By Journal on February 29, 2024
AJ Kaneko, Andrew Garrod, DAR Cafe, Dartmouth College, Helen Claire Sievers, Karen Earnshaw, Laurence Underwood
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![Dartmouth Emeritus Professor Andrew Garrod with the two Olivers, AJ Kaneko, at left, and Laurence Underwood. Photo: Wilmer Joel. Andrew’s plays help hundreds](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Oliver-3-1.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KAREN EARNSHAW The lives of many hundreds of Majuro’s youth were dramatically changed for the better over the past 20 years because a woman in New Hampshire was expanding her family. “One of my colleagues was adopting a Marshallese child,” Professor Andrew Garrod said at Dar Café Monday morning. “To do this, she flew to […]
By Journal on February 15, 2024
Andrew Garrod, Bonny Taggart, Charlie in The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Germaine Muller, ICC, Karen Earnshaw, Musical, Oliver!, Wilmer Joel, Youth Bridge Global
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![Wilmer Joel, front right with cape, rehearses with the cast of Oliver! at the MIHS library. The play will open at the International Conference Center Monday March 4. Acting is ‘magical’ to Wilmer](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Oliver-2-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KAREN EARNSHAW “When I was a kid, my father told me there was to be a play and that we should go see it,” said Wilmer Joel, then a Rita Elementary School student. It was 2014 and the musical was Fiddler on the Roof: “I was captivated. I felt a magical tingling feeling as I […]
By Journal on February 8, 2024
Andrew Garrod, Bonny Taggart, Charles Dickens, Gary Erhsam, Ilona Bito, Karen Earnshaw, Marshall Islands High School, Oliver!, Rehearsal
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![Under the direction of choreographer Ilona Bito, right, cast members of Oliver! Work on their dance moves during a rehearsal at Marshall Islands High School this past week. Photo: Gary Erhsam Oliver! crew hard at rehearsal](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Oliver-2-9.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KAREN EARNSHAW Rehearsals for the musical Oliver! are in full swing and going well at the Marshall Islands High School library each weekday afternoon and on Saturdays and we hear that the construction and painting of the sets is also coming along nicely. Producers Professor Andrew Garrod and Bonny Taggart and the rest of the […]
By Journal on March 21, 2019
Allira Samson, Andrew Garrod, Bonny Taggart, Pamela Perkins, Yolanie Jurelang, Youth Bridge Global
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![The Music Man cast dances to the song “Oklahoma Stubborn” during one of six performances at the International Conference Center in Majuro from March 11-16. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Music Man lights up audiences](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/music-man-3-22.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
PAMELA PERKINS As always, the Youth Bridge Global/RMI Ministry of Education/Marshall Islands High School musical production is an amazing experience. Students of elementary through college age have been working diligently since early 2019 to entertain us at the level we have come to expect: success again! Music Man is wonderful! The opening scene with the […]
By Journal on March 14, 2019
Aliciya Ackley, Andrew Garrod, Carnie Reimers, Christian Reimers, Dukie Gaston, Grace Zedkaia, Hilary Hosia, Jobod Silk, Kelly Lorennij, Summer Cody, The Music Man, Tyler Malbareaux, Yolanie Jurelang
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![Jobod Silk plays Prof. Harold Hill in The Music Man that opened in Majuro March 11 and continues through Saturday March 16 at the ICC. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Music Man lights up Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/music-man-3-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KELLY LORENNIJ Seasoned theatergoers counted down the last few seconds to lights out during Tuesday night’s show at the International Conference Center where family, friends and fans of The Music Man occupied more than half the room. The musical, deemed a “masterpiece” in theatre, is a romantic comedy with book, music and lyrics by Meredith […]
By Journal on February 14, 2019
Andrew Garrod, Duke Gaston, Harold Hill, Hilary Hosia, Jerre Bennet, Nina Roy, The Music Man
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![RMI USP student Duke Gaston shows his billiard playing form as he plays the character Harold Hill during a rehearsal of the Music Man in Majuro. The play will be staged for a week next month at the International Conference Center in Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Music Man in full throttle](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Music-man-2-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The stage for the Music Man at Marshall Islands High School has seen a whirlwind of dance rehearsals in full throttle mode prior to the departure of visiting choreographer Nina Roy earlier this week. And in the midst of ongoing dance practices, several lead cast members rotate with music teacher Jerre Bennet in an adjacent […]
By Journal on January 24, 2019
Andrew Garrod, Bonny Taggart, Dartmouth, Summer Cody, The Music Man, Tyler Malbareaux
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![A rehearsal session for The Music Man gets the actors involved in learning how to express themselves for the musical. Professor Andrew Garrod is in the center, with Dartmouth Students Tyler Malbreaux and Summer Cody at right with local students. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Music Man swings into action](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Music-Man-1-25.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Every year, Dartmouth Professor Emeritus Andrew Garrod brings his decades of theater experience and a Herculean level of energy to Majuro to direct a theater production. This year is no exception. He is currently several weeks into directing the musical The Music Man — described in a theater review as a “musical masterpiece.”
