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The University Theatre in Cooperation with the Music Department presents a program of

Noh and KyOgen: Japanese Theatre in English

Kyogen Plays Buaku the Bold (Buaku), Anonymous Translated by James R. Brandon, Junko Sakaba

Berberich, Dale Daigle, Tracy James Anderson, David Stamsta, and James A. White

Tricked by a Rhythm (Yobikoe), Anonymous Translated by Julie A. Iezzi, Katherine Mezur, and

Suzanne M. Veyveris

Directed by Master Artist Nomura Mansaku

and Noh Drama Pining Wind (Matsukaze), revised by Zeami Motokiyo Translated by Junko Sakaba Berberich

Directed by Master Artist Nomura Shiro Associate Director, Junko Sakaba Berberich

Set Design, Joseph D. Dodd Costumes, Reiko Mochinaga Brandon Lighting Design and Technical Direction, Mark Boyd

The program of student instruction in Noh and Kyogen and these performances are being sup­ported in part by grants from the Japan Founda­tion, the Japan-United States Friendship Commis­sion, the University of Hawaii Japan Studies Endowment Fund-funded by a grant from the Government of Japan, and the University of Hawaii Center for Japanese Studies, funded by a National Resource Center Grant from the United States Department of Education .

NOTICE: Smoking is not allowed in the auditorium, nor may photographs or recordings be made during the performance.

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Program for April 28, 30, May 4, 6

KYOGEN: Buaku the Bold (Buaku) Cast:

Buaku, a rebellious servant Master Tarokaja, head servant Stage Assistant

Tracy James Anderson David Stamsta James A. White Katherine Mezur

INTERMISSION

NOH: Pining Wind (Matsukaze) Cast:

Matsukaze (shite) Murasame (tsure), her sister Traveling Priest (waki) Villager (ai kyogen) Stage Assistants

Chorus: Julie A. Iezzi, Leader

Sherry! Rene Ray Denice Sugiyama Mary D. Parham Bennett Moffat David Stamsta Alan Hunley

Sandilee M. Bunda, Robert Ito, Jr., Lori Beth Larsen, Gena-Vieve Sheppard, James A. White.

Musicians: Flute (nokan) Hip Drum (otsuzumi) Shoulder Drum (kotsuzumi)

Junko Sakaba Berberich James P. Brent Suzanne M. Veyveris

Program for April 27, 29, May 5 and 7

KYOGEN: Tricked by a Rhythm (Yobikoe)

Cast: Tarokaja Master Jirokaja Stage Assistant

Julie A. Iezzi Katherine Mezur Suzanne M. Veyveris Tracy James Anderson

INTERMISSION

NOH: Pining Wind (Matsukaze) Cast:

Matsukaze (shite) Murasame (tsure), her sister Traveling Priest (waki) Villager (ai kyogen) Stage Assistants

Robert Ito, Jr. Alan Hunley Giangiacomo Colli Bennett Moffat David Stamsta Mary D. Parham

Chorus: Julie A. Iezzi, Leader Sandilee M. Bunda, Lori Beth Larsen, Sherry! Rene

Ray, Gena-Vieve Sheppard, Denice Sugiyama, James A. White.

Musicians:

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Flute (nokan) Hip Drum (Btsuzumi) Shoulder Drum (kotsuzumi)

Junko Sakaba Berberich James P. Brent Suzanne M. Veyveris

Directors Notes: Students on the Manoa campus have been performing

Japanese plays in English since 1924 (more than 30 at last count), the most recent being The Subscription List and Narukami the Thundergod. This tradition, unique in the United States, is the happy result of generous cooperation by the community and Japanese guest artists with the University. During 1988-1989 we are fortunate indeed to be hosting on the Manoa campus Master Kyogen Artist Nomura Mansaku, Master Noh Artist Nomura Shiro, and Dr. Junko Sakaba Berberich. Through the fall and spring semesters they have been teaching Noh and Kyogen per­formance to students enrolled in Japanese Theatre and Music courses. Four separate casts, male and female, make up two different programs. You are invited to attend performances of both programs. In mid-May, following the Kennedy Theatre run, the student company will tour the plays to Kailua-Kona and to Lahaina.

