R As Regan in Lear, Tessie in White Tennis Shoes, and Lady Teazle in School for Scandal
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CQ it!tllllllilllfii!IU!IIIIll!llllillilll!lllllllill!!llllllllllllll,llll!llll'llll'illlllltl lllililllllllllllt lllltl ,illllii!Jlii!IIJ! IIIJIII!Illillllll tlill(llii!Jlllll!lti'!IIJtllilll!lfl'il . The University of Hawaii Summer T heatre presents RA I N a serious drama by John Colton and Clemence Randolph from "Miss Thompson," a story by W. Somerset.. ~augham produced by special arrangement with ~amuel French, Ltd. ' T he Entire Production Designed and Di1·ected by ·Robert Soller Historical Consultant to the Production- M,-. Wilmon Mena?"d John Fitzgerald Kennedy T heatre, Honolulu, Hawaii June 24, 25; July 1, 2, 1966 CAST OF CHARACTERS Natives ................................................................ FAY ITo, GLORIA URSAL, MARVIN CHAR, EDGARDO D ELA CRUZ Ameena ................................................................................ L oYAL GARNER Private Grigge, U.S.M.C ......................................................... BoB MAXIE Corpoml Hodgson, U. S.M.C ...............................................CHRis CoMER Sergeant O'Hara, U.S. M.C ....................................... E LLSWORTH L oNDON Joe Horn.... ...................................................................... ARTHUR CALDEIRA Dr. M acPhail. ....................................................................... RICHARD ABEL Mrs. MacPhaiL ..................................................................... B R£1\"DA KooN M1·s. Davidson.... .................................................................. }OYCE M ALTBY Quartermaster Bates ..........................................................GARY NEVI NGEH Sadie Thompson... ......................................................... SARAH TRENHOLM Rev. Davidson ........................................................................K ARL W YL IE The action of the play takes place in the living room of } Qe Horn's hotel-store in the port of Pago Pago on the Island of Tutuila in the South Seas, cluri~e rainy season. The year is 1916. - - ----•wo..-x~a...,r..,IH<l4' ._ J?o ....1, , Tn""n.-nin" ~ ACT TWO: Two days later. Night. ACT THREE, Scene One: Four days later. Night. Scene Two: Early the following morning. RAIN was the first in a long series of exciting dramatizations based on the story of Miss Sadie Thompson, the memorable prostitute created by Somerset Maugham. The play opened at the Maxine Elliot Theatre in New York City on November 7, 1922 and proved to be a tremendous success; Jeanne Eagels, in the leading role, portrayed the original Sadie and played the part for five years. Subsequently, Gloria Swanson recreated Sadie in the first movie version; and later Joan Crawford and Rita Hayworth starred in film remakes. The only unsuc cessful "Sadie" was a musical version that flopped in the '40s. When RAIN opened in New York the excitement in the audience amounted to a demonstration. The play's virulent anti-puritanism cried out against intolerance; and its timely message was incorporated into the new generation's campaign for the freedom of expression. This production of RAIN is intended not only as a revival of the play, but also as a revival of that spirit of tolerance. The purpose of the play is not to condemn the "coming of the missionarit<s," but to expose the inadvertent hypocrisy of narrow-minded and self-rightehus individuals like the Reverend Davidson. BE SURE TO SEE Moliere's A Sortor tu j;pttr of 1ltm11rlf .... July 8, 9; 15, 16 Schmidt and Jones' musical, 11 0 in the §Jiutde . : .. July 22, 23; 29, 30 PRODUCTION STAFF Stage Manager ...................................................... ........................ EDGARDO DELA CRuz Prompter .. ......................................................... ....................................... .. FAY HENDRICKS Scene Construction .......................................................... MEMBERS OF THE CoMPANY Sound ............................. ............................................................................. MARVIN CHAR Properties .................................................................................................... BRENDA KooN Lighting ·-·-························-·--·····································--···-··--·--····---·······KATHY HARTZELL, assisted by JEAN KING, ZIA HYDER Costumes....... .................................... --- ·····----······--JEAN RoTH and SARAH TRENHOLM, assisted by jEANNE DENHAM, ToNI LEvi, VIRGINIA WYLIE Makeup... ........., ........................................................................................... JoYCE MALTBY Box Office ..................................................................... ..................... SYLVIA CABANAYAN, MARVIN CHAR, FAy HENDRICKS, BRENDA