South Pacific
Synopsis: Set against the dramatic background of an idyllic South Pacific island during WWII, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific intertwines the themes of romance, duty, and prejudice to create a story that is all at once hilarious, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking.
Based on the anecdotes of a real-life U.S. Navy commander who was stationed on an island, the musical follows two intercultural love stories: Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with Emile, a French plantation owner on the island who has two children from his late Polynesian wife; at the same time, U.S. Lieutenant Cable falls for a beautiful island native named Liat. Both Americans find themselves struggling to reconcile their own cultural prejudices with their amorous feelings, all the while under the dark cloud of a war that is coming ever closer to their island paradise.
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Cast
Emile de Becque – John Racca
Ngana, his daughter – Bryanna Karratti
Jerome, his son – Brady Karratti
Henry, his native servant – Clifford Banagale
Bloody Mary – Amy Jo Phillips
Liat, her daughter – Laila Brown
Luther Billis – Kenneth Wayne
Stewpot (Carpenter’s Mate Second Class) – Eddy Schumacher
Professor – Jeffery Parsons
Lt. Joseph Cable, United States Marine Corps – Brandon Strawder
Capt. George Brackett, United States Navy – Michael G. Hawkins
Cmdr. William Harbison, United States Navy – John Grzsiak
Lt. Buzz Adams – Sean A. Mulvihill
Yeoman Herbert Quale, sailor – John Preator
Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey, sailor – Forrest Foster
Tom O’Brien – Aaron De Jesus
Sgt. Kenneth Johnson – Todrick Hall
Staff Sgt. Thomas Hassinger – Tim Roberts
Richard West, a Shore Patrolman – R. Brodie Perry
Cpl. Hamilton Steeves – John Graham
Morton Wise – Joseph Shumate
James Hayes – Bradin Wilhelmson
Lt. Genevieve Marshall – Kami Threlfall
Ensign Pamela Whitmore – Erin Krom
Ensign Dinah Murphy – Michelle Rivers
Ensign Janet MacGregor – Courtney Gardner Stavros
Ensign Bessie Noonan – Sarah Burroughs
Ensign Connie Walewska – Katie Rustowicz
Ensign Rita Adams – Melinda Vaggione
Ensign Lisa Minnelli – Libby Marshall
Ensign Sue Yaeger – Gail Bennett
Ensign Cora MacRae – Melissa Nay
Emile de Becque – Eddy Shumacher
Ngana, his daughter – Megan Brindley
Jerome, his son – Joshua Putnam
Bloody Mary – Jan Shelton
Liat, her daughter – Sarah Burroughs
Luther Billis – Sean A. Mulvihill
Lt. Joseph Cable – John Preator