Today's performances are a part of the special pro­gram "Noh and Kyogen in the Contemporary World" spon­sored by the University of Hawaii-Manoa. (Casting women in traditionally all-male roles and performing in English are two examples of adapting Noh and Kyogen to present cir­cumstances.) Scholars from Japan, Europe, and the United States will gather on campus for three days May 4-6, to consider this significant issue at an international con­ference "Noh and Kyogen in Contemporary Society" (lmin International Conference Center of Jefferson Hall , East­West Center, all sessions open to the public without charge).

We hope you enjoy today's unique theatre offerings.

James R. Brandon Ricardo D. Trimillos Project Co-Directors

The Plays

As in Japan-but for the first time outside that coun­try-we are producing a joint Noh-Kyogen program. With its serene beauty, the masked dance drama of Noh pulls us into an inner timeless world, while vivacious down-to­earth Kyogen comedic theatre heightens our awareness of the joys of mundane living. "Brother arts," Noh and Kyo­gen appear to be two forces that pull in opposite direc­tions, yet merge and complement each other in per­formance.

The play Tricked by a Rhythm shows the typical energy drive to Kyogen acting. Its archetypal characters, a Master and two servants, amuse us with their clear vocal and physical performances. We see how easy we humans get excited and are carried away by our emotions, often ending in confusion-a slice of everyone's daily life.

The Master in Buaku the Bold feels threatened by dark forces rising among his servants in the person of his (pos­sible) disloyal servant, nicknamed Buaku, the "fierce war­rior." The play raises a challenge by the underclass to the rule of feudal masters. It is an unusual Kyogen play, a seri­ous comedy that perhaps owes its survival in the repertoire to the delightful shift in the ending that occurs when a

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supposedly dead Buaku turns into a living ghost who tor­ments his Master.

Pining Wind, by the great Noh actor-playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), is a masterpiece based on the story of two sisters in love. The play takes place long after the death of the sisters and their nobleman lover, Ariwara no Yukihira. The sisters' names were given them by Yukihira-Matsukaze, the pining wind, and Murasame, the sudden rain-out of sport, as a momentary amusement. Nonetheless, the sisters' spirits remain bound to their love of Yukihira and to their love of love, in a poetic vision filtered through the character of a Traveling Priest.

Noh offers a verbal, kinetic, and aural feast with a flute, drums, masks, dance, chant. .. all enveloped in the three-dimensional Noh-Kyogen stage. These elements combine and change according to space and time-meet­ing, searching in a process of "permutations and combina­tions." Like the changing waves of the ocean that sur­rounds us here in Hawaii, Matsukaze, born out of two poems by Yukihira, is not merely the name of the main character, but is a state of an ocean, over which a wind is blowing.

Junko Sakaba Berberich Associate Director

About the Visiting Artists

Nomura Mansaku of the Izumi School of Kyogen is renowned as one of Japan's most accomplished actors and has been named an Important Intangible Cultural Asset. He is particularly known for the strength and clarity of his speech and movement style, a characteristic of Kyogen acting in the Nomura family. He is the author of Living Tarokaja (1984) and has received many prizes and awards, the most recent being the Kanze Hisao Award (1985) .

He has long been active on the leading edge of experiments in "fusion" of classic Noh and Kyogen with modern genres, including modern dance. He was a found­ing member of the multi-genre Mei troupe and performed in all of the group's explorations of Greek tragedy and modern plays, including the role of Jason in Euripides' Medea. As part of his active international role, he has taught Kyogen to American students on four occasions. (This is the second time he has taught at Manoa and regular patrons of Kennedy Theatre will remember the stu­dent productions of Poison Sugar and The Fortified Beard in April, 1975.) He has performed on.tour throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia and in Australia and South America as well. Later this year he will take part in three international tours-to China, to Russia, and the United States. Next year, upon invitation from the well­known director Tadashi Suzuki, he will join six other actors from different genres to form The Japanese Shakespeare Company.

Nomura Mansaku is the second son of the great Kyo­gen actor, Nomura Manzo, and the elder brother of Nomura ShirO.

