
Amanda Woodwell made her stage debut at the Aloha Theatre in 1991, at age 5, in Aloha Performing Arts Company's "The King and I." She's now a 23 year old Pomona College graduate, and has come back home to appear as Hope Harcourt, the ingenue in APAC's upcoming production of Cole Porter's legendary Broadway musical comedy "Anything Goes." Woodwell, who will turn 24 during the performance run of the show, shares top billing with Sue Boyum, who plays the evangelist-turned-nightclub chanteuse Reno Sweeney, and Sam Valenti, who plays the young leading man Billy Crocker. These three APAC veterans are joined by nearly 40 other volunteer singer/actor/dancers from the community. The company is well into rehearsal, in preparation for the February 19 opening at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu.
The popular holiday movie "A Christmas Story," which brought the "leg lamp" image and the phrase "You'll shoot your eye out!" into the yuletide lexicon, has been adapted for the stage, and will be presented by Aloha Teen Theatre, a division of Aloha Performing Arts Company, December 11-20, at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. Auditions were held recently, and rehearsals are underway, with teen director Tiffany Kutsunai at the helm.
The nuns are coming, the nuns are coming! Aloha Performing Arts Company has finalized the cast of it next production, Dan Goggin's zany musical comedy "Nunsense," and rehearsals are well underway. The premise: a group of nuns with no stage experience must put on a variety show to make money, in order to bury several members of their order who died of botulism, accidentally poisoned by the cooking of Sister Julia, Child of God. They sing, dance, operate puppets, tell jokes, and even engage the audience in an actual game of Bingo, all in an effort to raise the funds to inter the dead sisters, who are being kept in the freezer.
Best Actor (Musical)
Lee Vinson as Jim- Big River
Best Actress (Musical)
Amanda Madigan as Alice- Alice in Wonderland jr.
Best Actor (Play)
Randy Ressler as Atticus Finch- To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Actress (Play)
Amanda Madigan as Scout- To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Supporting Actor (Musical)
Diego Rodriguez as Duke- Big River
Isaac Dwyer as The Mad Hatter- Alice in Wonderland jr.
Best Supporting Actress (Musical)
Sue Boyum as Magenta- The Rocky Horror Show
Best Supporting Actor (Play)
Simon Ellis as Charles “Dill” Baker Harris- To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Supporting Actress (Play)
Sara Beery as Mayella Euell- To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Choreography
Tiffany Kutsunai/Kalena Makanui- Alice in Wonderland jr.
Best Musical/Choral Direction
Dale Ross/Sue Boyum- Big River
Best Direction
Jerry Tracy- Big River
Best Set Design
Gerald Lucena- Alice in Wonderland jr.
Best Costume Design
Gerald Lucena- Alice in Wonderland jr.
Best Make-up & Hair Design
Jeffrey Werle- The Rocky Horror Show
Best Lighting Design
Elise Levin- Alice in Wonderland jr.
Best Stage Management
Joel Michaelson- Alice in Wonderland jr.
Best House Management