Aloha Performing Arts Company

Jan 4th, 2009 2:30

January 2, 2009

December 14,15 6:30pm

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"The Rocky Horror Show" is cast again! Aloha Performing Arts Company is reviving Richard O'Brien's cult rock musical, and the new cast is currently in rehearsal at the Aloha Theatre, where the show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays October 17 through November 1, featuring a live onstage rock and roll band. Five performers are returning to reprise the roles they played in the show in 2006: Chris Bellah is the Sweet Transvestite himself, Dr. Frank N. Furter; Sue Boyum is the mysterious domestic servant Magenta; Mark Pollard portrays the hunchback handyman Riff Raff; Sam Valenti is the nerdy hero Brad Majors; and David A. Payne plays the suave narrator of the piece. Sara Beery, who played a Phantom in the previous production, is the tap dancing castle groupie Columbia this time around.

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Aloha Performing Arts Company will offer "Sleepy Hollow," a fall break production workshop for 8-12 year olds October 6 through 11, with a free public performance at the Aloha Theatre at 2:30 p.m. Saturday October 11. Brian Weaver will direct this workshop, and will be assisted by members of the Aloha Teen Theatre. Theatre goers may remember Brian for his portrayal of Tommy in APAC's "Annie Get Your Gun" last season. In addition to being a performer, he is an educator, author, team coach, doctoral candidate, homemaker, and father of a nine year old son. Brian holds a Master's degree in education from the University of Denver and has considerable experience with gifted and talented learners.

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