Photos: Final performance of Evita, and a fond farewell to Prof. Jackie Johnson

Posted on April 26, 2017November 19, 2025 by Staff

The musical was directed by UH Hilo Professor of Drama Jackie Pualani Johnson in her last production as professor; she retires in May.

Stage full of actors, chorus dancing. Solo female singer at front center. — This performance of the musical *Evita* on April 15, 2017, at the Performing Arts Center, UH Hilo, was the last directorial project of Professor Jackie Pualani Johnson before her retirement. (Photos: Bob Douglas/UH Hilo Stories)

Photos by Bob Douglas/UH Hilo Stories.

Performances of Evita were given April 7-15, 2017 at the Performing Arts Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. These photos are from the final performance of the run. The musical was directed by UH Hilo Professor of Drama Jackie Pualani Johnson in her last production as professor; she retires in May.

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Cast in period costumes singing and dancing.

Group singing and dancing, facing each other.

Group singing and dancing arms raised high.

Actors, man sitting on bed, woman to the side.

Actors pretending a coat is a bull cape.

Actors arm wrestling with referee between them.

Actors arm wrestling with a globe under the table.

Actors in gown having discussion with assistant.

Actors having discussion, one consoles another.

Male actors in line, all wearing sashes across their chest.

Group of protestors, one in a wheelchair.

Actor on dais looking out on crowd below.

Woman lead actor on dais looking out on crowd.

Lead female actor in whiye gown gesturing upward.

Lead female actor smelling flowers in a vase.

Lead female actress standing on crates and luggage.

Couples dancing, woman in wheelchair at center.

Man in beret bending near lead female actress.

Large group on stage, observing child sitting on floor.

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, concern of people gathered around.

Large group on stage, male actor in red shirt speaking.

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, twisting and turning.

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, big hoopla, male at front with hand in air..

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, lots of kicks.

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, arms outstretched.

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, male in front bending backwards as he moves forward.

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, lead man in red shirt gestures to audience.

Large group on stage, singing and dancing, lead male raising arms high above head..

Actors raise their arms against a black background.

Woman grabbing man's leg in a desperate, sad move.

Couple, she seated, in a deep conversation.

Couple, he sits hunched over on stairs, she looks up high.

Group with coffin, portrait of lead character hung high.

Final bows, cast walking out toward audience.

More final bows with lead actors and cast.

Men in sashes stand straight and tall toward audience.

Final bows for women in cast, one comes forward.

Final bow for man in red jacket as he waves to audience.

Final bow of female lead in white gown, she raises her arms up high.

A Fond Farewell to Prof. Jackie Johnson

This performance was the last directorial project of Prof. Johnson before her retirement. She was honored at the end of this last performance of Evita. To learn more about her decades of thespian and scholarly work, see profile on her scholarly work (Keaohou, Oct. 2012).

Jackie Johnson on stage, acknowledges audience. She is laden in lei. Cast in background. — Professor Jackie Pualani Johnson sends aloha and adieu to the audience as she is honored at the end of the show. (Photos: Bob Douglas/UH Hilo Stories)

Male actor escorts director to the stage.

Actor in black dress and white hat walks out toward director.

Children and others approach director with hugs and lei.

Director and lead actress in white gown with others, face audience with arms hedl high.

Lead actors take bow with director nearby.

Director bedecked in lei, and both male and female leads, wave to audience.

Director and leads waving to audience. — The final aloha. (Photos by Bob Douglas/UH Hilo Stories)

Photos by Bob Douglas, a local artist, photographer, and student who volunteers his photography skills to the Office of the Chancellor and UH Hilo Stories.

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Photos: Final performance of Evita, and a fond farewell to Prof. Jackie Johnson

A Fond Farewell to Prof. Jackie Johnson

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