June 3, 8, 11 , 12 8:00p.m. Kennedy Theatre

June 6 2:00p.m. Kennedy Theatre

Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty Based on the correspondence of Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Performed by De ANN MEARS and DAKIN MATTHEWS

Directed by .... . ... ...... . . . . .. .. ... . .... . . ..... .. James Edmondson

Lighting by ................. ... ............ . .. .. .. . Joseph Appelt

De Ann Mear's costumes courtesy of Burry Frederick, Old Globe Theatre , San Diego.

ACT I Covers the period 1899 to 1914

ACT II From 1914 to 1939

There will be a twelve-minute intermission.

DON'T MISS ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST!

The American Conservatory Theatre presents Another Part of the Forest by Lillian Hellman on June 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 13 at 8 p.m. and on June 5, 12 and 13 at 2 p.m.

An encore to last season's standing-room-only performances of The Little Foxes, Hellman's second play about the ruthless Hubbard clan takes Regina, Ben, Oscar and the other characters from Foxes back in time twenty years to 1880 when their parents are still alive, revealing the roots of their greed and fascinating nastiness.

Tickets for this compelling drama laced with sardonic laughter are available at the Kennedy Theatre Box Office and all HITS locations (no service charge). Call 948-7655 for details.

PROGRAM NOTES

The great Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once remarked that "a man should have one woman to prevent him from thinking about women in general. " Most of his life, Shaw did confine his thoughts to one woman, or, if you count the wife to whom he was also devoted, two women.

The "other woman" in Shaw's heart and mind was Stella Campbell, better known to audiences in Britain and America, where she was a leading stage actress, as Mrs. Patrick Campbell. In 1899, Mrs. Pat and Shaw began a correspondence that lasted over 40 years. Comprising hundreds of pages, the letters recall Mrs. Pat's performance as Eliza Doolittle in the original production of Pygmalion, the years during which Shaw ranted at the idiocy of a world at war, and the post-war years when Mrs. Pat found herself a star of the past.

Jerome Kilty's Dear Liar captures these two divine Victorian egotists as they passionately lock horns in epistolary combat. Premiering in Berlin in 1959, the play was brought to Broadway the following year in a production starring Kathari ne Cornell and Brian Ahearne and directed by the playwright. Mr. Kilty also directed his play for the American Conservatory Theatre 's first San Francisco season in 1967. Over the years, Dear Liar has been performed around the world and in every European language including Flemish, Dutch, Welsh, Gaelic and Finnish.

Dear Liar brings to life two ardent lovers and writers of letters, in in addition to providing an enchanted evening with Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Pat. The play brings to our attention a time when writing letters was the conventional means by which people communicated over long distances. Even better than photography which reminds us of the past only by showing how it looked, letters allow our memories to speak, giving voice to those in whose handwritings we are addressed.

DeAN N MEARS, a charter member of the American Conservatory Theatre, returned last season to playing the leading role in Tom Stoppard's Night and Day, Cassandra in The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, and Olga in The Three Sisters. She toured to Hawaii in 1979 in the leading role in A Month in the Country. Her New York credits include Abelard and Heloise, One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest, Dear Liar and A.C.T.'s Tiny Alice. She co-starred with Julie Harris in the National Company of And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little. A guest artist at leading American regional theatres, Miss Mears starred with Michael Landon in the television movie, "The Loneliest Runner."

DAKIN MATTHEWS is in his second season at the American Conservatory Theatre and has been seen in The Three Sisters, as well as this summer's Hawaii productions of Another Part of the Forest. He was a founding member of John Houseman's Acting Company and a teacher in the Juilliard Drama Division. He also was artistic director of the California Actors Theatre in the South Bay. Mr. Matthews has been a leading actor with the Berkeley Stage Company, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, the Marin Shakespeare Festival , the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival and the San Diego Shakespeare Festival. He has been a frequent guest artist in Bay Area colleges and universities and is associate professor of English and Drama at California State University in Hayward .

JAMES EDMONDSON (Director) is a guest director with the American Conservatory Theatre this season. He made his debut with the acclaimed productions of The Browning Version and Black Comedy. This past season, he directed Henry IV, Part One at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival. His previous credits include the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. As an actor, he has appeared with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival in Death of a Saleman, Richard Ill, Of Mice and Men, The Merchant of Venice, and The Time of Your Life.

FRIENDS OF TH E AMER ICAN CONSERVATORY TH EATRE

The contributions of the following individuals and corporations make possible the outstanding theatre you are seeing presented by the American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco.

