and Jud circumstances of its setting? Could we bring in the history of , of Oklahoma *In partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree Lonely Room...... Jud statehood, of a group of people on the brink of change? Could we honor Rodgers & Out of My Dreams...... Laurey and the Women Hammerstein’s masterpiece while taking it beyond the clichés inevitably engendered by its L Cast of Characters (in order of appearance) Dream Dance...... Laurey and Ensemble success? Our goal was to look at the play with fresh eyes. The production’s scenography Aunt Eller...... Michelle Johnson ACT II was inspired by the political theatre work of Bertolt Brecht and the Berliner Ensemble. The Curly...... Brandon Gregory Martinez Entr’acte choreographers have worked to make dance that comes out of and reveals character. I’ve Laurey...... Karissa J. Murrell Adams The Farmer and the Cowman...... Aunt Eller, Andrew Carnes, Curly, Will, encouraged the cast to make bold choices. All in the hope that you, our audience, will enjoy a Ike Skidmore...... Seth N. Lilley Ado Annie, Ike Skidmore and Company rich and flavorfulOklahoma! , as vibrant today as the first time Curly sang that first offstage note. Fred...... Matthew Barbee All Er Nothin'...... Ado Annie and Will Slim...... Tristan Holmes People Will Say We're in Love (Reprise)...... Curly, Laurey Dramaturg's Notes Will Parker...... Robbie Johnson Oklahoma!...... Curly, Laurey, Aunt Eller and Company S Jud Fry...... Garett T. K. Taketa Finale Ultimo...... Company Oklahoma! The Musical and Beyond Ado Annie Carnes...... Brittni Michele Shambaugh Written by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics), Oklahoma! is based on the play Green Grows the Lilacs (1931) by Lynn Riggs, a part- Ali Hakim...... Walt Gaines Orchestra G playwright. Infused with authentic period folk songs, Riggs’s play captures the Gertie Cummings...... Erin McFadden customs and dialect of his home state of Oklahoma and became the backbone for its musical James Gochenouer, Kenneth Hara, Stanton Haugen, Keanuenue Hayashi, Andrew Carnes...... Michael “Donut” Donato counterpart. Cord Elam...... Nelson Rosa Masami Iida, Tyler Katsura, Mai Kawahara, Ann Kuraya, Frances Rienzi, New York’s Theatre Guild commissioned Rodgers and Hammerstein to write Kate...... Rhoda Kealoha Paz Baria Ek Schoeph, Denise Shigeta, Shawn Tahata, Jordan Takemoto, Oklahoma! as their first project together. From the beginning, Rodgers and Hammerstein Ellen...... E. Monique Lincoln Calvin Takesue, Gavin Tsutsumi believed that the music should support the story, allowing each musical number to support Virginia...... Kanoelani Holomalia ZX story and character. Agnes de Mille as choreographer created the famous Dream sequence Vivian/Dance Hall Girl...... Kehaulani Kimokeo to express character through movement. The show opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on March 31, 1943. The Dance Hall Girl...... Shay Dominiak Free Pre-Show Events production had a stunning 2,212 performances, a record that lasted for 15 years. Two days Tomboy Cowboy...... Genessis Ramirez Sat Nov 5 – 6:30pm: Pre-Show Chat after it closed, touring companies went on the road. Since its premiere,Oklahoma! has Young Cowboy...... Teia O’Malley "Oklahoma, O.K! The Birth of a State and a Musical to Celebrate" by Yining Lin remained one of the most popular musicals in American history. It is still produced all over Farm Girl...... Ruby O’Malley the country, in professional and amateur companies, in high schools and universities, and The Men...... Geovanté Joseph Fri Nov 11 – 6:00pm recently had an enormously successful revival at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Sam Merritt Paradise Shufflers square dance demonstration in front of Kennedy Theatre The Birth of Oklahoma Elvis Chanh Nguyen Oklahoma, as the 46th state, is one of the youngest states in our nation, with Hawai'i Shengjia Zhang Sat Nov 19 – 6:30pm: Pre-Show Chat "Oklahoma! in Hawai'i? Directing, Dance, and Design" by Lurana Donnels O’Malley being the youngest. In 1541, Francisco Coronado tried to find the Lost City of Gold in this The Women...... Mandie Botinelly region. In 1801, Napoleon laid claim to the territory, and then turned around and sold it to Juliana Elliott Special Thanks the as a part of the Purchase, which doubled the size of the country, Joy Higashino and created an opportunity for the government to relocate Native Americans from Georgia Peggy Gaither-Adams, Howard Asao, Dean Thomas Bingham, Ruth Dawson, to the new Indian Territory. The relocation of the Cherokee was the most devastating and is Clarissa Bergeron-Lawrence Betsy Fisher, Teryl Garcia, Kainoa Jarrett, Gregg Lizenbery, Elise Louie, Brittany Paller famously known as the . Peter Medeiros, Byron Moon, John Mount, Jonathan Osorio, Laurence Paxton, In 1889, however, the Oklahoma Territory was opened up to non-Native American Laura Ruby, Amy Schiffner, Tracy Trevorrow, Elisa White, ~ There will be one intermission during this performance. ~ homesteaders through a series of horseraces, with over 50,000 people entering on the first Chris Windnagle and Pearl City High School, Joe Winskye, day. Setting Jasmine Yep, Tony Young, Diamond Head Theatre, Mānoa Valley Theatre, After the discovery of minerals and oil in the region, many settlers started to clamor

K Chansri Green and The Movement Center, Paradise Shufflers, for statehood. In general, Native Americans were not in favor of statehood, wanting to retain

The play is set in 1906, in Indian Territory, prior to Oklahoma statehood. their territorial governments and control of their lands. In 1906, after a series of debates, the The UH Mānoa Bookstore for prize donationsZX to the Inter-Theatre Jam Indian and Oklahoma territories were combined and admitted into the Union in 1907. Oklahoma! is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com