Kumu Kahua Theatre to Present WHEN STRANGERS MEET

After a successful January run at the Honolulu Museum of Arts' Doris Duke Theatre, Jeannette Paulson Hereniko is bringing her one-woman show, WHEN STRANGERS MEET to the Kumu Kahua Theatre's Dark Night Series at 7:00 PM on Sunday, June 5; Monday, June 6, and Tuesday, June 7th, 2016.

Past presentations of WHEN STRANGERS MEET brought standing ovations and enthusiastic reviews from audiences who found her series of short vignettes "heartwarming", "joyous", "inspiring" where they "laughed a little, cried a little."

Kumu Kahua audiences can hear stories based on true adventures of Jeannette as a Film Festival Director and Filmmaker.

In addition to serving as Founding Director of the Hawaii International Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Jeannette produced films and served as a consultant to film industries in places such as Vietnam, Mongolia and Iran. One memorable story takes place on the tiny Polynesian island of Rotuma while she produced her Rotuman husband's feature film, THE LAND HAS EYES.

WHEN STRANGERS MEET was the theme of the Hawaii International Film Festival during its first 15 years when Jeannette Paulson Hereniko served as its founding director from 1981 to 1996. "Strangers can be family members, people at work, or people from a different culture", says Jeannette. "I hope my 90-minute performance will encourage people to be willing to shift their expectations, be open to possibilities, and embrace unexpected surprises of life when encountering "Strangers."

Kumu Kahua Theatre?s Dark Night Series was created to offer other theatre groups, playwrights, and performance artists the opportunity to present their work to the community. This series is presented during dark nights, which are evenings when Kumu Kahua?s regular season shows are not being performed. To be part of the Dark Night Series artists must submit a proposal, which is reviewed by the Board of Directors of Kumu Kahua. From these proposals, projects are chosen that Kumu Kahua feels will promote the development of the theatrical arts and benefit local artists. Kumu Kahua sees this as another way to enhance and enrich the cultural diversity and artistic climate of Honolulu.

Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by The Hawai?i State Foundation on Culture and Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai?i and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Also paid for in part by The Hawai?i Tourism Authority, The Hawai?i Community Foundation, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) Charitable Foundation and Hawaiian Electric Company; ABC Stores, The Star Advertiser and other Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.

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