Hawaii Pacific U's Paul & Vi Loo Theatre Welcomes HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES

The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare will open Thursday, November 10th at Hawaii Pacific University's Paul and Vi Loo Theatre.

Call the box office at 375-1282 to reserve you tickets today!

As our designers work to put the finishing touches on the set and props, incorporate the lighting, sound, costumes and make-up, our wonderful cast is working to put the finishing finesse into each of their characters. Led by the inimitable Joyce Maltby, each member of this cast brings just the right "something" to their character. And what characters they are!

Set in Sunnyside, Queens, on that day in 1965 when Pope Paul VI visited New York, John Guare's early, breakthrough play features mockingly observed nuns, a lethal (but farcical) political bombing, a G.I. earmarked for Vietnam and, as a protagonist, a zookeeper who dreams in vain of making it big in Hollywood as a songwriter. As if that weren't enough countercultural loopiness, the zoo keeper, Artie Shaughnessy, has a wife named Bananas who really is bananas and destined for the institution that provides the play's title.

Call the box office at 375-1282 to reserve you tickets today!

Performances run Thursdays - Sundays, Nov. 10th thru Dec. 4th.
Thursdays* at 7:30 pm
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 4 p.m.
3 p.m. Saturday Matinees on Nov. 26th and Dec. 3rd

*except the Thanksgiving weekend performance, which has been moved to Wednesday, Nov. 23rd

Led by Rob Duval as Artie, "The House of Blue Leaves" features Lisa Barnes as his girlfriend Bunny, Stacy Ray as his wife Bananas; Jason Kaye as his son;Ann Brandman, Melinda Maltby and Catherine Leskovec as the trio of nuns; Aaron Roberge and Therese Olival as visitors from Hollywood; the cast is completed by Scott Sidhu and Christopher Jacobs.

Set design is by Bart McGeehon, Lighting Design by Janine Myers, Costume Design by Lacy Hansen, Sound Design by Kevin Craven, Music Arranged and Performed by Don Conover, and Properties Design by Duncan Dalzell. Direction by Joyce Maltby.

Call the box office at 375-1282 to reserve you tickets today!