Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon

Lyrics by: Richard Maltby, Jr. , Alain Boublil  Original Book by: Claude-Michel Schoenberg 

Rivertown Repertory Theater    9/18/2008 - 10/5/2008 (schedule)

Category:  Musical · Drama · Community · Local Premiere · Regional Premiere

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Based on Puccini's grand opera Madama Butterfly, this epic production centers around the tragic tale of a doomed romance between a Vietnamese woman abandoned by her American lover during the last days of the Vietnam War. Written by Claude-Michel Schoenberg and Alain Boublil with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr, the show was inspired by a photograph found by Schoenberg that showed a Vietnamese mother leaving her child at the departure gate at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, where the child would board a plane headed for the USA and her American ex-GI father, who would provide a better life. Called by Schoenberg "the ultimate sacrifice," this ideal is central to the plot of "Miss Saigon."

Total performances: 11

Cast
Alexis Bruza.... Kim *
Daniel deShazo.... Chris *
John North.... John *
Joy Chun.... Gigi *
Rachel deJonge.... Ellen *
Raymond Tsai.... Thuy *
Vatican Lokey.... The Engineer *
Alyse Percle.... Tam
Aubrey Adams.... Ensemble
Betsy Borrego.... Ensemble
Camille Lavoie.... Ensemble
Cecilia de los Reyes.... Ensemble
Emily Berner.... Ensemble
Harold Jenkins.... Ensemble
Janelle Dailey.... Ensemble
Jaune Buisson .... Swing
Jermaine L. Keelen.... Ensemble
Jesse Alan Forcha.... Ensemble
Johnathon Whalen.... Ensemble
Kaleb Babb.... Ensemble
Katie Peters.... Ensemble
Kevin Marshall.... Ensemble
Kim Vu.... Ensemble
Krystal Farnsworh.... Ensemble
Kyle Aucoin.... Ensemble
Lance DeFrisco.... Tam
Lance S. Ural.... Ensemble
Marigold Pascual.... Ensemble
Marissa Cuevas.... Ensemble
Matthew Armato.... Ensemble
Michael Atwater.... Ensemble
Michael Farnsworth.... Tam
Philip Lawrence.... U.S. Marine
Rachel Naquin.... Ensemble
Runner Boudreaux-Hose.... Tam
Stafford Carter.... Ensemble
Tracy Dorvin.... Ensemble
Vicki Hymel Lighter.... Ensemble
Zak Moses.... Ensemble
*=featured role

Staff
Butch Caire ....  Director; Musical Director; Set Construction
Terrance Holloway ....  Lighting Design
Christopher Ward ....  Set Design; Technical Director; Sound Operator; Set Construction; Director of Operations.
Alex Caire ....  Costume Design; Set Construction; Backstage Manager
Rick Monsey ....  Crew
Jimmy deMontluzin ....  Crew
Gwen Caire ....  Crew
Charles Ward ....  Photographer; Videographer; Producer ; Executive Director
Edward R. Cox ....  Photographer
Kathy Riess ....  Production Stage Manager
Eric Porter ....  Set Construction
Rhett Ward ....  Set Construction
Brett Ward ....  Publicity
Gerald Lester ....  Spotlight Operator
Kim Richert ....  Spotlight Operator
Vatican Lokey ....  Poster Design; Program Design; Publicist; Director of Marketing.
Karl Harrod ....  Rehearsal Accompanist
Annette Farnsworth ....  Costume Crew
Krystal Farnsworth ....  Wig Design
Lori Herbert ....  Properties Designer; Backstage Crew
Jaune Buisson Hebert ....  Choreographer
Kimberly Abbate ....  Box Office.
Kay Lester ....  Backstage Crew
Chastity Hartman ....  Backstage Crew
Doris Rappold ....  Office Assistant
Verda Landry ....  Office Assistant
Betty Ansardi ....  Office Assistant
Edna Maniglia ....  Office Assistant
Phil Maniglia ....  Office Assistant
Joyce Landry ....  Office Assistant
Josephine Haas ....  Office Assistant
Marjorie Clapper ....  Office Assistant
Bryce Turgeon ....  Specialty Costumes

News

Performances Soar in Small-Scale "Saigon."
by Theodore P. Mahne, Opera Critic
The Times-Picayune 9/26/08
 
Miss Saigon at Rivertown Rep
by Brian Sands
Ambush Magazine 10/01/08

Notes: This production was originally scheduled to open on September 12th, but was rescheduled due to Hurricane Gustav and the ravages on Jefferson parish.
References: Program; Media; MPC
Record created by: vaticanlokey


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