Front of House Staff Front of House Information KENNEDY THEATRE Staff Box Office Manager Nicole Tessier This production will be performed without an intermission. MAINSTAGE 2014-2015 SEASON Box Office Supervisor Heather Kalehuawehe This production uses loud noises, fog, and strobe light effects. Box Office Staff Jennifer Belon, Clementine Butter, For large print programs, assistive listening devices, or any other Mark Shiroma accessibility requests please contact a House Manager or call the Publicity Director Kevin C. K. Berg Kennedy Theatre Box Office at 956-7655. Publicity Assistant Jennifer Takahashi Web Assistant Andrew Lee To arrange a Campus Security Escort from any two points on campus, Graphic Designer Aliyah Zeinfeld please see a House Manager. Season Logo Design Daniel Smith As a courtesy to your fellow audience members and to our Photographer Chesley Cannon performers, please remember that eating, drinking, photography, House Manager Kay Linan and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are not allowed Assistant House Managers Malia Ngaluola, inside the theatre. Please take a moment to turn off any sound or light Aubrey Watkins emitting devices and refrain from texting during the performance. Department Office Staff Lori Chun Department Chair Paul T. Mitri Video and/or recording of this performance by any means Director of Theatre Elizabeth whatsoever are strictly prohibited. Wichmann-Walczak For lost and found items, call the Box Office at 956-7655. A warm mahalo to Marty Myers for her Visit us on the web at http://www.hawaii.edu/kennedy 27 years of dedication Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/UHMKennedyTheatre as Theatre Manager of Kennedy Theatre. Acknowledgements Dream Jars The BFG is a special type of giant, he is a dream blowing giant. In the Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. play, the BFG and Sophie run off to Dream Country to capture The UHM ticket program is supported in part by a grant from the different types of dreams and seal them in jars. Student Activities and Program Fee Board. November 14, 15*, 22* at 7:30pm Dream Recipe: The Kennedy Theatre production program is generously supported by November 22 at 4:30pm grants from the John Chin Young Foundation and the Hung Wo and Bottles November 23 at 2:00pm Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation. Water Food Coloring Kennedy Theatre is a member of the Hawai`i State Theatre Council. Alpha Delta Kappa Benefit Performance Nov 16 Mica Powder Waikiki Parc Hotel, Hospitality Sponsor for _ Fill your bottle with water and add a few drops of food coloring. *Free pre-show event at 6:30pm in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre the Arts at University of Hawai`i at Manoa. You won't need much since the mica powder will add more color to the liquid. Use a coffee stirrer to scoop up a small amount of the powder and Mahalo to the Hawaii Theatre Center and Eden Lee Murray. Adapted for the stage by David Wood dump it into the bottle. Put on the cap, give it a shake, and you're done! From the book by Roald Dahl Mahalo to Audrey and Micah Branner for their honest critiques throughout this process and to Meg Hanna Note: Use Pearl Ex Powdered Pigment. It is a fine grained mica powder Tominaga for her invaluable help with the giant puppet. that can be purchased at most craft stores. A single jar runs from $3 to $4. You can also order the powder on the internet. One jar should be good for Visit www.HittingTheStage.com for information on several bottles. Hawaii’s Theatre scene. Department of Theatre and Dance College of arts and humanities Synopsis: About the Author: Artistic Staff When Sophie is kidnapped from her orphanage Roald Dahl was born to Norwegian parents and raised in England. During Director: Mark Branner and carried far away to Giant Country by a 24- the Second World War he served as a flying ace for the Royal Air Force. foot tall giant, she fears that he is going to eat her. After his military career, Dahl became a prominent children’s book author. Scenic and Properties Designer: But this giant has no intention of hurting Sophie. His works include: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate He explains, “I is the only nice and jumbly Giant Factory, Matilda, The Witches, The Twits, and The BFG. Dahl received DeAnne Kennedy in Giant Country! I is the Big