Playwright: Tennessee Williams
Director: Hal J. Todd
Set Design: Donamarie Reeds
Costumes: Rhonda W. Roper
Academic Year: 1986-1987https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1980s/1053/thumbnail.jp

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San Jose State UniversitySJSU ScholarWorksProductions 1980-1989 Theatre ProductionsFall 10-17-1986The Night of the Iguana (1986)San Jose State University, Theatre ArtsFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1980sPart of the Theatre and Performance Studies CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Theatre Productions at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion inProductions 1980-1989 by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@sjsu.edu.Recommended CitationSan Jose State University, Theatre Arts, "The Night of the Iguana (1986)" (1986). Productions 1980-1989. Book 54.http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1980s/54Oct. 17~ I8 22 thru 25 UNIVERSITY THEATRE 8 p.m. SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS -"'*"'""""'-~ 1ff!H91E ~3Gf!H91f Off 1ffH9fff ff3GUA~NA~ by tennessee williams ~ ' \ TICKETS: UNIVERSITYTHEATRE BOX OFFICE ---· . 5th & SAN FERNANDO- Mon-Fri 1-5 p.m. '\W.-6:30-8: 15 SHOW NIGHTS. 277-2W ~ -~ I PRESENTEDANDPRODUCEDBY THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY Supported in Part by Kennedy Center Corporate Fund The U.S. Department of Education Ryder System This production is an associate entry in the American College Theater Festival. The aims of this national theater education pro-gram are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for adjudication by a regional ACTF representative, and certain stu-dents are selected to participate in ACTF programs involving awards, scholarships and special grants for actors, playwrights, designers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Last year more than 580 productions and 13,000 students participated in the American College Theater Festival nationwide. By entering this production our department is sharing in the ACTF goals to help college theater grow and focus attention on the exemplary work being produced in college and university theaters across the nation. Hal J. Todd, D irector has acted and directed for regional professional theatres such as the Pittsburgh Playhouse, the Seattle Repertory, the San Francisco Actor's Workshop and the American Conservatory Theatre; for Shakespeare festivals at San Diego, Ashland, Oregon, and Boulder, Colorado; at Universal and M.G.M. Studios; and at Carnegie Tech and Northwestern Universities. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the Director's Guild and the Screenwriters Guild. He has been an SJSU faculty member since 1964 and was Department Chair between 1964 and 1982. His recent SJSU productions include The Country Wife , Dracula, and last season's Dark of the Moon. Todd has directed three Tennessee Williams plays in the University Theatre, Iguana, The Rose Tattoo, and Camino Real. He has also played both Tom and Jim and directed The Glass Menagerie in stock productions. Todd received a Fulbright Fellowship for 1985 to Yugoslavia where he was a Fulbright professor at the Faculty of Performing Arts. Last Spring he was invited back to Belgrade for the premier of one of his plays at the Professional National Children's Theatre (in Serbo-Croatian!) From the Director's Pen Tennessee Williams ( 1911-1983 ), the "foremost American playwright of his time" and second only perhaps to Eugene O'Neill at any time, was honored with five Pulitzer Prizes or N ew York Critics Circle best play awards. The first of these was for The Glass Menagerie ( 194 5 ), the last for The Night of the Iguana (1961 ). A score of his works were successfully adapted for the screen. Startling sexual aspects such as rape (in Streetcar Named Desire), sterilization and castration (Sweet Bird of Youth), impotence (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and cannibalism (Suddenly Last Summer) aroused controversy and st imulated enthusiasm for his plays, but it was Will iams' gift for portraying the larger-than-life-or-death struggles of flawed and vulnerable protagonists with or against their delusions in the self-made hell of what he called "endured but unendurable pain" which makes them unique and memorable. Misfits in a relentless ly cruel world, most of these characters are bent or broken. The fragile Laura is trapped in her glass menagerie; Blanche comes by streetcar but is hauled off in an asylum ambulance; Alma flees through the smoke to promiscuit y one summer while Catherine faces a sudden lobotomy for the indiscretions of another. Only Brick seems likely to beat the roof he shares with Maggie the Cat. Until The Night of the Iguana. Here the fugitive tormented Reverend Lawrence T. S hannon, victim and vict imizer of women, seems hell-bent on self-destruction. The earthy Widow Faulk lusts for him; the spirited spinster Jelkes yearns fo r him . T he conclusion seems an affirmat ion of life. On the night of the iguana ("one of God's ugliest creatures"), through Hannah's ministrations Shannon comes to terms with both the wonders and horrors of the " fantastic" real world. He releases the iguana, recaptures some dignity and the will to go on. