Kumu Kahua Theatre Announces the cast of Mendokusai by Eric Stack
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06.23.23
Contact: Sara Ward, officemanager@kumukahua.org, 808-536-4441
Kumu Kahua Theatre Announces the cast of Mendokusai by Eric Stack
WHAT: Cast and Crew Announcement of Mendokusai by Eric Stack
INFO: 808-536-4441, kumukahua.org
Honolulu HI--Kumu Kahua Theatre and production director Justina Mattos are pleased to announce the Mendokusai team.
Cast
Kūkunu Waikahe - Thomas Chock
Risa Waikahe - Denise-Aiko Chinen
ʻĀpiki Collins - Deenie Tagudin Kam
Mikihilina Waikahe - Sharon Garcia Doyle
Ililani Waikahe - Alysia Kepaa
Laki Waikahe - Justin Kuwamura
Shinko - Kevin Molina
Palai - Kekoa Graham
Police Officer - Jodi Kaopuiki Graham
Directed by- Justina Mattos
Mendokusai was written by Eric Stack and will be performed live at Kumu Kahua Theatre August 17- September 17, 2023
Production Description
After losing his mother during the 2018 lava flow, Kūkunu has disconnected from culture and community, and taken refuge in a new marriage. However, his daughter’s dangerous position at the forefront of the TMT controversy forces him to intervene, setting in motion a series of events which not all will survive. Through this crisis, we learn that someone who is “broken” may not be able to love in an ordinary way; but may instead love in a most extraordinary way.
Director Justina Mattos had this to say about the play, “I wanted to support this show
because it emerged from our online Keakalehua playreading group, where it received its
initial reading before winning the Hawaiʻi prize in the Kumu Kahua playwriting
competition, and eventually being selected for production. It makes me happy to help
support local playwrights in bringing their works to the stage.”
There will be a post show discussion with members of the cast and crew following the performance on August 25, 2023.
Hometowns of the team of Mendokusai
Thomas Chock-Honolulu, - Denise-Aiko Chinen- Honolulu, - Deenie Tagudin Kam-Honolulu, - Sharon Garcia Doyle-Honolulu, - Alysia Kepaʻa-Nānākuli, - Justin Kawamura-Honolulu, - Kevin Molina-Waipahu, - Kekoa Graham-Honolulu, - Jodi Kaopuiki Graham-Honolulu
Tickets are available on our website https://www.kumukahua.org/53rd-season
Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by the NME Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, the Island Insurance Foundation, The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi, The AAPI Community Fund, The Richard Aadland Fund, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The John R. Halligan Charitable Fund, Spectrum/Charter Communications, ABC Stores, the Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund, Hawaiʻi Public Radio, H. Hawaii Media, Simply Storage, The Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation, Vacations Hawaiʻi, Zippy’s Restaurants, Hawaiian Electric, Edric Sakamoto, Ron and Rachel Heller, Leonard and Charlotte Chow, Hawaiʻi Conservatory of Performing Arts at Windward Community College, and other foundations, businesses, and loyal patrons.