Title, Premiere and Location

Sid Arthur

June 16 - July 2, 1995

St. John's United Methodist Church, Watts

 

 

 

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Written By

Written by Shishir Kurup

Based on Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

 

Synopsis

 

An adaptation by Shishir Kurup of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha -- with Watts residents of all ages -- at St. Johns United Methodist Church.

 

Staff

Written by Shishir Kurup

Directed by Page Leong

Set Design - Nephelie Andonyadis

Costume Design - Lynn Jeffries

Lighting Design/Production Manage - Geoff Korf

Sound Design - Shishir Kurup

Technical Director - Benajah Cobb

Technical Assistants - Ron Warren, Tracy Spor & Adrian Tafoya

Stage Manager - Tamara M. Sibley

Music & Lyrics - Shishir Kurup

Additional Music - Paris Barclay

Harmony Arrangements - Vernon Stanford

Musical Directors - Vernon Stanford & Shishir Kurup

Assistant Stage Manager - Janet Escobar

Production Assistant - Shelley Thomas

Kid Wrnagler/Wardrobe Assistant - Veronica Banuelos

Dramaturg - Bill Rauch

Producer - Jan Mabry

Executive Producer - Leslie Tamaribuchi

Projectionists - Melissa Banuelos, Shelley Thomas, and Laura Escobar

Sound Board Operator - Andrew Escobar

Follow Spot Operator - Stephanie Escobar

Seamstress - Bennette Jones

Electrician - Nathan Haas

Assistant to the Lighting Designer - Aaron Meeks

Assistants to the Set Designer - Carl Flanigan & Jennifer Price

Painters - Charlana Ragland, Janet Escobar, Stephanie Escobar, Laura Escobar, Oscar Cornejo, Elmer Castillo, Jamie Hanes, Ashby Semple, Alex Stanton

Graphic Artwork - Mark Greenfield

Poster Design - June Hoxie

 

 

 

Cast

 

Little Jesus	Yerir Pacheco
Little Sidney	Aaron Meeks
Man on the Porch	Alejando Andrade
Sid Arthur	Quentin Drew
Core (Musicians)	Iona King, Theodore L. Lane, Jr., Sandra A. Layne, Ron Love, Carol Owens, & Vernon Stanford
Jesus	Guillermo Aviles
Little Girl	Erica Fashawn Meeks
Rashan	Vernon Stanford/Ron Love
Rev. Gene Arthur	Jeffrey Calhoun
Mrs. Jean Arthur	Dennistine Natica Lyle
Officer Perez	Oscar Duardo
Man	Theodore Lane Jr.
Buddy	Jeffrey Calhoun
KC	Armando Molina
Camela	Sandra A. Layne
Devorah	Dennistine Natica Lyle
Partygoers	Dennistine Natica Lyle, Shelly Thomas, Theodore L. Layne Jr., Iona King, Carol Owens, Ron Love
Older Jesus	Oscar Duardo
Sydney	Erica Fashawn Meeks
Old Jesus	Alejando Andrade

 

 

Comments by cast, crew, and other participants

 

A memory from Shishir Kurup, the writer...transcribed by John Flynn

 

We had no money so no musicians...the score was prerecorded at Joe Romano's with songs that I had written. "Core" was a reference to a doo wop a capella group of singers as well as an ensemble of actors who played many parts. These a capella folks also played parts and were the folks from the House of Uhuru drug treatment center and were both our most stable and unstable elements in the play. Stable in that they were strong singers, especially Vernon Stanford who was also in Chalk Circle (magnificent voice), but also very erratic in coming to rehearsal sometimes if the center was in lock down and sometimes because of their volatile relationships with each other.

 

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