"The Teahouse of the August Moon"

April 12, 2012 - May 5, 2012

CATS opens its 18th season with the Tony award-winning comedy, The Teahouse of the August Moon, from April 12 to May 5, 2012, at the Nevada Theatre. Teahouse concerns the clash of cultures that resulted from the American Occupation of Okinawa from 1945 to 1952 following World War II.

John Patrick adapted the script from the 1951 novel by Vern Sneider. It opened on Broadway in 1953, winning numerous awards, including the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play of the Year, the Pulitzer Prize in drama, and the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award. MGM produced a movie based on the play in 1956 starring Glenn Ford, Marlon Brando, Machiko Kyo, and Eddie Albert.

In the play, Captain Fisby, is assigned to carry out “Plan B". In a tiny Okinawan village, he is to begin the process of Americanization by instituting a local democratic government, establishing a capitalist economy, and building a schoolhouse (Pentagon-shaped) in which the village children will be taught English.

The narrator of the play is an islander named Sakini, who often speaks in verse and is chided by American soldiers for being a lovable idiot. He serves as an interpreter to Captain Fisby, informing him of island customs. His monologues encapsulate the underlying wisdom of the play:

"We tell little story to demonstrate splendid example of benevolent assimilation of democracy by Okinawa."

Thank you for joining us at the Teahouse.

TICKETS:

Nevada City Box Office
at the Miners Foundry: 530-265-5462
Briar Patch Co-op in Grass Valley
...or click here to buy tickets online

Ticket Prices:

Thursday: General: $18 advance; $23 door
Youth (17 and under): $15 advance and door

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Matinees:

General: $23 advance; $28 door
Youth (17 and under): $15 advance and door

For groups of 10 or more, please contact Jeannie Wood at info@catsweb.org or 530-265-2990

For special student matinee performances, please contact Lisa Moon at catsweb@pacbell.net or 530-273-6362

Final Dress Rehearsal:

Preview:

Opening Night with Gala Reception:

Benefit for the Friends of Nevada County Libraries:

Designers:

Costumes: Sovahn LeBlanc
Lights: Thomas Taylor
Set: Pamela Hodges
Choreography: George Jayne
Hair and Make-up: Sara Quay
Props: Katherine Scourtes
Stage Management: Cathy Johnston

Cast:

Sakini - Dennis Yen
Col. Purdy – Rodger Hoopman
Cpt. Fisby – Danny McCammon
Lotus Blossom - Lyra Dominguez
Sgt. Gregovich – Casey Burke
Cpt. McLean- Darryl Stines
Old Woman – Priscilla Covert
Old Woman’s Daughter – Allison Chan
Grand daughter, Atsuko Tamaki- Aneka QingMei Torgrimson
Grand daughter, Maiko Tamaki – Xochitl Husted
Ancient Man / Mr. Oshira – Hock Tjoa
Mr. Hokaida – Jake Dabis
Mrs. Hokaida - Mai Alibin Braut
Mr. Omura, Mayor of Tobiki – Dix Sullivan
Mrs. Omura- Olivia Pritchett
Mr. Sumata, Carpenter- Jick Icasanio
Mr. Seiko – Virgil Wong
Miss Higa Jiga – Lisa Moon
Lady Astor: Calamity Jane and Snowy River (understudy) - goat

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Libretto by Alice Goodman
Company Premiere

San Francisco War Memorial Opera House

Sunday, June 17, 2012 2:00 p.m.

Discounted Group Rate
($97 ticket; regular $117)

Orchestra Ring section (ground level)

$165/person: includes ticket and round
trip bus transportation from
Grass Valley to San Francisco
$97/person, if not riding the bus

John Adams' rhythmically rich recreation of a presidential trip to Beijing has established itself as a great American opera, a work of "clarity, simplicity, shocking elegance" that "will be around for the long haul" (The New York Times).

A quarter-century after premiering at Houston Grand Opera under the leadership of David Gockley, this modern masterpiece makes its long-awaited Bay Area stage premiere. Michael Cavanagh's "brilliantly effective" staging (Vancouver Sun) will feature Brian Mulligan, whose rich baritone thrilled audiences in San Francisco Opera's Faust (2010) and Werther (2010), in the title role. Lawrence Renes, whose conducting of Adams' Doctor Atomic won praise from London critics, will lead the orchestra. "What commands attention in the Nixon score is, quite simply, melody" (The New York Times).

Sung in English with English supertitles
Vancouver Opera production

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