Community Asian
Theatre
of the Sierra’s
20th
Anniversary
Production
.
April 10 to May 10, 2014
Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street, Nevada City, CA
Direction by Susan Mason
Musical Direction by Susan Mason and Jeffrey Mason
Choreography by Haven Caravelli
From the creators of Les Misérables, by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr., Miss Saigon is based on Giacomo Puccini’s classic opera, Madame Butterfly. In the turmoil of the Vietnam War in the 1970’s, an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl fall in love, only to be separated during the fall of Saigon. Their struggles to find each other over the ensuing years end in tragedy for her and a fighting chance for the child he never knew he had.
Show times are Thursday, 7pm, Friday, 8pm, Saturday, 8pm, and Sunday, 2pm. Group sales and gift certificates available now. Please contact Jeannie Wood, 530-265-2990, info@catsweb.org. Tickets on sale in Grass Valley at the Briar Patch, the Book Seller and online.
Miss Saigon is rated PG-13 and may not be appropriate for children due to mature subject matter and language.
Click HERE for a Vietnam War Timeline and Miss Saigon Glossary.
Click HERE for the Prospector article from The Union.
Click HERE for the article by Jeannie Wood, “The Last Flight Out of Saigon:
A Stewardess’ Account of the Last Hours of Evacuation.”
MISS SAIGON – cast list
| The Engineer | Jared Lee |
| Chris | David Holmes |
| Kim | April Lam |
| John | Jay Barker |
| Ellen | Tinley Ireland |
| Thuy | Austin McClintock |
| Gigi | Bernadette Garcia |
| Tam | Jillian Lee |
| Nathaniel Pritchett (understudy) | |
| Club Owner | Brett Torgrimson |
| Mimi | Olivia Pritchett |
| Yvette | Allison Chan |
| Yvonne | Jennifer Murray |
| Bar girls (in addition to above): | |
| Erin Cummiskey | |
| Marine Captain | Brett Torgrimson |
Female Ensemble
| Allison Chan |
| Erin Cumminsky |
| Bernadette Garcia |
| Jennifer Murray |
| Lisa Moon |
| Olivia Pritchett |
| Susan Schimmel |
Male Ensemble
| Christian Burke |
| Jake Dabis |
| Kevin Freeman |
| Kevin Lucas-Ross |
| Brett Torgrimson |
| Cornell Vanity |
| Virgil Wong |
Asian Children
| Aneka Torgrimson | Ava Prichett |
Past Productions
- 2013 – “Journey to the West”
- 2012 – “Teahouse of the August Moon”
- 2011 – “The King & I”
- 2010 – “Snow Falling on Cedars”
- 2009 – “Flower Drum Song”
- 2008 – “Gunpowder Man”
- 2008 – “Golden Child”
- 2007 – “Tea”
- 2006 – “Immortal Heart”
- 2005 – “Tibet Through the Red Box”
- 2004 – “Turandot”
- 2003 – “The Love Suicides at Sonezaki”
- 2002 – “The Woman Warrior”
- 2001 – “The Joy Luck Club”
- 2000 – “Rashomon”
- 1999 – “A Thousand Cranes”
- 1998 – “Wooden Fish Songs”
- 1998 – 3rd Annual Wordslingers Festival
- 1997 – “Dragonwings”
- 1996 – “Tea”
- 1995 – No show; incorporating CATS
- 1994 – Yellow Fever (co-production with Community Players)