Nomura Shiro is known for his technical precision and for his talented use of masks and costumes to achieve innovative effects in Noh performance. As a youth he was apprenticed to the headmaster of the Kanze School of Noh and today is one of the Kanze school's foremost per­formers, being recognized as an Important Intangible Cul­tural Asset. In 1987 he received the National Art Festival Award for acting.

While his work lies firmly within the traditions of Noh, he is open to exploring new possibilities for contemporary performance. For this reason he welcomed the opportunity to teach and direct Noh outside of Japan, believing that such new directions are important. Sensitive to the special circumstances of performance in the English language and for American audiences, he believes this production of Pining Wind "should stand wholly on its own in its new language." He has worked with Scenic Designer Joseph Dodd and Costumer Reiko Mochinaga Brandon to create within Noh traditions a fresh look for these performances. He finds it is valuable to his own creative work to observe and learn from artists outside the Noh tradition.

Nomura Shiro is the fourth son of the late Living National Treasure of Kyogen, Nomura Manzo and younger brother of Nomura Mansaku.

Junko Sakaba Berberich was born and reared in Japan. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Drama and Theatre, University of Hawaii. Her dissertation "Rapture in Kyogen" analyzed aspects of live performance dynamics of Kyogen Japanese comedic theatre not previously explored for readership. She has been studying Kyogen with Master Nomura Mansak~ since 1974, and Noh since 1977 with Masters Nomura Shiro and others. She has also been trained in Nagauta and lchigen­kin (one-string Koto) under Chie Yamada of Honolulu, traditional percussion music under Kaho Tosha, and Noh flute under Yukimasa lsso. Dr. Berberich has been invited to teach Kyogen, Noh and its music with her teachers­Masters Nomura Mansaku and Shiro-for the University Noh and Kyogen Program 1988-89.

About the Cast

TRACY JAMES ANDERSON is a lecturer in Acting while pursuing an MFA degree in directing here at UH. He received his under­graduate degree in Performing Arts from the University of Minne­sota at Minneapolis and is a graduate of the Advanced Actor Training Program of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. His thesis production, Waiting for Godot, will open in the Kennedy Lab Theatre on May 25th.

JAMES P. BRENT is a senior Anthropology major. This is his first production.

SANDI LEE M. BUNDA is a senior Japanese major. She sang in the choir at Leilehua High School; this is her first production at UH.

GIANGIACOMO COLLI is an MFA-Directing candidate from Rome, Italy. A skilled acting teacher (Costa's mimic system, Com­media deii 'Arte), his book, Orazio Costa, Una pedagogia dell'attore, is in the final stages of publication. He holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Rome as well as a degree in Acting from Gassman's Bottega Teatrale (Theatrical Workshop). Gian was the Associate Director for The Oresteia.

ALAN HUNLEY holds a degree in Liberal Studies from UH and is enrolled in the MFA-Design program. He has been involved with a number of University Theatre productions; Kennedy Theatre audi­ences will remember his performance in last semester's Blood Knot. He designed the set and many properties for The Oresteia as well as the mask for "Mythic Voices" in the recent Anniversary Dance Concert.

JULIE A. IEZZI is studying for a Master's degree in Asian Theatre. A graduate of Antioch College, she lived four years in Japan where she studied Kyogen, and also Tokiwazu narrative chant with Tokiwazu Tokizo. She is continuing her study of narrative chant and Nagauta shamisen with Chie Yamada here in Hawaii.

ROBERT ITO, JR. A senior Drama major and a familiar face on the Kennedy Theatre stage as well as to Honolulu audiences, Robert performed in this season's Mother Hicks, and played the leading role in HTY's January production of James and the Giant Peach as well as "Prometheus" in the recent production of Prometheus Bound.

LORI BETH LARSEN is a junior Ethnomusicology major.

KATHERINE MEZUR is a PhD candidate in Asian Theatre. Her undergraduate studies at Mt. Holyoke and Hampshire College were in film, photography and creative writing; she received an MA degree in Dance Theatre from Mills College in Oakland, CA. Her current research is in the area of East-West fusion per­formance art with an emphasis on Buto and Kabuki.

BENNETT MOFFAT received an MFA degree in Asian Theatre from UH in 1986. While teaching and directing at Windward Com­munity College, he tours shows to Hawaii public schools and libraries.