Special thanks go to the University of Hawaii Foundation, lnterArts Hawaii , and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Mrs. Frank A. McKinley May Anne Megan H.L. Miller. Jr. Eleanor A. Miyake Evelyn S. Miyake Sharon Miyashita Laura Nakagawa Lee T. Nakamura Margaret Naluai Glenn M. Nutt Harold H. Oshiro

Monty Scharbow Robert J. Sherwood Karen Shimane Fred Shockey C.R. Short Richard Smart John S. Spangler Oliver Statler Betty I. Suenaga

We gratefully acknowledge all donations received Mr. & Mrs. R. Bryan Owen

Mr. & Mrs. E. Takahashi Andre S. Tatibouet Jeffery M. Taylor Beatrice Tesch by the time of this printing and thank all contributors T.C. & V. Owens Cathie Jordan Tharp Rene Tillich

not herein noted because of printing deadlines. David P. Penhallow Mr. & Mrs. K. L. Peterson

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Arthur C. Hallan Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Hamblin Mrs. J.J. Harding Janet K. Hayes Mark A. Hazlett Lani Hearn Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J.K. Hee Beverly Heener Stanley C. Heywook Robert M. Hemings, Jr. Edward A. Holmstrom Margaret Holton Bernard L. Horman Dr. Helmuth Hormann Mrs. James E. Howard John S. Howe, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gilman Hu Joanne M. lmada Harvey lwamura Patricia A. Jacobs Dora Jacroux Martin E. Jansson Oscar Jasper Donald D. Johnson Leona Jona Deborah S. Jones Elissa Josephsohn Alice K. Kea Mrs. Robert Kim Donna Kishi

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John Reinecke Theodore R. Weber Dr. & Mrs. Kent A. Reinker Miss V. Westgate M. Rice Alfred E. White Mrs. R.W. Ripple Mr. & Mrs. G.A. Roberts Rohr Development Mildred S. Rohter Jean Rolles Caryn Roscoe J.W. Russell Ella Sathcart

Mrs. P.M. Whitney Sara N. Wilkinson S.E. Woolley Frances M. Yamaki Charlene H. Yatsushiro Lynne Yoshimura Fred Yost

A.C.T . HAWAII ACKNOWLEDGM ENTS

Communications-Pacific , Inc.; Lowell Greer; Hawaii Performing Arts Company; Hawaii State Theatre Council ; HITS Tickets: Bruce Alexander, Box Office Manager; Honolulu Advertiser; Honolulu Community Theatre; Honolulu Publishing Company; Honolulu Star·Bulletin; lnterArts Hawaii: Marian Kerr, Executive Director; Carl Hefner, Assistant Director; Nancy Jakus; Kennedy Theatre : Glenn Cannon, Takeo Miji; National Endowment for the Arts; Pacific Bindery; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts : Sarah Richards, Executive Director; Tongg Publishing Co., Ltd; University of Hawaii Foundation: Don Mair, Director of Development; The Westin llikai : Thomas Gurtner, General Manager; KHON; and K·59

STAFF FOR THE AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE HAWAII RESIDENCY

William Ball , General Director

James B. McKenzie, Executive Producer

Benjamin Moore, General Manager

James Haire, Production Stage Manager

Karen Van Zandt, Stage Manager

Ed Raymond, Master Carpenter

Daniel Michalske, Ma ster Electrician

Donald Long·Hurst, Wardrobe Supervisor

Richard Echols, Wigmaster

Elissa Josephsohn, A. C. T. Hawaii Representative

Mahalo to Vintage Australian Wine for opening night.

INTE RARTS COUNCIL J. Russell & Charlotte Cades Anna Chung George & Joanna Fan James & Page Foster John & Marie Hara Stuart He Ben Hyams Mrs. Sheridan C.F. lng

Cecily F. Johnston Harvey & Betsy Lee Helen Noh Lee Ellen Masaki Alwyn & Helene Morisako Mrs. Arthur E. Orvis Sarah Richards, Ex-officio Clarence & Elaine Short

FRIENDS OF INTERARTS COMMITTEE Lester Cingcade Gail Fujioka Marie Hara Nani Mahoe

EXECUT IVE COMMITTEE Inter Arts Hawaii

Helene Morisako Dr. Ronald Perry L. Dixon Steinbright

Marian Kerr, Executive Director and Emeritus Professor Carl Hefner, Assistant Director Lynelle Akana, Secretary

Department of Art John Wisnosky, Chairman and Professo r Noreen Naughton, Drawing Co-ordinator and Lecturer Suzanne Wolfe, Ceramics Co-ordinator and Associate Professor

Department of Drama and Theatre Edward Langhans, Chairman and Professor Glenn Cannon, Director of Theatre and Professor Phyllis Haskell, Director of Dance and Assistant Professor

