South Pacific
January 29 - February 21, 2010
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Cast
ROD GILFRY (Emile de Becque)
The Grammy-nominated baritone has created leading roles in five major operas, most notably: André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire (Stanley Kowalski; San Francisco). His discography includes more than 25 recordings. Other credits: Busoni's Doktor Faust (Doktor Faust; San Francisco), Britten's Billy Budd (Billy Budd; Geneva, Paris, London, Dallas, Los Angeles), Mozart's Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni; Los Angeles, Zurich, Lyon, London, Parma, Dallas, Minneapolis, Amsterdam), Maw's Sophie's Choice (Nathan; London, Washington D.C.); Alfano's Cyrano (DeGuiche; Valencia, opposite Placido Domingo), Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise (Saint Francois; Amsterdam, London), Loesser's The Most Happy Fella (Joe; Los Angeles, Chicago), Lerner & Loewe's Camelot (Lancelot; Chicago).
CARMEN CUSACK (Ensign Nellie Forbush)
From Houston, TX, Carmen has spent the past two years playing Elphaba in Wicked (U.S. national tour, Chicago and Australia productions). Her career prior was based in England. Recent West End credits include: Les Misérables (Fantine; UK, U.S. & Shanghai), The Secret Garden (Rose; Royal Shakespeare Company), Personals (Kim), Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (Chesty Prospects), Over the Rainbow (Eva Cassidy; UK & Ireland) and The Phantom of the Opera (Christine; UK national tour). She invites you to her official website at www.carmencusack.com.
GERRY BECKER (Capt. George Brackett)
NY: Song of Jacob Zulu (Broadway), Death Defying Acts (Off-Broadway). Steppenwolf Theatre: Born Yesterday, Inspecting Carol, Common Pursuit. Remains Theatre: Our Country's Good, Once in Doubt. Film: Donnie Brasco, The Game, Spiderman, Path to War, Man on the Moon, Blood Work. TV: Medium, Law and Order, Ally McBeal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The West Wing.
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GENSON BLIMLINE (Stewpot/Voice Over Loudspeaker)
Broadway: South Pacific (LCT). NY: Mask The Musical, Dir. Richard Maltby Jr., Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas, Dir. Christopher Gattelli. Nat'l tours: A Chorus Line, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Grease, Footloose. Regional: Carmen (La Jolla Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Casa Manana), West Side Story (Gateway), Cabaret (Arkansas Rep.). TV: As The World Turns, Texas Roadhouse. Much love to his family and Soon to B!
CHRISTINA CARRERA (Ngana)
is thrilled to make her theater debut in the South Pacific national tour. TV: Numerous commercials, promos, independent films and print. She would like to give special thanks to God, her Mom, Grandma Beverly and her amazing family and friends, Marnie Cooper, Abrams Artists Agency, Cheryl Felicia Rhoads, the entire cast and staff and many others for their love and support.
ANDERSON DAVIS (Lt. Joseph Cable)
Broadway/ New York: Les Misérables (2006 Revival), Damn Yankees (Encores!), Homemade Fusion (Zipper Theater), Become (Joe's Pub). Regional: Pirates! (The Huntington), West Side Story (Portland Center Stage), High School Musical 2 (World Premiere - TOTS), A Funny Thing...Forum (Denver Center Theater), The Who's Tommy (Pittsburgh CLO). BFA Drama: Carnegie Mellon. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
SUMIE MAEDA (Liat)
Broadway: Hot Feet. New York: City Center Encores! Kismet (Princess Ababu), Victor Woo (Fringe Festival). National tour: The King and I (Topsy). Regional: Flower Drum Song (AMTSJ). Film: Disney's College Road Trip. Television: Law and Order: CI/SVU, One Life to Live. Commercial: DKNY (web), Heineken, American Express. Originally from Japan.
CJ PALMA (Jerome)
is thrilled to be participating in the national tour of The Lincoln Center's production of South Pacific. CJ made his theater debut at The New York Musical Theatre Festival's production of Look What A Wonder Jesus Has Done, playing the role of Prosser. CJ's television credits include the David Letterman Show, Sesame Street and numerous national network commercials. CJ would like to thank God, his family, the management team at JMM and Innovative Artists.
PETER RINI (Cmdr.William Harbison)
Broadway: Neil Simon's Proposals, A View From The Bridge, Tartuffe, Born Again. Off -Broadway: Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, Dead City, Peter and Jerry (u/s). Regional: DTC, Shakespeare Theatre, D.C., A.R.T., among others. Film/TV: Boiler Room, Sleepers, numerous re-runs of Law and Order and more.
RUSTY ROSS (Professor)
Broadway: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (original cast, created by Jack O'Brien). NYC: Alice (BAM). Regional: Midsummer Night's Dream (Pioneer), Our Lady of South Division Street (Penguin), Sick (NJ Rep), Grinch (Old Globe), Cripple of Inishmaan (Depot), Crimes of the Heart (Totem Pole), Six Degrees... (Weston). TV: Law & Order. Northwestern graduate.