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Directed by Hal J. Todd Scenic Design Donamarie Reeds Lighting Design Ken Dorst Costume & Makeup Design Rhonda W. Roper Property Design Suellen Sellers Cast (In order of appearance) Pancho .... Maxine Faulk Pedro .... Ramon Sanchez . .. Donna Federico . ......... . .... Rob Langeder The Rever and T. Lawrence Shannon .. .. . . .. .. .. . . . . .. .. . . .. . .. .. . . . .. .. .. . .. . . . .. . Jon Patrick Selover Wolfgang .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. ......... Kelly McAllister Hilda . . Herr Fahrenkopf . Frau Fahrenkopf . . ..... . . .. . ... . .. . . Hank ......... . Miss Judith Fellows Hannah Jelkes Charlotte Goodall Miss Nellie Bush Miss Edna Baker Nonno (Jonathan Coffin). Jake Latta .. . Time: Place: Summer, 1940 Costa Verde Hotel Puerto Barrio, Mexico Act I . .. Allaire A. Paterson . .Steven Burright . ... Rita Faye Wadsworth . .. Lance Wright .......... Betsey Hayman .. Bridget Kowalczyk . . Dena Lou Reynolds .... . . . . Janice Paxson .. . . Ann Rands .. James Cornwell .. Jerry McAllister Scene 1: Afternoon Scene 2: Later that afternoon Act II That night There will be one 12 minute intermission l } Sound Design John Cunningham Production Staff Stage Manager and Assistant Director . . Technical Director . . Joseph Christensen .... James R. Earle, Jr . . .. Adam Novicki, Michelle Stone Assistant Stage Managers .... ..... ......... .. Scenic Artists Stage Crew .... Scenic Construction Property Crew .............. .. Lighting Crew . . Sound T echnician ......... Eric Fisher, Donamarie Reeds ...... *Michael Huckaby Sylvia Streit ........... Drama 52 Students and Drama 10 Students . . ..... *Mikel Sooter Marlo Caramat, Susan Kreider and Elvin Mitchell . . .. Nita Duarte ............ Michelle Stone Costume and Makeup Design under the supervision of .... Elizabeth M. Poindexter . .Rhonda Roper .............. Deborah Eason, Mary Wong, Drama 52 Students and Drama 10 Students Cutter / Fitter . Costume Construction Costume Crew .. Makeup Crew . .. Men's Hair Stylist *denotes crewhead Ackno wledgements: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... *Sybil Barefoot Renee Ardizzone, Colleen Develin, and Linda Mizuhara . Kathy Keister, Vanessa Pacheco, and Ramon Sanchez .. Donna Federico Nonno 's wig & beard .. . .. .. .. ............ -.. · ...... .. .... .... · ......... Richard Stead . .Grounds Crew SJSU Facilities Develo pment and Operations .............. . .......... . . .. . Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Services. Inc. . L DonnaFederico,MFACandidate Although she graduated from Havre's Northern Montana College in 1985, Ms. Federico did most of her undergraduate work in theatre at SJSU in the late 60's. She has acted and designed makeup for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and for the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria. After securing a cosmetologist license, she designed for many major theatre companies including A.C.T. in San Francisco. However, she never stopped performing and worked as a night club singer until she returned to the stage as Miss Tweed in Something's Afoot at Southern Oregon State College in Ashland. This is her second year as a Graduate Student at SJSU and her thesis role of Maxine will help her earn a Master of Fine Arts Degree in May . Last year SJSU audiences saw Ms. Federico as Hallie in Buried Child, Mrs. Hale in Trifles, Grandma in The American Dream and Jewel in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. About the MFA Program The Master of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre is offered for students with aptitudes and orientation for professional theatre training in the areas of Performance (acting, directing) or Scenography (scene, costume, lighting design, technical direction). The objective of the program is to deliver the skills, capacity, and understanding of the art and craft of theatre in highly motivated students as preparation for professional careers in theatre. Only those students who demonstrate exceptional talent, motivation, and committment to their training are admitted and retained in the program. San Jose State University is the only State school in Northern California to offer this pre-professional degree in performance. UniversityTheatreTechnicalProductionStaff: Shop Foreman . Master Electrician .......... .. .. . ..... . ... . . Scene Shop Assistants . . .......... . .................. . Costumer . Costume Shop Assistants .. Steven Placke ........ Chris Thorne .......... .)ames Cornwell Russell M . Doolittle Janice Paxson .. . Eliza Chugg . ................... Donna Federico Rhonda Roper Maureen Smidebush Costume Loan Coordinators . ................................................. .. ......... Ann Rands Colin MacDougall Prop Room Coordinator . Lighting Assistant . . ................... . ................. .. ......................... . Cathy Moser .... .... . .. . . . ........... Carol Couch University Theatre Front of House Staff Director of Theatre. . Bob Jenkins Publicist . Box Office Manager .... . .. . . ... .. .. .. .. .. . . House Manager . Photographer . Publicity Crew . . .. ...... . . . . Box Office Crew .. ... Vanita Moore .. . Kathleen Eads .... . ..... Darlene Conwell . ..... Scott Baker ..... Rob Langeder Ann Rands Drama 10 Students .. ........... Kelsey Harding Rob Langeder Rosa Leon Jenny McAllister Jerry McAllister Colin MacDougall Michelle Robinson Jon Selover 

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