Department of Music Robert S. Hines, Chairman and Professor EthnoSummer Hawaii

Byong Won Lee, Co-Director and Assistant Professor Ricardo Trimillos, Co-Director and Professor

College of Continuing Education Barbara Furstenberg, Director of Community Service Division

University of Hawai i Fujio Matsuda, President Peter Dobson, Acting Vice Pres ident for Academic Affairs Robert Fuj imoto, Chairman, Board of Regents

University of Hawaii at Manoa Marvin D. Anderson, Interim Chancellor David E. Contois , Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Rex Wade, Dean Designate: Arts and Humanities

University of Hawaii Foundation Lionel Tokioka, President Donald C. Mair, Direc tor of Development Doreen Leland, Development Officer Judith A. Houtman, Administrative Officer

Office of University Relations Charles McDonald, Associate Director Michael M. Tamaru, Publications Designer

University of Hawaii Summer Session Robert Sakai , Dean

University of Hawaii Summer Session Student Activities Linda Ekroth, Acting Director, Bureau of Student Activities Will is Dunne, Summer Activities, Campus Center

Leeward Community College Melvyn K. Sakaguchi , Provost John Morton, Dean of Educa tional Services Michael T. Unebasami, Director of Administrative Services Cathleen F. Damon, Associate Dean of Student Services Pikake Wahilani, Director of Special Programs and

Community Service

INTERARTS STAFF Kennedy Theatre

Mark Boyd, Technical Direc tor Sandra Finney, Costume Designer David Furumoto, Box Office Manager Takeo Miji, Theatre Manager Sidney Milburn, Publicity Director David Anderson, Newton Koshi, Randall Matsuno, Paul Palmore, Timothy Slaughter, Tam Trevino, Stage Assistants Annette Hottman, Linda Larson, Susan Watkins, Costume Assistants Alison Uyeda, Box Office Assistant

Orvis Auditorium Denise Miyahana, Publicity Director Ruth Oh, Publicity Assistant

Leeward Community College Theatre Donald J. Ranney, Jr., Theatre Technician Kathleen Cabral , Theatre Manager William T. Bono, Box Office Assistant Diane Buss, Celestial Jo Dwyer, Douglas McCracken, Bryan Meyer, Kimberly Nakamori, Technical Crew

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGE MENTS lnterArts 1982 is co-sponsored and supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA). The SFCA is funded by the Hawaii State Legislature and by a Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts-an independent Federal agency.

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IN DIVIDUAL CONTRI BUTORS

Nai'a Designer Dress Pacific Discovery Holidays, Inc. Sheraton Kauai Sheraton Molokai University of Hawaii Foundation Western Airlines Westin Wailea Beach Hotel

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Allton Ms. Verna 0. Maynard Ms. Florence Aptekar Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Morgan Ms. Janet P. Arnett Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Morris Mrs. Marian B. Bahrenborg Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Nakano Ms. Adelaide M. Beste Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nakashima Mrs. Clara H. Boyer Ms. Carol K. Ogino Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Breneman Ms. Gail K. Okimoto Ms. Elaine M.L. Chang Mrs. Frances Onaga Mrs. Elizabeth L. Chapman Mr. Harold H. Oshiro Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Y.C. Chock Mrs. Aiko Otomo Dr. Anna Chung Mr. and Mrs. John Reinecke Ms. Virginia Crozier Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Roberts Mr. James Allen Dater Mr. D. Baigh Roop Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dodd, Jr. Ms. Ellen K. Sakai Dr. and Mrs. Norman Goldstein Ms. Terry L. Schulze Mr. and Mrs . John Goss Dr. and Mrs. Dudley S. J. Seto Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Grad Mr. Fred Shockey Mr. and Mrs . Arthur J.K. Hee Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Short Ms. Helen Tucker Hixson Mr. and Mrs. George Sloane Dr. and Mrs. Bernhard L. Hormann Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Stern Mrs. Gail S. Inoue Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Sugai Mrs. Christine S. Jackson Mr. Robert W. Susinetti Mr. and Mrs. Milton K.T. Kam Mr. Allen R. Trubitt Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kanada Ms. K·atherine J.C. Tyson Mr. Nathan H.C. Kim Mr. Steve Virginha Mr. Ben E. King Mr. and Mrs. James A. West Ms. Shelagh S. Kresser Mr. Tim Whitfield Mrs. Penelope K. Lawhn D. William Willett Mr. and Mrs. Harvey P. Lee Ms. Aileen K. Yamashita Ms. Helen Lee Mrs. Laraine S. Yasui Mrs. Doreen Leland Mr. Edward Yonemoto Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Lind Ms. Kathleen S. Yoda Mr. and Mrs. Norbert K.K. Luke Mr. N. Dick Yoda Mr. Larry K. Matsuo Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Yoshimura

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