South Pacific
Staff | |
Director | George Costa |
Musical Director | Richard Nelson |
Choreographer | K.T. Schwarz |
Lighting Designer | Tom Trafton |
Rehearsal Secretary | Tina Phillips |
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Cast | |
Joe Cable | Steve Schneickert |
Liat | Julie Inez |
Nellie Forbush | Ruth E. Mullins |
Emile de Becque | Ted Sanchez |
Luther Billis | Dennis Charvez |
Bloody Mary | Patricia Kennedy |
De Becque’s daughter | Erica Rizzi |
De Becque’s son | Simon Pintello |
Captain George “Iron Belly” Brackett | Tony Tomaro |
Commander William Harbison | Phil Skiver |
Professor | Fred Schwarz |
Stewpot | Rod Pintello |
Bud Adams | Jim Calbreath |
McCaffrey | Tom Hepner |
Larsen | Jim Hernandez |
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Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile’s proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he’s fallen in love out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe’s life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.
Above Photos by Eugene’s Salon of Photography