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and the July Remount of Half Dozen Long Stem. WIN A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS !!! 2004 - 2005 Season Finale !!!
May 12 - June 12All photos by Brad Goda
Grandma: VENTRILOQUIST
by Mark Tjarks
Dad: Stay away from that boy.
This first play by Mark D. Tjarks presents a volatile and highly theatrical cocktail of music, tape-recorded encounters, and tart home-truths from an endearing but ill-adjusted couple. John, a local Japanese, and Sandy, a mainland East Coast haole, try to resolve their increasing problems with the aid of a marriage counselor, the African-Italian Roz. Drawn into the therapy is their daughter Chelsea, a Punahou student dipping into romance and "wigger" culture with her teenage haole boyfriend, a Kahala cardiologist's son. As the therapy proceeds, it clusters more and more around controlling grandmother figures; and John and Roz are finally forced to confront painful secrets from their pasts which have a shattering effect on themselves and those close to them.
 Having hit an impasse in her treatment of Sandy and John, counselor Roz loses it. Come see if Sandy and John reconcile.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8pm: May 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28; June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 2005 Sundays 2pm: May 15, 22, 29; June 5, 12, 2005
Front (left to right): Gerard Elmore, Mimi Sadoshima, Jason Kanda, Laura
Bach Buzzell, Jodie Yamada.
Take one of Kumu's acting or playwriting classes2005 Summer Tour: Aloha Las Vegas "Seven! Gracie, next time you go California Hotel, we can break da bank." So says Harry (right, Allan Okubo) to Gracie (center, Nara Cardenas) as Wally (Dann Seki) considers leaving Hawaii for a new life in Las Vegas. KKT reprises its 1992 and 2002 - 2003 season hit about a land-rich but cash-poor local family that prepares to move from Hawai`i to Las Vegas in this out-migration comedy by Edward Sakamoto
 Thanks to Vacations Hawaii, you can win a trip to Las Vegas at each of our three venues. Drawing on the last performance day at each venue. First, Aloha Las Vegas will play at the Hawai`i United Okinawa Cultural Center, Grand Hall, 94-587 Ukee Street, Waipahu, Monday, June 13, Tuesday, June 14, and Wednesday June 15, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased with a credit card by calling 536-4441 or by visiting our Honolulu Box Office between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ticket prices range from $10.00 to $16.00. Tickets on sale now. Phase II of our summer tour has Aloha Las Vegas playing at UH-Hilo Theatre, 200 West Kawili Street, on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June, 18, at 7:30 p.m. Again, tickets can be purchased with a credit card by calling 536-4441 or by visiting our Honolulu Box Office between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ticket prices range from $10 to $15. Tickets on sale now as well. Finally, the third leg of KKT's summer tour has Aloha Las Vegas benefit performances right here in our intimate downtown home. It will run from Wednesday, June 22 through Saturday, June 25, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 26 at 2:00 p.m. The Kumu Kahua Benefit ticket price is $20. Tickets on sale now. Here's the Aloha Las Vegas story. Wally Fukuda lives in the Liliha district of Honolulu. He's a recently retired baker still recovering from his wife's death. His friend Harry, visiting from Las Vegas, tries to persuade him to sell his house, make the move and enjoy a new life. In spite of his love for Hawai`i's fresh air and beaches, Wally warms to the idea. But when he seeks approval from his married son and unmarried daughter, one is opposed to the whole idea. The ensuing debate over the relative merits (and demerits) of each location, embodied in the dynamics of a quickly evolving contemporary local family, makes for great comedy--spiced with a strong dose of thought-provoking realism. This play broke Kumu box office records when originally staged in 1992, repeatedly selling out the 300-seat Tenney Theatre. Kumu Kahua Theatre Artistic Director Harry Wong will again direct the play. The production team includes set by BullDog, lighting by Gerry Kawaoka, costumes by Nara Conaty and sound by Keith K. Kashiwada. The cast features returning players Dann Seki, Nara Conaty, Allan Okubo, Janice Terukina, Tony Solis, and Eric Mita. Salli Morita will take the role of Deedee. 2005 Summer Remount: Half Dozen Long Stem
Kumu reprises its 2004 - 2005 season hit Half Dozen Long Stem by Lee Cataluna from July 14 through July 31. Cataluna's previous plays include Da Mayah, Ulua, Aloha Friday, Super Secret Squad and Folks You Meet In Longs. Performances are at 8pm Thursday through Saturday, with a 2pm Sunday matinee. Ticket prices range from $5 to $16 and go on sale June 28.
 What makes Mrs. Fujiuchi go nuts?
Cataluna has viewed life in Hawai'i through the eyes of cable television station employees on Kauai, fisherfolk on Maui, politicians on the Big Island, and workers and customers at Long's Drug Stores on Oahu. She now cultivates her distinctive brand of local humor in new soil: a Honolulu flower and lei shop. The colorful cast of characters includes Mrs. Fujiuchi, the shop owner, who doesn't like her employees to smell the flowers because she's convinced they'll lose their scents; Romell, a flamboyant delivery man who loves to read the gift cards and gossip about their contents; Nornette, a sales clerk who bursts into tears at the slightest provocation; Bertram, a customer who appears to be sending flowers to several women at the same time; and Bully, a big bruiser with a soft spot for flowers. The comic action kicks into high gear when the building owners decide to sell the building, and close down the shop. R. Kevin Doyle will once again direct the play. A Mid-Pacific School of the Arts Drama Instructor, he previously directed Cataluna's Da Mayah, Ulua, and Aloha Friday. The production includes set design by Angela Price, lighting by Gerry Kawaoka, and costumes by Monica and Squire Coldwell. The entire cast returns featuring Charlotte Dias, Ron Encarnacion, Karen Hironaga, Norman M. Munoz, Aito Steele, and Danel Verdugo.
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