Pacific Overtures

Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.

In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.

Music

Mako

(Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble)

Soon-Tek Oh

(Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman)

Yuki Shimoda

(Abe, First Councillor)

Sab Shimono

(Manjiro)

Isao Sato

(Kayama)

Alvin Ing

(Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral)

Ernest Harada

(Physician/Madam/British Admiral)

James Dybas

(Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral)

Mark Hsu Syers

(Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor)

Patrick Kinser-Lau

(Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl)

Ernest Abuba

(Samurai/Adams/Noble)

Larry Hama

(Williams/Lord of the South)

Jae Woo Lee

(Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South)

Freddy Mao

(Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter)

Tom Matsusaka

(Imperial Priest)

Conrad Yama

(Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant)

Kenneth S. Eiland

(Ensemble)

Timm Fujii

(Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble)

Haruki Fujimoto

(Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry)

Joey Ginza

(Ensemble)

Susan Kikuchi

(Ensemble)

Diane Lam

(Ensemble)

Richard Magpiong

(Ensemble)

Tony Marinyo

(Ensemble)

Kevin Maung

(Ensemble)

Kim Miyori

(Ensemble)

Dingo Secretario

(Ensemble)

Freda Foh Shen

(Shogun's Wife/Ensemble)

Ricardo Tobia

(Observer/Ensemble)

Gedde Watanabe

(Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble)