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Musical Numbers
Act I
Sunday in the Park with George ................................................................................ Dot
No Life ..................................................................................................... Jules, Yvonne
Color and Light .......................................................................................... Dot, Georges
Gossip .......................... Celeste #1, Celeste #2, Boatman, Nurse, Old Lady, Jules, Yvonne
The Day Off .................................................................................................... Company
Everybody Loves Louis ............................................................................................. Dot
Finishing the Hat .............................................................................................. Georges
We Do Not Belong Together ......................................................................... Dot, Georges
Beautiful ............................................................................................ Old Lady, Georges
Sunday ........................................................................................................... Company
Intermission
Act II
It’s Hot Up Here .............................................................................................. Company
Chromolume #7 ............................................................................................ Orchestra
Putting It Together ............................................................................... George, Company
Children and Art ................................................................................................... Marie
Lesson #8 ........................................................................................................ George
Move On ..................................................................................................... George, Dot
Sunday (Reprise) ............................................................................................. Company
“Art Isn’t Easy”
Director’s Note
No, it’s not. Producing art, and especially theatre in particular, is a constant barrage of “no,” and
“you can’t do that,” and “can’t you do something easier?” and “why would you want to do that?”
and “well, when [insert theatre name] did it before they just used....” I get it, doing shows is hard
work. And the funding, as George in the second act of our show knows all too well, is more than half
the battle. Our budgets have been cut so much in the past few years that it reminds me of the old
saying, “We have done so much for so long with so little that we are now qualified to do anything with
nothing.”
And believe me, our staff here at Kennedy Theatre are absolutely qualified to do miracles with next
to nothing. Even with all the cuts, somehow our design and tech teams manage to create amazingly
otherworldly worlds, to take our student designers’ imaginations and set them in our tangible world.
Their ability to create something from nothing, to “finish the hat ... where there never was a hat”
deserves the overused word “awesome” because it actually does leave one in awe of their fortitude.
Our student performers are also adept at picking up any challenge thrown to them. Sondheim is
notorious for being some of the most difficult music in the musical theatre genre--so why shouldn’t
we use this show as the bar, and have our students constantly push it upwards? We have some of the
most talented people in the state studying in our department--our audiences will be very lucky to
say, “I knew them when....”
There are even immense roadblocks thrown up that prevent collaboration between departments-funding again, workloads, availability...thank you to Larry Paxton and Megan Mount for breaking
through those obstacles and joining us in this homage to the creation of living, breathing, daring art.
Usually the Director’s Note is a place to give some insight into the show, something along the lines
of “Art is a metaphor for life.” Well, it is, but I also wanted to use my space to give recognition to
our students, staff and faculty who work so hard for so long. They deserve far more kudos than I can
possibly give them. They remind us everyday that there are... “so many possibilities....”
Paul T. Mitri
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Photographer: Chesley Cannon
House Manager: Catherine Kindiger
Assistant House Managers: Kelsey Faamausili, Roy Franco, Malia Ngaluola
Mainstage
2015/2016 Season
Kennedy Theatre Staff
Department Chair: Paul T. Mitri
Director of Theatre: Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak
Director of Dance: Gregg Lizenbery
Production Manager: Rick Greaver
Technical Director: Gerald Kawaoka
Costume Shop Manager: Hannah Schauer Galli
Theatre Manager: Jessica L. Jacob
Operations Coordinator: Jaye Griffin
Office Staff: Lori Chun, Cindy Nakashima
Acknowledgements
The UHM ticket program is supported in part by a grant from the Student Activities and Program Fee
Board.
Kennedy Theatre is a member of the Hawai‘i State Theatre Council.
Sunday in the Park With George is entered in the Kennedy Center American College
Theatre Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theatre education program are to
identify and promote quality in college-level theatre production. To this end, each
production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and
selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving
scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturges,
playwrights, designers, stage managers, and critics at both the regional and national
levels. For more information: www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/home.html
Special Thanks
George Nellas of Piano Planet for the generous donation of our piano.
Mykaela Sterris for producing genuine on-stage pastries.
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Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
October 23, 24*, 30, and 31*
at 7:30pm
October 25 at 2:00pm
*Pre-show chat at 6:45pm
Department of Theatre + Dance
Presented in collaboration with UHM Department of Music
College of Arts and Humanities
Sunday in the Park with George is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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Sunday
in the Park
with george
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by JAMES LAPINE
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Originally Produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organization and Emmanuel Azenberg
By arrangement with Playwrights Horizon, Inc. New York City which produced the original production
of Sunday in the Park with George in 1983
Artistic Staff
Director: Paul T. Mitri
Assistant Director: Soonsup Hong
Musical Director: Megan Mount
Music Assistant: Dr. Jonathan Korth
Vocal Assistant: Professor Lawrence Paxton
Scenic and Properties Designer: Jennifer Eccles*
Costume Designer/Coordinator: Katie Patrick*
Costumes for 1890s provided by: Tracy Theatre Originals, Hampton, NH
Wig/Hair Designer: Katie Patrick*
Lighting Designer: Chikako Omoso*
Sound Designer: Rick Greaver
Rehearsal Pianist: Sachi P. Hirakouji
ACT I During a series of Sundays on the island of La Grande Jatte on the Seine River in Paris or in the
painting studio of Georges Seurat
ACT II
On the island of La Grande Jatte or at an American art museum in 1984
This show will be performed with a fifteen minute intermission.
Although suggested by the life of Georges Seurat and his painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island
of La Grande Jatte,” all characters in Sunday in the Park with George are products of the authors’
imaginations.
Cast of Characters
in order of appearance
Act I
GEORGES, an artist .................................................................... Timothy Antoine Callais*
DOT, his mistress .......................................................................................... Leiney Rigg
an OLD LADY ................................................................................................. Jane Kerns
her NURSE ...................................................................................... Maya Hasiba Ohayon
FRANZ, a coachman ............................................................................... Geovante Joseph
a BOY bathing in the river ............................................................................... Fay Weldon
a YOUNG MAN sitting on the bank ............................................................. Kaitlyn Marrone
a MAN lying on the bank ................................................................................... Nick Jeffs
JULES, another artist ............................................................................. Niel Scheibelhut
YVONNE, his wife .................................................................................... Mykaela Sterris
a BOATMAN ......................................................................................... Anthony Feliciano
CELESTE #1 .......................................................................................... Rachael Uyeno*
CELESTE #2 ............................................................................................ Susan Bowyer
LOUISE, the daughter of Jules and Yvonne ........................................................ Fay Weldon
FRIEDA, wife of Franz, a cook ....................................................................Kaitlyn Marrone
LOUIS, a baker .......................................................................................... David Herman
a SOLDIER .................................................................................................. Jeff Brackett
MR., an American ...................................................................................... Johnny Reed*
MRS., an American ......................................................................... Sharon Garcia Doyle*
a MAN WITH HORN .......................................................................................... Nick Jeffs
Act II
GEORGE, an artist ...................................................................... Timothy Antoine Callais*
MARIE, his grandmother ................................................................................ Leiney Rigg
DENNIS, a technician ............................................................................. Geovante Joseph
BOB GREENBERG, the museum director .................................................... Niel Scheibelhut
NAOMI EISEN, a composer ....................................................................... Mykaela Sterris
a MUSEUM ASSISTANT ..................................................................................... Nick Jeffs
a PHOTOGRAPHER ..................................................................................... Susan Bowyer
HARRIET PAWLING, a patron of the arts ............................................. Sharon Garcia Doyle*
BILLY WEBSTER, her friend .......................................................................... David Herman
CHARLES REDMOND, a visiting curator ......................................................... Johnny Reed*
ALEX, an artist ........................................................................................... Jeff Brackett
BETTY, an artist ...................................................................................... Kaitlyn Marrone
LEE RANDOLPH, the museum’s publicist ................................................. Anthony Feliciano
BLAIR DANIELS, an art critic ........................................................................... Jane Kerns
ELAINE, George’s ex-wife ........................................................................ Rachael Uyeno*
a WAITRESS ..................................................................................... Maya Hasiba Ohayon
LOUISE, a young girl ...................................................................................... Fay Weldon
Orchestra
Violins - Arlene Koh, Aisha Kadomatsu; Viola - Todd Oshima; Cello - Noe Balada;
Piano - Sachi P. Hirakougi; Harp - John-Paul Brabant; Horn - Eric Sorensen; Reed 1 - Sara Ricer;
Reed 2 - Gavin Tsutumi, Nicholas Phillips; Percussion - Reid Ishikawa.
*In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts Degree
Production Staff
Stage Manager: Andy Lee
Assistant Stage Manager: Bonnie Rauch
Dramaturg: Christian Dose
Light Board Operator: Traci Oya
Sound Board Operator: Dixie Castillo
Stage Crew: Michelle Huynh, Billy Moreland
Props Crew: Patrick Pascua
Sound Deck Crew: Chandler Smith
Set Construction and Electrics Crew: Jen Eccles, Justin Fragiao, Sharon Garcia
Doyle, Jocelyn Ishihara, Nick Jeffs, Amy Johnson, Geovante Joseph, Rosemary
Kulhavy-Sutherland, Andy Lee, Joanna Mills, Emma Robinson, Khari Safo, James
Spray, and students of THEA 221 and 240.
Costume Construction Crew: Kari Begay, Elize Monique Chaves, Marc Marcos,
Van Anh Nguyen, Mykaela Sterris
Wardrobe Supervisor: Melissa Portilla
Dressers: Analiese Arle, Theodore Guillory, Lauren Mau, Misty Mollena
Wig Dressing Supervisor: Sanjina Jarvis-Stone
Faculty Consultants: DeAnne Kennedy, Brian Shevelenko, Cheri Vasek
Videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
Note from the Dramaturg
Georges Seurat (1859-1891) was a French painter admired by his contemporaries for his work
with color theory. Seurat led the Neo-Impressionism movement with his technique known as
Pointillism, which involves using tiny “points” of different color. These points are applied in
patterns to form the overall image. Color theory suggests that these patterns trick the eye to
create a brighter or more vibrant image. When Seurat died of illness at age 31, many thought
Neo-Impressionism was dead but his work inspired artists such as Piet Mondrian and Wassily
Kandinsky, both of whom practiced Pointillism.
Sunday in the Park with George is a fictionalized portrait of Seurat at the time he was working
on his masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The criticallyacclaimed Broadway production opened in 1984 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two
Tony awards for Design, a Tony nomination for the Best Musical, and many other awards. 2005
saw the first major revival in London and in 2008 that revival was transferred to Broadway.
The show, as Sondheim intended, highlights the difficulties and hardships endured by those
who pursue the creation of art; many have seen Sunday as an autobiographical statement by
Sondheim, whose 2010 book of collected lyrics is titled Finishing the Hat.