MARY D. PARHAM holds a BA degree in both English and Theatre Arts from Mars Hill College and an MFA degree in Direct­ing from the University of North Carolina. She is enrolled in the PhD Asian Theatre program, focusing primarily on Sanskrit Drama.

SHERRYL RENE RAY is a sophomore in Asian Studies. She studied drama for two years at the Circle in the Square Studio which is affiliated with the New York University Drama Depart­ment.

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GENA-VI EVE SHEPPARD recently fufilled the requirements for a BA degree in Dance here at UH. She portrayed Imelda Marcos in last season's Oath to Freedom.

DAVID STAMSTA holds a BA in Communication in the Arts from the University of Wisconsin/Green Bay. He is a teaching assistant in the Department of Drama and Dance and looks forward to receiving an MFA degree in directing this May. His MFA produc­tion was the recent Prometheus Bound, he directed the staged reading of No More Madda for Kumu Kahua in February, and was in charge of costume design and construction for HTY's Tales from the Dreamtime.

DENICE SUGIYAMA. Enrolled in the Honors program here at UH, Denice is a sophomore in Asian Studies. This is her first produc­tion .

SUZANNE M. VEYVERIS holds a BA degree in Religion from the University of Redlands, California. She was a performing arts teacher at Fujen University in Taiwan for eight years and will receive a Master's degree in Chinese Linguistics from UH this May.

JAMES A. WHITE is a junior Drama major. He is the recipient of a Regents Scholarship as well as the Leon J. Rhodes scholarship.

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A Word From The Chair Twenty-five years ago this Fall, Kennedy Theatre was

officially opened with productions of Benten the Thief, Hamlet, and The Man Who Came to Dinner. During the past twenty-five years (and some 28 years prior to that) University Theatre has staged American, Asian and Euro­pean plays and dance programs as part of an integrated program of education for our theatre and dance students and as an enhancement to the learning environment on our campus and in our community. This year's season reflects the international flavor of our program, university and state.

Mother Hicks gave Hawaii's children (and adults!) an example of enjoyable and meaningful children's theatre.

The Blood Knot, dealt with the on-going racial injus­tices in South Africa and theatre's ability to highlight human concerns and conditions of all cultures and periods.

The exuberance of Moliere's The Miser mirrored the festive celebration of our 25th anniversary year.

The Anniversary Dance Concert highlighted the choreography of our talented dance faculty, much of which was conceived in celebration of the 25th Anniversary Season.

The most ambitious production ever undertaken in Hawaii was The Oresteia by Aeschylus. This produc­tion of all three tragedies in a single evening will give Hawaii audiences a unique theatrical opportunity.

Finally, solemnity and slapstick walk hand-in-hand in our Noh/ Kyogen productions of Pining Wind, Buaku The Bold, and Tricked By a Rhythm. The twin-bill is the result of an intensive year of training in Japanese theatre under Visiting Professor Junko Berberich and Masters Nomura Mansaku and Nomura Shiro , professional artists from Japan.

All of our productions are an outgrowth of the aca­demic programs of the Department of Theatre and Dance. In both classes and productions, we provide stu­dents with opportunities to create, to grow, to share and to learn. These opportunities require appropriate class­rooms, rehearsal halls and performance spaces. For this reason, we have embarked on an ambitious plan to expand our teaching and performance facilities in order to more fully meet the demands of our students and the expectations of our public. We deeply appreciate the efforts of many of our faculty, administrators, legislators and concerned citizens to make Kennedy Theatre an effective and safe teaching and production facility.

We are also indebted to the members of Friends of Kennedy Theatre whose financial support allows us to provide scholarships and special programs in Western and Asian theatre.

I hope that you enjoy the performance and that you

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Department of Theatre and Dance College of Arts and Humanities

The Noh and Kyogen Production Crews: Stage Manager: Sharon Hammer

Light Crew: Sina Heise, Chez Moriyama Jr.

