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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 on the Island of Tutuila in the South Seas, cluri~e rainy season. The year is 1916. - -

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RAIN was the first in a long series of exciting dramatizations based on the story of , 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, recreated Sadie in the first movie version; and later and starred in film remakes. The only unsuc­ cessful "Sadie" was a musical version that flopped in the '40s. When 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

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.

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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 C ivic Clu b. A "casual" night club performer, Loyal can be seen and heard around town at the ll ikai , the Hawaiian Village, the Oasis and the Green Turtle.

ARTH UR CALDEIRA has been a member of the Drama Depart­ ment staff si nce 1956. And he often doubles as an actor when a particular part appeals to him , like Joe Horn, for instance. Art has played the Judge in Volpone, Ti ger Brown in Three Penny Opera, and last summer, Tom in Time of Yo ur Life.

ROBERT SOLLER, the director of Ra in this summer, produced Charley's Aunt last summer. He also staged the opera Su!annah in cooperation with the Music Department for the Festival ot the Arts this year, and last year he under~o'k the enormous task of both the stage and musical direction· of Three Penny Opera. The third show of this year's summe r season, Schmidt and Jones' 110 in the Shade (a musical version of N. Richard Nash's The Rainmaker), wi! l also be under Bob's complete direction. He is an assistan t professor in the U. of H. Drama.. Department and teaches acting, directin g and stagecraft .

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DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND THEATRE Faculty and Staff: Edward Langhans (Acting Chairman), Robert Soller, Elsa Jordan, Richard Abel, Arthur Caldeira, Nancy Takei, Takeo Miji. Members of University Summer Theatre Stock Company: Kathy Hartzell, Brenda Koon, Ellsworth London, Joyce Maltby, Jean Roth, Sarah Trenholm, Karl Wylie.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SPECI AL THANKS TO

WILMON MENARD, author of The Two Worlds of Somerset Maugham, who has so generously given of his time, his extensive knowledge of Mr. Maugham, and his personal collection of photographs and letters. Mr. Menard has allowed us to interview him and to quote freely from this book, and we are indebted to him for the interesting lobby display. THE CARRIAGE SHOP and JoN's ANTIQUE SHOP for the loan of set furnishings and props.

THE HmmLut.u CoMMUNITY THEATRE for the loan of costumes and props.

B ETTIE KUBE for finding and composing the military costumes.

RICHARD PINTA~E for the construction of the rain-making apparatus. JoN MAYBELLE for general assistance.

And the many members of the University of Hawaii, the East-West Center and the community of Honolulu who have made this production possible.