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Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
The Gulf Coast Symphony and co-producer Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony Award-winning musical, South Pacific, filled with some of their most beloved melodies — Bali Ha’i, I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair, Some Enchanted Evening, and Younger than Springtime. South Pacific still delights audiences today with its powerful and uplifting message. Enjoy this classic American musical as its creators intended: staged with full symphony orchestra!
Cast
Nat Chandler
Emile De Becque
Siri Howard
Marian Paroo
Marc Koeck
Curly McLain
Claudia Chapa
Mezzo-Soprano
Jeremy Webb
Director
Mark Sanders
Marissa Buchheit
Liat
Marilyn Lauryn
Ngana
Nicholas Salerno
Jerome
Alexandra Voelmle
Arminia
Daniel Martinez
Henry/ Ensemble
Wesley Boozer
Traveling Salesmen
Joanna Ferbrache
Ensign Rita Adams
Kayla Fischl
Ensign Cora MacRae
Mikaela-Rae Boutot
Ensign Connie Walewska
Brittany Rincon
Lt. Genevieve Marshall
Katharine Boelter
Ensign Janet MacGregor
Ryan Scanlon
Lt. Buzz Adams
Normand Caissie
Professor
Matthew Ryder
Stewpot
Production Team
Dr. Andrew M. Kurtz
Producer/Music Director & Conductor
Liz Kimball
Stage Director/ Choreographer
Ryan A. Davis
Production Manager/ Lighting Designer
Molly Goodwin
Production Stage Manager
John P. White
Costume Designer
Mike Molloy
Sound Designer
Michael Long
Projections Designer
Rosalind Metcalf
Associate Music Director & Rehearsal Pianist
Roberta Malcolm
Costume Designer
Synopsis taken from Rodgers & Hammerstein:
On an island in the South Pacific during World War II, Nellie Forbush, a young Navy nurse from Little Rock, Arkansas, meets and falls in love with a gallant, middle-aged Frenchman, Emile de Becque. Emile is a planter and has lived on this particular island for twenty-five years. When he proposes to Nellie, he confesses that the reason he had to flee France was because he killed a man—the town bully whom no one else would stand up to. Nellie is able to accept this explanation and promises to consider Emile’s proposal of marriage…
Read MoreHistory taken from Rodgers & Hammerstein:
The tale of SOUTH PACIFIC is as fascinating as the tales that inspired it. When director Joshua Logan suggested the idea of doing a musical based on James Michener’s collection of short stories, Tales of the South Pacific, to producer Leland Hayward, Hayward immediately saw its possibilities. Logan, who had already achieved great success in the post World War II theatre with his production of MISTER ROBERTS, saw a great dramatic potential in focusing on one corner of the vast world war that had just been fought. He conveyed his vision to longtime friend and collaborator, composer Richard Rodgers…
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