MATTHEW SALDIVAR (Luther Billis)
Broadway: The Wedding Singer (originated Sammy); Grease (recreated Kenickie); Off -Broadway: Toxic Avenger (originated White Dude), Sea of Tranquility, Architecture of Loss, The Alchemist, Three Sisters, Julius Caesar, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Timon of Athens, Spread Eagle, Hamlet. Also; LAByrinth Theater Co, The Guthrie, The Long Wharf. Film: Year of the Fish, Boiler Room, Tony n' Tina's Wedding. BA, MAMiddlebury College, MFA- NYU.
KEALA SETTLE (Bloody Mary)
KIA ORA! My name is Keala. And I am personally thanking YOU for supporting the arts by being at this performance. I COULD bore you with random details regarding what I did to get here, but all that matters is right now YOU'RE here, I'M here; LET'S CELEBRATE!! (For you, Mom).
CHRISTOPHER CARL (Richard West)
Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Sam Carmichael), Tarzan (Standby for Kerchek, Porter, Clayton); Off -Broadway: Johnny Guitar (Johnny Guitar); National tours: The Phantom of the Opera (Raoul, Phantom cover), Camelot with Robert Goulet (Sir Sagramore, u/s Lancelot); Regional: A Little Night Music – Los Angeles Opera (Standby for Fredrik and Carl-Magnus), Unsinkable Molly Brown with Cathy Rigby (Leadville Johnny Brown).
ERIC L. CHRISTIAN (Kenneth Johnson)
is very excited to continue his journey with the South Pacific tour. Credits: Broadway: South Pacific, Cry-Baby the Musical, The Color Purple, Hairspray, The Lion King and Chicago. Tours: Aida, Chicago and Carousel. Thank you, Josh.
JACQUELINE COLMER (Ass't. Dance Captain/Swing)
is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Credits include: Rizzo, Grease (national tour); Aldonza, Man of La Mancha (Casa Manana); Anita, West Side Story (Barrington Stage); Estelle, The Full Monty (Paper Mill Playhouse); Linda, The Wedding Singer (Gateway Playhouse); Felicite, Finding Frida Kahlo (The York Theater). Thanks to her family, friends and Soon to Be.
JEREMY DAVIS (Swing).
Broadway: South Pacific, 9 to 5 the Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. National tours: The Who's Tommy, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. AEA member since 1998. Jeremy is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan. Thanks to Mom, Dad and Sarah.
MIKE EVARISTE (Henry/James Hayes)
Broadway: Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Revival (Original cast), Les Misérables Revival (Montparnasse). National tours: Rent (Paul), Smokey Joe's Café (Ken/Fred), Fame. Regional: Hairspray, Once on this Island, Hair. Commercial: "Truth" (anti-tobacco campaign). Bachelor of Music from Florida State University. "Thanks to my family, friends, Tiff and God."
KATE FAHRNER (Ensign Dinah Murphy)
Chicago: Wicked (Glinda). National tours: The Full Monty, Cats. Off -Broadway: Sarah, Plain and Tall. Regional: Born Yesterday (Billie Dawn), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Hairspray (Amber), A Chorus Line (Maggie), Annie (Lily St. Regis) to name a few. Thanks to Telsey + Company and The Mine.
NICHOLAS GALBRAITH (Johnny Noonan)
has performed off -Broadway, regionally, internationally and recently starred as Zac Finn on
As the World Turns. He is a graduate of UNC School of the Arts, La Scuola Internazionale di Commedia dell'Arte, and proud volunteer for Artists Striving Against Poverty. Huge thanks to Bernie Telsey. Member AEA.
www.NicholasGalbraith.com.
ALEXIS G.B. HOLT (Bloody Mary's Ass't.)
is incredibly blessed to be apart of an award winning production! She thanks God, her family, CESD and Bernard Telsey Casting. Alexis recently performed in The Wiz produced by Aspiring Young Artist, numerous commercials, print campaigns, Law & Order, Super Why, ABC Lost Child and she is the Little Crocs Princess.
CHAD JENNINGS (Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey)
The first national tour for this native of Yakima, "The Palm Springs of Washington." Chad is thankful for the support of family and the rich theater community of Seattle, where he's had the pleasure of performing at the wonderful 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre and Seattle Children's Theatre, among others.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTONE (Thomas Hassinger)
Opera:
Pirates of Penzance (Glimmerglass),
Mahagonny (Tanglewood),
Rape of Lucretia (Chateauville),
Iolanthe, Waltz Dream (Lyric Opera San Diego),
Dido & Aeneas (Mark Morris Dance Group). Soloist with: Cincinnati, Long Beach Pops, Grand Rapids, Modesto Symphonies. Regional:
A Little Night Music (Boston Pops),
Tommy! (Capt. Walker). TV:
All My Children, Personal Justice for TLC.