J ONG, SHEILA Loa, CLARENCE LoPEZ, GARY ToYAMA Publicity ............... ... ....................................................................... .......... ... RICHARD ABEL House .................................................................. ...................................... FRED GALLEGos, assisted by HENRY HART, HERB RosENBUSH, MICHAEL KING, MICHAEL Doun, GARY ToYAMA Ushers ........................................................................................................ Hm KAu MAu, ST. FRANCIS HIGH ScHOOL, RAINBOW CLUB, NEWMAN CLUB NOTICE: Smoking is not allowed in the auditorium, nor may photographs or recordings be made during the performance. •lllll!lll!llllllllll!!ll!lll!lll!lll!!llllilii!lll!llllll!llll!l!!llllllll!llllllllllllll!lll!lllillli!llllllllllllilllilllilllililllilllllll!llll!lll!llillll!ll!!lll!lll!lllll!l!liiiiii!III!!IH MEET THE PLAYERS SARAH TRENHOLM, an East-West Center grontee in linguistics, plays Sadie Thompson. Sarah has been seen around the Kennedy Theatre this year as Regan in Lear, Tessie in White Tennis Shoes, and Lady Teazle in School for Scandal. She did her undergradu ate work at Colleoe of W iWam end Mary. where she took leading roles ·n Richard Ill, Time of Your Life, No Exit, Hamlet and Medea. Sarah has had wme professional experience with the W illiamsburg Shakespearian Plo yers and the Jamestown Corpo ration of Williamsburg, Va. KARL WYLIE, who portrays Reverend Davidson, is o graduote assistant ·n the U. of H. Drama Department. Theatre-goers will remember him as Tieres'as and Theseus in Oedipus, Mosca in Volpone and Joseph Surface in School for Scandal. Re ligious roles seem to be Karl's forte, fo r in addition to Davidson, he has ployed God in Three CheercS for Maq, ·Zeus in The Flies, a missionary in the fil m Hawaii, end earlier, in the Va ncouver lnternotiona l Festival production of Show's Saint Joan, he was cast os Brother Martin. While on un dergraduote ot U. of British Columbio, he performed in Antigone, Much Ado About Nothing and Henry IV (Part 1). Karl hos also been active in various community theatres: and this yeor he directed his Masters production of White Tenn is Shoes for the Kennedy Laboratory Theatre. JOYCE MALTBY is another fami liar face to Kennedy Theatre oudiences. Now cast as Mrs. Davidson , the puritenical minister's wife, she has played everything from Jenny in Brecht's Three Penny Opera to Good Deeds in Everyman. Last summer Joyce was cast as Amando in Glass Menagerie and Kitty in Charley's Aunt. And she has also played Jocasta and Anfgone in Oedipus, Antigone in Anouilh's Antigone, and Dunyasha in Cherry Orchard. During her undergraduate years ot U. of Wisconsin, J oyce performed in t 0 productions and won three acting awards and a directing award. She was o member of the Chicago Actor's Company for I I yee rs and played in 25 productions. Joyce hes extensive experiences in radio, television, commercial fil ms, community theatre and summer stock, end she has taught erective dramotics. ELLSWORTH "BUZZ" LONDON, playing Sergeont O 'Hara, be gan his dromatic career here ot the U. of H. as o member of the Oedipus Chorus. He hos since taken the roles of Tolen in The Knack, Edgar in Lear and Aegisthus in The Flies. Bun is an un dergroduate drama ma jor who hos returned to finish his col lege educetion after a two-yeer hitch with the Army. BRENDA KOON, also an underg roduote drama major, t ransferred here from the U. of Virginia , where she pleyed Estell e in No Exit and Cassandra in Trojan Women. Besides this cha rac terization of Mrs. MacPha il in Rain, Brenda hos to her credit he r performances of Leonore in White Tennis Shoes and Lady Sneer well in School for Scandal. Her home is in Toiwa n, and she has been active in the Ta ipei Little Theatre Group there. RICHARD ABE L, cast as Dr. MacPhail, first appeared in sma ll roles of Kennedy productions of Oedipus, Blood Wedding and Menohra. He has also played the title role in Volpone, Albany in Lear, Peter in Taste of Honey, Little Bat in Susannah and Sir Peter Teazle in School for Scandal. He has recently directed The Caretaker and several of his own pla ys at Church of the Cross roads. While working toward his Bechelor's at Cornell U.. Richard acted in production of The Boy Friend, Kiss Me Kate, Volpone, J ulius Caesar, The Mikado, The Gondoliers, etc., end he di rected seve'l'al prodt..ctions oi ~l.Q._ert and Sullivan operettos and e)(perimantal one-acts. He has been ac ive in comm unity t+.e~tre and chil dren's theatre as well. t~tine r""by professi~n. Before her po rtr ~ya l- ;f Am~;n~, sh~ beg~n he r theatrical career in Susannah as Mrs. Ott. Loya l, a mus ic ma jor, was recently awarded the honor of outstanding musician of the U. of H. Musi c Department. She is a member of the Un iversity Singers and the choral director of the Waialua Hawai ian