South Pacific
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
November 14, 15, 16, 17. 18 @ 8:00PM
November 19 @ 2:00PM
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. Provided by arrangement with Rodgers and Hammerstein.
SOUTH PACIFIC is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com
Cast
Jerome, his son
Stewpot (Carpenter's Mate Second Class, George Watts)
( Senior BFA MT )
Contact: jkeller1@iwu.edu
Capt. George Brackett, United States Navy
( Sophomore BFA MT )
Contact: jconklin@iwu.edu
Cmdr. William Harbison, United States Navy
( Sophomore BFA MT )
Contact: rgrey@iwu.edu
Petty Officer Hamilton Steeves/Party Guest
( Junior BFA MT )
Contact: rwilson4@iwu.edu
Lt. Eustis Carmichael, Shore Patrol/Party Guest
( Junior BFA MT )
Contact: jlegarde@iwu.edu
