HPU names players for April-May production

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

Hawai'i Pacific University has cast an ensemble of actors for its production of the Tony Award-nominated comedy, "Morning's at Seven," playing April 11 through May 11 at HPU's Windward campus.

Joyce Maltby will direct the Paul Osborn work, dealing with a family of four aging sisters: Ida (Sharon Adair), Cora (Jo Pruden), Arry (Sylvia Horman-Alper,) who have lived next door to each other for 50 years, and Esther (Mary Frances Kabel Qwin), at 70 the oldest, who lives a few blocks away.

Their quiet lives with their husbands (John Hunt, John Mussack, David Schaeffer) become unhinged and loyalties are tested when Ida's 40-year-old son Homer (David Starr) brings his longtime girlfriend Myrtle (Becky Maltby) home to meet the folks.

As secrets are revealed, friction divides the family.

Curtain time will be 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays, with a 6 p.m. special performance on May 11.

Tickets: $14 adults, $10 seniors, military, students, HPU faculty and staff, and $5 for HPU students.

Reservations: 375-1282.