49th Season
(2019 – 2020)

ABOUT

Alika raised his niece by slaving away at the hotel that stole his family’s land. After six years at college, his brother’s daughter, Stevie, returns home, a technology- wielding millennial. As the future of the family, Stevie must reconcile the emotional destruction within her ohana. When a dark secret is revealed, the results are devastating. Told in flashbacks from past to present, Alani Apio’s third and final play in the Kāmau trilogy is a requiem to the enduring and brutal effects of colonialism.

PERFORMANCE DATES

Thursdays / Fridays / Saturdays at 8 p.m. HST
August 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31; September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 2019

Sundays at 2 p.m. HST
August 25 & September 1, 8, 15, *22, 2019

ABOUT

Sefina and Mele are in love, their engagement and deep bond reinforced by their shared Samoan heritage. When they suddenly find themselves tangled in a web of hidden truths, denial, and lies, their future together is threatened. Faʻalavelave tackles a darkly taboo topic with humor in a queer Samoan context.

PERFORMANCE DATES

Thursdays / Fridays / Saturdays at 7 p.m. HST
November 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30; December 5, 6, 7, 2019

Sundays at 2 p.m. HST
November 10, 17, 24; December 1,*8, 2018

(No show Thursday, November 28 - Thanksgiving)

*American Sign Language Interpretation on Sunday, December 9th 2018

ABOUT

Captain Cook lands in Hawaii during the Makahiki festival. Hawaiians have never seen anyone who looks like these strangely attired white beings. Mistaken for the God Lono, Cook begins to feel godly — and behave as if he is a god. Disaster follows hubris: epic in its scope, Dennis Carroll’s historical tragedy chronicles Cook’s journey toward first contact, and catastrophe.

PERFORMANCE DATES

Thursdays / Fridays / Saturdays at 7 p.m. HST
January 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31; February 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2020

Sundays at 2 p.m. HST
January 19, 26; February 9, *16, 2020

(No show Sunday, February 2 – Super Bowl)

ABOUT

When Lucy Thurston and Sybil Bingham arrive on the shores of Oʻahu in 1820, a year after Queen Kaʻahumanu overthrew the traditional Kapu system in ancient Hawaiʻi, they immediately attempt their missionary task. Queen Kaʻahumanu, however, is more interested in their dresses than a new god and has no desire for new religion. Sybil and Lucy persevere, and so begins the slow, gradual process of Kaʻahumanu’s conversion. This complex historical drama explores different perspectives on Hawaiʻi’s official adoption of Christianity — from the caste system to notions of monogamy.

PERFORMANCE DATES

Thursdays / Fridays / Saturdays at 7 p.m. HST
March 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28; April 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 2020

Sundays at 2 p.m. HST
March 22, 29, April 5, *19, 2020

(No show Sunday, April 12 - Easter)

ABOUT

Jon and Jonah are best friends and musicians who play at a small hotel in Waikiki. Jonah's father tries to pull him away to pursue fame and fortune on his own. As the boys navigate the age-old struggle between doing what they love and a promising financial future, an outsider with a heavy heart shows them a broader perspective. Together, the boys and the outsider find their own paths and a friendship filled with aloha.

PERFORMANCE DATES

Thursdays / Fridays / Saturdays at 7 p.m. HST
May 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 & June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 2020

Sundays at 2 p.m. HST
May 24, 31; June 7, 14, *21, 2020