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Celebrating Our 41st Season with a diverse selection of three premieres, a long awaited revival and a unique holiday production. Plays about life in Hawai`i Five great plays – another great season. Still the best entertainment value in town. Intimate theatre. Talented artists. Season subscribers get special benefits. Kumu Kahua's 41st Season of Plays For and About Hawai`i PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE TO ANY SHOW
Showing Sep 8 - Oct 9, 2011 Cane Fields Burning “Something’s stirring in the shadows. Something’s coming. Something’s waiting.”
The winner of the Kumu Kahua/UH Manoa Playwriting Contest, Cane Fields Burning uses the elegant power of Japanese Noh theatre to tell the story of a family struggling to escape its tortured history. SHOW DATES: ***** Showing Nov 10 - Dec 11, 2011 A Jivebomber’s Christmas “Want people together, right? Want community spirit? Then we gotta throw a roo-too-toolioo-do Christmas dance with all the trimmings!”
Filled with song and dance, laughter and warmth, A Jivebomber’s Christmas arrives at Kumu Kahua just in time for the holidays. SHOW DATES: ***** Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre “I tell you something. No tell nobody, okay?”
The winner of the Pushcart Prize, Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre was Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s first major work and introduced the world to one of Hawai‘i’s bravest writers. This play contains strong language. SHOW DATES: ***** Showing Mar 29 - Apr 29, 2012 Wilcox’s Shot “Let them remember a Hawaiian Patriot, not a Rebel. I fought for one cause and one cause only my entire life: the Hawaiian cause.”
Wilcox’s Shot dramatizes the life of one of our most fascinating historical figures, at the dawn of the 20th century. SHOW DATES: ***** Showing May 31 - Jul 1, 2012 Kamau A‘e “Kamau a‘e--you carry forward that which needs to be remembered. One thing Hawaiians get: we know what is pono.”
First produced in 1997, Kamau A‘e returns to Kumu Kahua, sharing its message with a new generation of audiences. This play contains strong language. SHOW DATES:
Kumu Kahua productions are made possible with support from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, celebrating more than thirty years of culture and the arts in Hawai‘I, and the National Endowment for the Arts; The Annenberg Foundation; Paid for in part by the taxpayers of the City & County of Honolulu; the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Mufi Hannemann, Mayor; and Foundations, Businesses and Patrons Mahalo nui loa to Kumu's Generous Donors!Donate to Kumu Kahua (MS Word) Join our email news list: KumuKahuaTheatre@hawaiiantel.net
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Ghosts, demons, and dark memories haunt Hawai‘i’s plantation fields in this tale of a curse passed down through the generations. An old man has died; as his son and grandson sort through his belongings, the photograph of a beautiful woman exposes the violent secret buried in the old man’s past.
It’s Christmas, 1943, but nobody feels like celebrating. The world is at war and the soldiers of the 442nd Battalion are fighting in Europe, while at home, Japanese Americans are being illegally detained in internment camps. A group of kids, raised on jazz and jive, social clubs and swing dancing, decides to raise the camp’s spirits--with a Christmas show.
The unforgettable poetry of Lois-Ann Yamanaka unfolds in this new theatrical adaptation. Meet Tita, Girlie, Lucy, Kala, and other young women on the brink of adulthood, as they explore sexual awakening, family abuse, peer pressure, and identity. With humor, pain, and raw honesty, their voices come to life on Kumu Kahua’s intimate stage.
1901: Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox, the revolutionary-turned-politician, arrives in Washington as Hawai‘i’s first delegate to Congress. A man of action in a powerless position, Wilcox confronts some of the most famous names of the era as he grapples with his own role in shaping Hawai‘i’s future.
The Hawaiian Sovereignty movement, with its complexities and controversies, takes the stage in this powerful drama. Fresh out of prison, Michael Kawaipono Mahekona joins a group of activists on a mission to reclaim Hawaiian land. As the group splinters over whether to stand firm or compromise on its principles, Michael must decide how to stay true to what he believes.