OCTOBER 11-19, 2025
SOUTH PACIFIC
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Saturday, October 11 @7pm
Sunday, October 12 @ 2pm
Friday, October 17 @ 7pm
Saturday, October 18 @ 2pm
Saturday, October 18 @ 7pm
Sunday, October 19 @ 2pm
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Season General auditions: June 2 & 3
Callbacks: Monday, August 4th, 6-10 pm
Rehearsals: begin August 25, 2025 (M/T/W/TH 6:00-10pm, Sat 12pm-5 pm)
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Director: Randall Dodge
Assistant Director / Choreographer: Karl Miller
Music Director: Jim VanDeusen
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Ensign Nellie Forbush – A nurse from Arkansas
Emile De Becque – An expatriate French plantation owner
Ngana – Emile’s young, half-Polynesian daughter
Jerome – Emile’s young, half-Polynesian son
Henry – Emile’s native servant
Bloody Mary – A Tonkinese native, expert at trading with the military men
Liat – Bloody Mary’s daughter
Bloody Mary's Assistant
Luther Billis – A sailor, Seabee*
Abner
Stewpot (Carpenter's Mate Second Class, George Watts)
Professor – A sailor
Lt. Joseph Cable, United States Marine Corps
Capt. George Brackett, United States Navy – The highest ranking officer
Cmdr. William Harbison, United States Navy – The second-highest ranking officer
Lt. Buzz Adams
Yeoman Herbert Quale – A sailor
Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey – A sailor
2 Seabees*
2 Sailors
3 Marines
A Shore Patrolman
Lead Nurse (originally named Lt. Genevieve Marshall)
Ensign Dinah Murphy
Ensign Janet MacGregor
7 Ensigns
Islanders, Officers, Sailors, Marines, Seabees* and SoldiersENSEMBLE:
Large singing ensemble consisting of Islanders, Officers, Sailors, Marines, Seabees* and SoldiersThe story takes place in the South Pacific during World War II. The cast includes Americans and people native to the South Pacific. Those characters native to the area should be cast accordingly. The use of make-up or prosthetics to alter an actor’s ethnicity is prohibited.
*Seabees are sailors who serve in the Construction Battalion (hence their acronym, C.B.). They are responsible for the construction and maintenance of the bases and their equipment.
South Pacific is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
On a South Pacific island during World War II, Ensign Nellie Forbush, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with French planter Emile de Becque. When Nellie learns that the mother of Emile's children was an island native, she refuses Emile's proposal of marriage, unable to overcome the prejudices with which she was raised. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable falls in love with a Tonkinese girl named Liat, but he, too, denies himself a future due to the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile accompanies Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe's life, Nellie chooses to embrace a future with Emile and his children, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.
Music by Richard Rogers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Book by Hammerstein & Joshua Logan
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