P..-od&Actiol'l Staff 'lVnnedy Theatre-' -¢- 2001-2002 Season Department Chair Dennis Carroll , Director of Dance Gregg Lizenbery Mainsta!!e Production Stage Manager Jennie S. Frazer Asst Production Stage Manager Jungah Han Rehearsal Manager Wei-yu Lin Assistant Technical Director M. J. Matsushita Light Board Operator Holly Sutherlin Sound Operator Jennifer Jones Projectionist Jungah Han Stage Crew Christa Eleftherakis, Doug Upp, Olivia Smoody & Daniel Sakimura Set Construction Crew Kelly Berry, James Davenport, Daniel Gelbman, Vincent Liem & students of THEA 240, 221, 200 Staff Costume Shop Manager Hanna!! Schauer Galli Costume Crew Christine Hauptman, Lisa Ohara, Angela Mangano, Tabitha Young & Manko Neubauer Wardrobe Supervisor) Marina Sprinker & Davin Weinstein Dressers Suzanne Calimpong, Mitchell Goo, Valerie Ho, Ashley Larson, Michelle .Nishimoto, Megan Patton & Malia Yamamoto Hairdressing Crew Christine Hauptman, Sadie Yi, Thnya Hitchcox, Sarah Mesina, Lillian Tsang & Henry West Interpreters' & Assistants for the Guest Artists Wei-yu Lin, Hui-mei Chang, Megan Evans & Fan Xing Staff Theatre Manager Marcy Myers Staff Facilities Manager Mark Boyd Box Office Supervisors Michael S. Lee & Tim Wiler Box Office Staff Daniel Akiyama, Jennifer Norton, Tanisha Franquez, Karen Isozaki & Lei Sadakari Publicity Director Kristy DeAnn Miller Publicity Assistant Chris Doi Photographer Andrew Shimabuku Graphic Designer Lauren Forsythe Program Editor/House Manager Sylvia Zietze Assistant House Managers Kathy Bishop & Helen Lee Website Assistant Kathleen Hoganson Department of Theatre and Dance College of Arts and Humanities University of Hawai'i at Manoa . , .• -,. ......, . ' -- -, -... •. ~ .. -- . The University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Chat'acte.. Desc.. iptiot\s College of Arts and Humanities ZHANG SANYANG, owner and keeper of an inn in Bianliang City Department of Theatre and Dance, QIN XIANGLIAN, a village woman from Jinzhou Town in Hubei Music Department, Province; first wife of CHEN SHIMEl, mother of YING GE and and School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies DONG MEl Center for Chinese Studies YING GE, young son of QlN XIANGLIAN and CHEN SHIMEl - present .....- DONG MEl, young daughter of QIN XIANGLIAN and CHEN SHIMEl 3'-'dge Bao a"'d the Case of Qi"' Xia"'gliat\ DOOR KEEPER, servant to CHEN SHIMEl (Qi"' Xiat\glia"'/Zha Mei at\) CHEN SHIMEl, a villager from Jinzhou Town in Hubei Province, husband to QIN XIANGLJAN, father toYING GE and DONG MEl; the traditional Jingju (Beijing/Peking opera) as performed by now Consort to the PRINCESS and brother-in-law of the Emperor Madam Shen Xiaomei, Mr. Shen Fuqing, and Mr. Lu Genzhang, GREAT EUNUCH, servant to CHEN SHIMEl and taught to the actors and musicians by MINISTER WANG, (personal name Wang Yanling) Prime Minister Mr. Shen, Mr. Lu, and Ms. Li Zhenghua, to the Emperor Master Performers from the Jiangsu Province Jingju Company HOUSE MANAGER, servant to MINISTER WANG .;A ..tistic Staff PALACE MAIDENS, servants to PRINCESS and DOWAGER EMPRESS PRINCESS, daughter of the DOWAGER EMPRESS, younger sister Translated by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak and Hui-mei Chang of the Emperor, and wife to CHEN SHIMEl Directed by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak HAN QI, a military officer under CHEN SHIMEl's command Assisted