Pacific Overtures

2h 20m

9

In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.

Cast

Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman

Abe, First Councillor

Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral

Physician/Madam/British Admiral

Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral

Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor

Patrick Kinser-Lau

Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl

Samurai/Adams/Noble

Williams/Lord of the South

Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South

Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter

Imperial Priest

Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant

Kenneth S. Eiland

Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble

Haruki Fujimoto

Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry

Richard Magpiong

Dingo Secretario

Shogun's Wife/Ensemble

Observer/Ensemble

Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble

Crew

Director, Stage Director

Writer, Musical

Stephen Sondheim

Writer, Original Music Composer, Music, Songs, Lyricist, Musical

Writer, Musical

Makeup Designer, Wig Designer

Lighting Design

Haruki Fujimoto

Creative Consultant

Jonathan Tunick