Friendly Giant! I the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1983. He also earned Costume Designer: Kimberly Shire* is the BFG.” The BFG tells Sophie how he mixes Children’s Author of the Year from the British Book Awards in 1990. up dreams to blow into the rooms of sleeping In 2008, The London Times placed Dahl sixteenth on its list of “The 50 Lighting Designer: Kelsey Peacock* children. All the BFG’s powers are put to the test greatest British writers since 1945.” as he and Sophie battle to stop the other giants Sound Designer: Rick Greaver from eating the children of the world. In order to save the day, Sophie and the BFG elicit the help Production Staff Rod Puppet Designer: Aubrey Watkins of the Queen of England in a riotous conclusion to one of Mr. Roald Dahl’s most revered stories. Assistant Director Maseeh Ganjali Shadow Puppet Designer: Accent Coach Sharon Garcia Doyle Stage Manager Nai`a Aguirre Margot Fitzsimmons Director’s Notes: Assistant Stage Manager Elizabeth Hamilton Properties Lead/Coordinator Roald Dahl – perhaps the world’s most beloved teller of stories for Charles “Billy” Moreland Assistant Costume Designer: Master Electrician children – once wrote about what distinguished him from other children’s Akemi McColm Production Electricians Katie Patrick authors. While they wrote about what it was like to be young, he actually Chikako Omoso, remembered what it was like. How else do you explain a book about a 24- Kelsey Peacock Electricians foot tall giant who loves drinking fizzy soda (frobscottle) in order to enjoy Students from Cast of Characters the sounds that emanate afterwards (whizzpopping)? Last year, thanks to Thea 101, 221, 240, 345 Shadow Puppeteers the Study Abroad Center, I had the opportunity to teach in London for a Kelsey Faamausili, Margot Fitzsimmons, The BFG Joe Abraham semester. While there, we decided to try to read as many Roald Dahl books as possible as a family. When my 9-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter Shannon Q. Iriarte, Lauren Mau Stage Crew Andrew Lee, Kaitlyn Marrone, Sophie Janna Rose Shields both laughed themselves off the couch while listening toThe BFG, it seemed only fitting to bring this show to Kennedy Theatre. I hope you’ll Joanna G. Mills, Roxanne Takaesu Set Construction Crew Mum/the Queen of England Rachael Chapman* find Mr. Dahl’s glumptious language and scrumdiddlyumptious story Holland Crider, Daren Crisostomo, equally wondercrump. Jennifer Eccles, Justin Fragiao, Rebecca/Meatdripper/Mary Serina Dunham Maseeh Ganjali, Laurie Hubbs, “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you Amy Johnson, Wailana Simcock, Bloodbottler/ because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Darlene “Cap” Tomas, Students from Air Force/ Simpkins Walt Gaines Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” Thea 101, 221, 240 Rod Puppet Construction Rhonda Bell, Liu Yi Long Guy/Fleshlumpeater Kenny Kusaka ~ Mr. Roald Dahl Kim Shire, Aubrey Watkins Production Manager Rick Greaver Katherine/Gizzardgulper/ Anna K. Thronas About the Playwright: Staff Technical Director Gerald Kawaoka Undermaid Loganbill Faculty Design Consultants Brian Shevelenko, Cheri Vasek David Wood is an actor, director, composer, producer, author, and Staff Costume Shop Manager Hannah Schauer Galli magician. He has written over 50 plays and has adapted several popular Costume Construction Crew Andrew Baker, Kelsie Bartolome, Sam/Bonecruncher/Army/ children’s books into plays including Roald Dahl’s The Twits, The Witches Kari Begay, Keanu Harrold-Ka`aihue, Mr. Tibbs/Headmaster Nathaniel Niemi* and The BFG. In 2001 and 2003 Wood won the Equity Award for Best Show Katie Patrick, Stephanie Jones for Children and Young People and received the Distinguished Playwright Wardrobe Supervisor Calli Brennan Danielle/Childchewer/Miss Award, in 2003 and 2007. Wood was awarded the title of Officer of the Dressers Falcon Aguirre, Susan Bowyer, Plumridge/Queen of Spain Lucia Puente Treviño* Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to literature Geovante Joseph, Traci Oya, and drama in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2004. The London Times Johnny Reed, Leiney Rigg has dubbed David Wood as “The National Children’sDramatist.” *In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts Degree Costume rendering drawings by Kimberly Shire.