South Pacific
May 18, 19, 2012 – 8:00 p.m.
May 20, 2012 – 2:00 p.m.
Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories
are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky
nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile.
Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and,
unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised,
refuses Emile's proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe
Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent
Tonkinese girl with whom he's fallen in love out of the same fears that
haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous
mission, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own
chance for happiness. Book by Joshua Logan and Oscar Hammertein II;
lyrics by Oscar Hammertein II; music by Richard Rodgers. Produced by
special arrangement with the Rogers and Hammerstein Organization. Main
Stage / Orchestra - $20.00; Balcony - $16.00 Main Stage / Orchestra -
$20.00; Balcony - $16.00