by Wei-yu Lin, Hui-mei Chang, Megan Evans, and Fan Xing JUDGE BAO, (personal name Bao Zheng) chief judge of the Kaifeng Musical Direction by Frederick Lau and Daniel Cole high court, renowned for his honesty and jusuce Scenic Design by Joseph D. Dodd WANG CHAO, an officer of the Kaifeng high court Costume and Hair Coordination by Sandra Finney MAHAN, an officer of the Kaifeng high court Lighting Design by Kelly Berry COURT ATTENDANTS, guards at the Kaifeng high court Technical Direction by Gerald Kawaoka EXECUTIONERS, penal officials at the Kaifeng high court A Note f ..o.-n Mada..n She"' DOWAGER EMPRESS, mother of the PRINCESS and the Emperor, mother-in-law of CHEN SHIMEl Overall artistic supervisor of this Resident Training Program and Production -rhe Scet\es Jingju arises from the Chinese people--it embodies and can repre­ Scene 1 ')\rriving at the Inn"-An early summer evening during the sent us perhaps more clearly and completely than any other per­ Song Dynasty (960--1279), in the imperial city of Bianliang in forming art. Yet along with generations of other Jingju artists in Henan Province, at Zhang Sanyang's inn. China, I believe that Jingju is also an art of international value. Scene 2 "Charging into the Palace"-The next morning, at To achieve the international recognition that has been accorded Chen Shimei's mansion and on the street nearby. other originally-ethnic arts such as ballet, opera, and realistic the· Scene 3 "Appealing Injustice"- Moments later, on the same street atre. Jingju like those arts must be studied in depth-and seriously and at Minister Wang's mansion. performed-by non-ethnic artists outside of China. I am deeply Scene 4 "The Birthday Celebration" - The next day, at grateful to the University of Hawai'i for its decades of. P•?neeri.ng Chen Shimei's mansion. work in this area. And I am confident that through thetr mtt!nsJVe study and respectful performance of Jingju, these University of Intermission Hawai'i students are both helping to bring Jingju the international Scene s "Killing at the Temple" - Later the same day, at Zhang acc~pmnce it deserves, and preparing to contribute meaningfully to Sanyang's inn, and then at a temple on the way to the Kaifeng High Court. the enrichment of multicultural world theatre. , - Shen Xiaomei, Nanjing, Chtna, February 2002 Scene 6 "The Execution" - At Chen Shimei's mansion, and then at the Kaifeng High Court, some days later. --~ :7.11';) r ' Casto Casto Cha ..act~ .. ~· (itl ~ ...d~.- of app~c:.-a..,ce) Characte.. s (itl o.-de.- of appea..-atl~) February 6, 8, 10, 14 & 16 February 7, 9, 13, 15 & 17 ZHANG SANYANG ZHANG SANYANG Troy M. Apostol Gilbert Molina QIN XIANGLIAN QIN XIANGtiAN Megan Evans (Scenes 1-3, Cassandra Wormser (Scenes 1-4) Scene 4 on Feb. 8 and 14) Alma Pasic (Scenes 5-6) Emi Fujinami* (Scenes 5-6, YING GE Debra Jean Zwicker DONG MEl Scene 4 on Feb. 6, 10 and 16) Chihiro Hosono YING GE Eunsook Kim DOOR KEEPER Chris Doi DONG MEl Nicole Tessier CHEN SHIMEl Colleen Lanki DOOR KEEPER Jennifer Goodlander GREAT EUNUCH Stephen Fleming CHEN SHIMEl Tim Wiler MINISTER WANG Blake Kushi GREAT EUNUCH Stephen Fleming HOUSE MANAGER Khetphet Phagnasay MINISTiR WANG Khetphet Phagnasay PALACE MAIDENS Eunsook Kim, Nicole Tessier, Hui-mei Chang HOUSE MANAGER Blake Kushi & Elmira Tereshchenko PALACE MAIDENS Debra Jean Zwicker, Chihiro Hosono, PRINCESS Fan Xing HANQI Fan Xing & Frances Maguerite Mammana Justin Young PRINCESS Hui-nwi Chang ' JUDGE BAO Joshua John Fanene HAN Ql Julie A. Iezzi WANG CHAO Jennifer Goodlander JUDGE SAO Joshua John Fanene MA HAN Chris Doi WANG CHAO Chris Doi COURT ATTENDANTS Troy M. Apostol, Emi Fujinami*, Tim Wiler MAHAN Jennifer Goodlander & R. Kevin Doyle COURT ATTENDANTS Gilbert Molina, Alma Pasic, Colleen Lanki EXECUTIONERS Megan Evans, Blake Kushi, & R. Kevin Doyle Khetphet Phagnasay & Julie A. Iezzi EXECUTIONERS Cassandra Wormser, Blake Kushi, DOWAGER EMPRESS Frances Maguerite Mammana Khetphet Phagnasay & Justin Young •Jn partial fulfillment of the Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Asian Performance DOWAGER EMPRESS Elmira Teresbcbenko •Jn partial fulfillmenc of the Masters of Fme Arts Degree in Asian Performance Musicia~s Musicia~s (at all performances) (at all performances) PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: MELODIC ENSEMBLE: jinghu Conductor, danpigu (single-skin drum), Conductor, ban (clapper), and tanggu (hall drum) Chris Lai Hipp (Scenes 1-5) (the smaller two-string spike fiddle) Daniel Cole (Scenes 1-5) Daniel Cole (Scene 6) Sunhee Koo (Scene 6) Daluo (large gong) Masaya Shishikura & Erhu (the larger two-string spike fiddle) Tang Yang Wen Jing & Frederick Lau Barbie Wong Yueqin (moon lute) Naobo (cymbals) Frederick Lau & Lana Hirai Alan Yuen Hsin Wong Sanxian Xiaoluo (small gong) Eiko Saeki (three-string lute) Masaya Shishikura & Kevin Olafsson Zhongruan (the larger round-bodied lute) Katie McClellen Suona (the double-reed wind instrument) Frederick Lau Dizi (the horizontal bamboo flute) Frederick Lau an sao to the Following Jndividuals About the auest A..tists fo .. Making This P .. oduction P~ssible: Madam Shen Xiaomei is the Principal Actress with the Jiangsu Roger T. Ames, Man Kwong Au, James R. Brandon, Ronald Brown, Province Jingju Company. The youngest student of the legendary W. Dennis Carroll, Jessie Cheng, Larry Chiang, Lily Chiang, master performer Mei Lanfang, she has received the highest nation­ Julia Chu, Daniel Cole, Evan Dobelle, Kit Dobelle, Peggy Eu, al Chinese award for cultural and artistic achievement, and has been Anita Hodges, Kathleen Hsiao-yun Hsiung, Judith Hughes, elected a lifetime member of the prestigious Chinese Theatre Artists Andrew In, Jack Katahira, Terence Knapp, George Kuo, Association. She holds numerous major national acting awards, and Daniel W.Y. Kwok, Kenneth K. Lau, Gregg Lizenbery, Chin-t'ang Lo, has toured to great acclaim in Europe, North America, and Asia. Roger Long, Karin Mac:I<enzie, Tana Marin, Byron Moon, Madam Shen has trained UH students to perform three Jingju opera Jane Moulin, Marty Myers, Deane Neubauer, Elly Nielsen and the plays to date: Yu Tangchun, The Jade Hall of Spring in 1989-90, Sha­ University Lab School, Cynthia Ning, Jim O'Brien, Clayton Omuro, jiabang-Spark Amid the Reeds in 1993-94, and Silang Tan Mu-Love Patricia A. Salmon, Barbara Smith, Dean 0. Smith, Paulette Stone, and Loyalty in 1997-98. She is providing overall artistic supervision Betty Tam, Amy Tamashiro, Hsiao-yun Ts'ao, Hsingyuan Tsao, for the 2001-2002 Jingju Resident Training Program and Production. Joyce Tsunoda, Ding Ye, Colleen Young, James Sau Tim Young Mr. Shen Fuqing is Emeritus Principal Musician and Composer with the Jiangsu Province Jingju Company. He is a lifetime member Suppo.. t fo .