38th Season 2003-2004

Passion

Book By James Lapine

Music and Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Tim Dang

Musical Direction By Scott Nagatani

Based on the film, "Passione D'Amore" Directed by Ettore Scola

Set Designer Victoria Petrovich

Costume Designer Naomi Yoshida Rodriguez

Lighting Designer Jose Lopez

Property Master Ken Takemoto

Sound Engineer Kaname Morishita

Vocal Director Paul Wong

Additional Staging Reggie Lee

Rehearsal Stage Manager Victoria A. Gathe

Production Stage Manager Ricardo Figueroa

Assistant Musical Director Lisa Joe

Assistant Costume Designer Paulette Uris

Assistant Stage Manager John Freeland, Jr.

LOS ANGELES PREMIERE

Previews: September 4 - September 7, 2003

Opening Date: September 10, 2003

PASSION captures the wondrously complex landscape of the human heart in this haunting, intensely emotional one-act chamber opera by the uncompromising creators of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and INTO THE WOODS.  Intimate, raw, erotic and dark, it explores universal yet often unspoken truths.  On a remote military outpost, a handsome army captain, separated from his beautiful (but married) mistress, is forced to re-evaluate his beliefs about love when he becomes the object oft he obsessive, unrelenting passions of Fosca, his Colonel's plain, sickly cousin.

Cast

Kerry K. Carnahan..................................................Fosca's Mother, Attendant

Louise Marie Cornillez.....................................................Mistress, Attendant

Michael Dalagar.................................................................................Giorgio

Bonifacio Deoso, Jr. .............................................................Lieutenant Barri

Dexter Echiverri........................................................................Major Rizzolli

Randy Guiaya............................................................Private Augenti, Ludovic

Michael Hagiwara...............................................................Doctor Tambourri

Linda Igarashi......................................................................................Clara

Jacqueline Kim....................................................................................Fosca

Orville Mendoza.........................................................................Colonel Ricci

Lito Villareal.....................................................................Lieutenant Torasso

Paul Wong..................................................Sergeant Lombardi, Fosca's Father

Musicians

Gordon Bash................................................................................Contrabass

David Cheung...............................................................Percussion, Keyboards

Lisa Joe.........................................................................................Keyboards

Scott Nagatani..............................................................................Keyboards

Elaine Ono.....................................................................................Keyboards

Understudies

Louise Marie Cornillez.........................................................................Fosca

Bonifacio Deoso, Jr.............................Lieutenant Torasso. Sergeant Lombardi

Anne Fraser.....................................Clara, Fosca's Mother, Mistress, Attendant

Randy Guiaya.....................................................................................Giorgio

PASSION Photos by Michael Lamont

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Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine.

Originally Produced on Broadway in 1994 by The Shubert Organization - Roger Berlind

Capital Cities/ABC - Scott Rudin by Arrangement with Lincoln Center Theater

PASSION is presented though special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Music Theater International