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KRISTIE KERWIN (Ensign Sue Yaeger)
Broadway/NY: Monty Python's Spamalot, Bye Bye Birdie (City Center Encores!). Also SF world premiere Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Curran Theatre, Orpheum Theatre and cast recording); No, No, Nannette (Betty Brown, Cape Playhouse), Anything Goes (Shubert Theatre). BFA, NYU/CAP21. Love and thanks to family and friends.
JODI KIMURA (Bloody Mary's Ass't.)
Regional: World Goes Round (Woman 1), Spelling Bee (Marcy), JC Superstar (Mary), La Mancha (Aldonza), Full Monty (Vicki), Godspell (Sonia) and Juno in Olympia Dukakis's premiere of Another Side of the Island. Special thanks to Kelli O'Hara, Randi @ Gersh and love to her friends and family, especially JJO.
CATHY NEWMAN (Lt. Genevieve Marshall)
is thrilled to be enlisting for duty with this, her 7th national tour! Others include: Les Misérables (twice!), U.S. & China premiere with Colm Wilkinson and the final touring company, National Theatre of Great Britain/Mackintosh production of My Fair Lady and the critically acclaimed Deaf West production of Big River.
DIANE PHELAN (Ensign Cora MacRae/ Bloody Mary's Ass't.)
Lincoln Center: Bernarda Alba. International: West Side Story (Maria) in Paris, Tokyo, Zurich, Bangkok & Dresden, and Where Elephants Weep in Phnom Penh. Off -Broadway & workshops: Yes. National tours: A handful. Regional: A bunch. Cabaret: Diary of an Ambiguously Ethnic Girl at The Duplex with all proceeds benefiting Cambodian Living Arts.
JOHN PINTO JR. (Yeoman Herbert Quale)
is elated to be joining South Pacific! Credits include: Altar Boyz (Mark; BRT, Riverside Theatre, Arvada Center), Henry and Mudge (Henry; Theatreworks/ USA). 2006 Roger Sturtevant Award. Much thanks to Chris Gattelli, Mom, Dad, Joe, Curtis and friends. I Love You!
TRAVIS ROBERTSON (Tom O'Brien)
Broadway: Hairspray (Duane, u/s Seaweed). National tours: Hairspray Las Vegas (Gilbert), Mamma Mia! (Eddie, u/s Sky), Fame (Europe). Regional: Ragtime, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Smokey Joe's Café, Sweet Charity. Th anks to Telsey and Stage 9. Much love to Danika, Mom and friends for their love.
JOSH ROUAH (Lt.Eustis Carmichael /Petty Officer Hamilton Steeves)
Broadway: Grease (u/s Danny Zuko, TeenAngel, Vince Fontaine). Selected Regional credits include: Miss Saigon (Chris), Altar Boyz (Luke), Grease (Johnny Casino). Film: The American Mall (Pete). A Florida native, he earned his BFA in Musical Theatre from the
University of Michigan. Special thanks to the DGRW crew, Telsey + Co, and the LCT team. Love to Mom, Bubby, Zaida, and the fam.
TALLY SESSIONS (Lt. Buzz Adams)
Tours: Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Off - Broadway: Joys of Sex, Godspell. NY: Main-Travelled Roads, The Children, Yank!, Tim and Scrooge, The Happy Prince. Regional: Signature Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Westport Country Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Florida Stage, Actors'
Playhouse, SpeakEasy Stage Company.
KRISTEN J. SMITH (Ensign Connie Walewska)
An American in Paris (world premiere - Alley Theatre),
WhiteChristmas (Ordway Center),
The Music Man (Zaneeta),
West Side Story (Velma),
Singin' in the Rain (Kathy Selden),
42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer),
Beauty and the Beast (Belle),
Bye Bye Birdie (Kim MacAfee),
Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel) and
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
www.kristenjsmith.com.
MATT STOKES (Dance Captain/Swing)
Regional credits include
Les Misérables (Enjolras),
Beauty and The Beast (Gaston, The Beast),
West Side Story (Tony),
Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy),
A Little Night Music (Frid) and
Camelot (Sir Lionel). Matt's second love is personal health and nutrition (
www.StokesHealth.com). A BIG thanks to Mom, Dad, Josh, Jon, Keri and Mrs. Bo.
GREGORY WILLIAMS (Swing)
is excited to be making his touring debut! NYC credits: Broadway's Rising Stars III (Town Hall), 4@15-The Wake (York Theatre). Regional: A Funny Thing... (Triarts Sharon Playhouse). A recent graduate of New York University, his college credits include Violet (Flick), Candide (Maximilian), Floyd Collins (Ed Bishop), A Little Night Music and King David.
VICTOR J. WISEHART (Morton Wise)
West End: West Side Story (Diesel/Riff u/s, Sadler's Wells Theatre London). Tour: 50th Ann. World Tour West Side Story (Diesel/ Riff u/s, Dir. Joey McKneely). Regional: Pirates! (Pirate, Huntington Theatre Boston), Oklahoma! (Dream Curly, St. Louis MUNY), Danced principal roles with the New York Theater Ballet. B.F.A in Dance from The Boston Conservatory. Proud member of Actor's Equity.