Set Construction: P. Brian Gilhooly, Margaret Cory Welch, David Stamsta, Debora Stoll , Stan Kaye, Alan Hunley, Cassandra Rowe, members of the Drama 101 and 240 classes

Costume Construction: Florence Ikeda, Edith Sugano, Diane Ogasawara, Betty Tsukiyama

Costume Dying: Florence Ikeda

Costume Construction Assistants: Hugh Hanson, Charlotte Hare, Nicole Thibadeaux, Linda Letta, and members of the Drama 101 and 200 classes

Costume Crew: Linda Letta, Natalie McKinney, Noel Stamsta, Mary Thompson, Nicole Thibadeaux

Program: Billy Ikeda (Center for Instructional Support) , Marty Myers and Mary Parham

Poster Design: Billie Ikeda

Poster and Program Printing: Hawaii Hochi Ltd.

Season Brochure and Anniversary Logo: Robert J. Capps

Photographers: James Giles, Stephen Clear

Box Office Supervisor: Chris Ivanyi

Box Office Staff: Christina Alexander, Geraldine Amparo, Cade Christensen, Michele Hurt, Mary Parham, Jay Tamaribuchi

Publicity Director: Matt J. Daly

Publicity Assistants: David McDowell, John Anderson

House Manager: Gregg Richardson

Assistant House Manager: Kimo Pokini

Ushers: Farrington High School National Honor Society, Hawaii Baptist Academy National Honor Society, Kalani High School National Honor Society, Maryknoll Theatre Group, McKinley High School National Honor Society, Moanalua High School Speech and Drama Club, Punahou School Drama Club, Roosevelt High School Drama Club

Custodians: Makiko Swanson, Lindsey Gandia

Acknowledgements

In Japan: for musical assistance: lsso Yukimasa, lsso Hisayuki, K6 Akihiro, Ozaki Taichi , Tsukuda Yoshihiko; for costume and wig assistance: Nomura Ryosaku , Nagai Tsuru, Domoto Tomoko (Sasaki Costume Company) , Ito Hisao (Shochiku Costume Company), Okamoto Tetsuo; Hamatani Hitoshi and Toba Kenji (National Theatre of Japan), Shinozaki Koichi; Nomura Umeko; for gift of Noh mask: Yamakoshi Shin'ichi.

In Hawaii: Mildred Arita, Norma Berkeley

Department of Theatre and Dance College of Arts and Humanities University of Hawaii at Manoa

Faculty: Roger Long, Chair, Asian Theatre, Acting Judy Allen, Director of Dance, Modern Dance, Dance

Composition Junko Berberich, Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian Theatre Mark Boyd, Technical Theatre James Brandon, Asian Theatre Glenn Cannon, Acting, Directing, TV/Film Dennis Carroll, Film, Playwriting Theory Steven Chatfield, Kinesiology, Modern Dance Joseph D. Dodd, Scenic Design Sandra Finney, Costume Design Peggy Gaither, Modern Dance, Dance Composition Sandra Hammond, Ballet, Dance History, Theory Tamara Hunt Director of Graduate Studies, Director of

Children's Theatre, Creative Drama, Puppetry, Theatre for Children

Terence Knapp, Acting, Directing, Voice Edward Langhans, Professor Emeritus , Theatre History,

Research Juli Thompson, Dramatic Literature, Theory, Directing Nic Tionson, Visiting Professor Elizabeth Wichmann, Director of Asian Theatre, Asian Theatre

Acting Lecturers: Tracy Anderson, Allen Cole, Dale Daigle, Chris

Shoemaker, Pamela Viera Dance Lecturers: Harriet Glass, Alaine Haubert, Olava Menczkowski, Karen

Miyake, Stephanie Palombo Youth Theatre Lecturer: Tim Slaughter

Graduate and Special Assistants: Asian Theatre: Julie Iezzi, Katherine Mezur Asian Theatre Journal: Douglas Gordy, Gregg Richardson Costume: Hugh Hanson, Charlotte Hare Dance: Cornelius Carter, Stephanie Palombo, Sharon Rowe Drama 101: Brian Shaughnessy House Manager: Mary D. Parham Oresteia Production: Giangiacomo Colli Publicity: Matthew Daly Technical: Alan Hunley, Stan Kaye, David Stamsta, Debora

Stoll Video: Cathleen Mang

Staff: Gerald Kawaoka, Theatre Technician Marty Myers, Theatre Management Terri Roberts, Stenographer Nancy Takei, Secretary Mary T. Thompson, Costume Shop Manager

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