Aloha Performing Arts Company

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience”
–Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Glenys Spitze, 5/20/1919 – 5/13/2008

Glenys Spitze was born in Rozel, Kansas at midnight on May 20t, 1917. She moved on into her next stage of existence on May 13th, 2008, just one week shy of her 89th birthday, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Glenys was a strong, loving woman with opinions, ideas and interests ranging from making sure the birds on the seawall outside the lanai on her condo had birdseed, to child psychology, to travel, the arts and environment and everything in between. She never stopped learning about and being deeply, passionately involved in the world around her, never hesitating to comment and learn more.

Aloha Performing Arts Company will hold open auditions for Richard O'Brien's cult classic rock musical "The Rocky Horror Show" on Sunday August 24 at 2:30 p.m. and Monday August 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. Seventeen volunteer singer/dancer/actors are sought for this production, which will be presented October 17 through November 1. Some crew positions are available also. Rehearsals will be conducted Monday through Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons beginning September 2. Weeknight rehearsals will be 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday rehearsals will be from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

All roles are open, and newcomers are encouraged to audition. Characters are:

• Dr. Frank N. Furter, a cross dressing mad scientist from the planet of Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania, with good moves and a belting rock and roll voice of considerable range

Aloha Performing Arts Company begins its 22nd production season with the 15th annual Original Play Festival, which will feature four new, unproduced plays in four days, August 13 through 16, at APAC's home, the historic Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. All plays are offered as staged readings, with actors holding scripts, and with minimal technical presentation. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. All plays contain adult subject matter and mild profanity, so parental guidance is suggested.

On Wednesday, August 13, local playwright Dick Hershberger's play "Tear, Kiss, Cake" will be presented, directed by Arlene Araki. This romanatic comedy involves a wedding photographer, his overprotective daughter, and a series of classic misunderstandings endured by charmingly wacky characters. The cast includes Bob Haber, Becca Beaver, Madeline Heeley, Lee Vinson, Atlee Riddle, Rexanne Ring, Sue Boyum, Jaquelynn Collier, and Shawn Nakoa.

Aloha Performing Arts Company will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, August 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. The public is invited, and new board members will be elected. APAC is going through major changes, having just taken over the master lease to the theatre. Offices are once again in the Aloha Theatre building. Most of the company's equipment is stored there, and rehearsals will be held on site, except when the theatre is rented out. This is an opportunity to learn more about APAC's plans, including the lineup of shows in the upcoming theatre season. For more information, call the APAC office at 322-9924.

7/24/08

Aloha Performing Arts Company, the only live theatre company on the Kona coast, invites the public to support its work at a gala benefit entitled "100 Years of Broadway" on Saturday evening, August 2 at APAC's home, the historic Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. The event begins at 6:30 p.m., and will feature an elegant gourmet selection of heavy pupu and fine wines and local and imported beers inside the theatre. A highlight of the evening will be live performances celebrating 100 years of Broadway. Featured composers include Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Frank Loesser, Jerry Herman, Lerner and Loewe, Meredith Wilson, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Performers include Delaney Ross, Sue Boyum, Sam Valenti, Randy Ressler, Miguel Montez, Noah and Elana Salzman, Elliott Jacobson, Amanda Ross, Sandra Burck, Jaquelynn Collier, BriAnna Johnson, Francine Alexander, and Kelly Ann Miles, with Jerry Tracy as the narrator. The evening will include a silent auction as well as a live auction, with Mark Pollard serving as auctioneer.

Kealakehe High graduate Michael Daniel has recently received his Master of Fine Arts in Film Music Composition from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2005, Michael received his Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts majoring in Film Scoring. Michael's musical career was jump-started here in Kona in 2001 when his first musical, The Show Must Go On was performed by the Aloha Performing Arts Company Original Play Festival. Two years later, another of his musicals, Alone, was also premiered in the APAC OPF. Michael is now residing in Northridge, California working on the music for a number of student film and musical theater projects.

"Seussical Junior" will be performed two weekends at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu, June 20-29. Rehearsals will begin May 5, and will be held Mon, Tues, Thur and Fri evenings and Saturday afternoons. A tentative rehearsal schedule will be posted at auditions and those auditioning will be asked to list any rehearsal conflicts so please bring your calendars. Not all cast members will be required at all rehearsals; frequency of rehearsals and specific time commitment varies with each role. For more information, call the APAC office at 322-9924.

Aloha Performing Arts Company will be holding auditions for approximately 30 actor/readers for its 15th annual Original Play Festival on Sunday July 6 at 2:30 p.m. and Monday July 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. The festival will be presented at the theatre August 13 through 16. Actor/readers will not be required to memorize lines, as the festival features new, unproduced theatrical works in staged reading format, with actors carrying scripts. Each play will rehearse once a week for five weeks and will be performed only once, so the rehearsal and performance commitment is minimal compared to mainstage shows.

4/9/08
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jerry Tracy or Sam Valenti, 808-322-9924

The Aloha Performing Arts Company will be holding auditions for "Seussical Junior " May 3rd and 4th at 1:00pm at the Loft in Kainaliu. Ages 4 -18 are encouraged to audition. Adults will not be cast as this is a junior show. Sue Boyum is director, and Lee Vinson is choreographer.

The cast features many of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters including:

Robin O'Hara has been cast as Maggie the Cat in Tennessee Williams' sultry Southern drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," the next production of Aloha Performing Arts Company. Robin was last seen as Belinda in "Noises Off" and is a member of the APAC Board of Directors. Maggie's crippled husband, Brick, will be played by Caesar Goosen, an APAC newcomer, and Big Daddy, the role created by Burl Ives, is portrayed by Brian Berry, whose last role for APAC was Norman in "On Golden Pond." Big Mama will be portrayed by Eileen Weiner, fresh from appearing as Sylvia Potter-Porter in "Annie Get Your Gun." Gooper and Mae, also known as Brother Man and Sister Woman, are played by Mark Bernstein and Cathy Riehle. Other cast members include Eugene Gall as Dr. Baugh, Terry Westerman as Reverend Tooker, Lilly Hoskinson-Weinstein as Dixie, Ivy Learned as Trixie, Lee Vinson as Lacey, and Becca Beaver, another APAC newcomer, as Sookey. Jerry Tracy is directing, assisted by Paula Cornwell. Producers are Sam Valenti and Randy Ressler, and designers include Steve Reynolds, set; Mark Bernstein, lighting; Paula Cornwell, props, and Lee Vinson, hair, makeup, and costumes.