By Journal on January 18, 2019
Andrew Garrod, Carnie Reimers, Dartmouth, Duke Gaston, Harold Hill, Jobud Silk, Magdalene Johnson, Marian Paroo, Music Man, Summer Cody, Tyler Malbareaux, Youth Bridge Global
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![Professor Andrew Garrod, director of the Music Man, and Dartmouth student and assistant producer Tyler Malbareaux talk to members of the cast about their new roles in the dramatic production. Photo: Hilary Hosia Music Man moves into gear](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Fl-music-man-1-18.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
The countdown for Youth Bridge Global’s production of the Music Man is underway with seven weeks left on the clock. That said, Professor Andrew Garrod and Dartmouth team of Summer Cody and Tyler Malbareaux announced who made what role following the first day of practice last week at Marshall Islands High School.
By Journal on March 29, 2018
Ally Alefaio, Andrew Garrod, Atmis Kaious, Bonny Taggart, Bryant Zebedy, Chase Domnick, Grease, Jeita Peter, Jobod Silk, Joe Doyle, Milner Okney, Nehmaer Loeak, Nikita Luke, Rachel Raczynski, Tanya Fawkes, Terosa David, Youth Bridge Global
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![A rehearsal session for the play Grease brought the same enthusiasm from the actors as the six nights they staged it under the brights lights at the International Conference Center in Majuro. From left: College of the Marshall Islands’ Atmis Kaious, Seventh Day High’s Jeita Peter, Assumption Schools’ Chase Domnick and Marshall Islands High School’s Nikita Luke. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Behind the Grease scenes](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/grease-3-30.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA The biggest fear Grease actors and actresses shared does not happen on stage: it’s not remembering to deliver the correct line or the worry of projecting a clear voice while executing a dance routine. It’s what happens after the show. Throughout the six back-to-back shows in early March, the audience exploded in ecstasy […]
By Journal on March 1, 2018
Alson Kelen, Andrew Garrod, Berlin Philippo, Beverly Johnson, Dr. Irene Taafaki, Eve Burns, Hannah Reimers, Kelyna Glanry, Kimber Rilometo, Mathilda Johnson, Selina Leem, Tamara Greenstone Alefaio, United World College
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![On the right, the happy duo of Majuro Cooperative School sophomore Hannah Reimers and Assumption High School junior Berlin Philippo who won scholarships to study at United World College schools in Japan and Germany, respectively. Photo: Tamara Greenstone-Alefaio. 2 RMI students win UWC 2-year ride](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/uwc-wins-3-2.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KELLY LORENNIJ Two United World College (UWC) scholarships have been awarded to sophomore Hannah Reimers from Majuro Cooperative School and Berlin Philippo, who is in her junior year at Assumption High School. Reimers will join Bertine Lakjohn who is currently finishing her first year at UWC International School of Asia, Karuizawa (ISAK) in Japan. ISAK […]