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Cast announced for Pacific Overtures

November 02 2011

We are pleased to announce the cast list for Blackbird Theater’s production of Pacific Overtures:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
The ReciterTravis Brazil
Kayama YesaemonMichael Slayton
John ManjiroTyson Lammael
Lord AbeChris Bosen
TamateJoann Coleman
The Shogun’s Mother (Chrysanthemum Tea)Nancy Allen
The Madam (Welcome to Kanagawa)Jama Bowen
Old Man (Someone In a Tree), Shogun’s Physician (Chrysanthemum Tea), French AdmiralPatrick Kramer
Thief (Four Black Dragons), Warrior (Someone In a Tree), British Sailor (Pretty Lady)Mike Baum
Fisherman (Four Black Dragons), Dutch Admiral (Please Hello)Scott Rice
Observor (There Is No Other Way), British Sailor (Pretty Lady), American Admiral (Please Hello)Will Sevier
Boy (Someone In a Tree), Girl (Pretty Lady)Maia Cole
Third Councilor, British Admiral (Please Hello), Fencing MasterBrad Oxnam
Observor (There Is No Other Way), Priest (Chrysanthemum Tea)Katherine Sandoval Taylor
Geisha (Welcome to Kanagawa)Sydni Hayes
Geisha (Welcome to Kanagawa), Priest (Chrysanthemum Tea)Evelyn O’Neal Brush
Geisha (Welcome to Kanagawa), Shogun’s Wife (Chrysanthemum Tea)Cori Lammael
Russian Admiral (Please Hello), Soothsayer (Chrysanthemum Tea)Larry Brown
Samurai, Imperial PriestJoshua Martin
Second CouncilorBrad Forrister
First Officer of the U.S.S. Powhatan, Lord of the SouthJeremy Maxwell
Second Officer of the U.S.S. Powhatan, Lord of the SouthZack McCann
Samurai, Shogun’s Companion (Chrysanthemum Tea), British Sailor (Pretty Lady)Tyler Ashley
Commodore Matthew Calbraith PerryJames Rudolph
Villager, AssassinHayden Forrister
Village Children (Advantages, Four Black Dragons, Next)Addison McFarlin, Anna Beth Lasley, Tyler Bond

 

Pacific Overtures – by Stephen Sondheim and James Weidman – runs February 2-18 at Lipscomb’s Shamblin Theater.

In 19th century Japan, an unlikely friendship is forged between the samurai Kayama and the Americanized fisherman Manjiro in the wake of a U.S. naval mission to secure trade relations with the reclusive nation. Kayama and Manjiro – and all of Japanese society – must face the wave of Westernization that follows.

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