THE SQUEAKY WHEEL / HOMAGE TO AMY to Play Kumu Kahua Theatre, 11/24-26

In 2006, only a few years after adopting a special needs baby, Brian Shaughnessy learned that his young wife Amy had cancer. Within a year, Amy died leaving Brian to raise five-year-old Amadeus as best as he could. Brian knew it would be a challenge.

Meeting challenges is what Brian Shaughnessy is all about. You see, Brian is quadriplegic. A botched surgery thirty years ago left Brian paralyzed from the neck down, but that hasn?t stopped him from becoming an author, actor, director, playwright, entrepreneur, and attorney ... as well as a loving, caring father for a son with disabilities.

In the Hawai'i debut of their new play, The Squeaky Wheel / Homage to Amy, Brian and Amadeus Shaughnessy tell the story of their life after Amy?s death, a story of tragedy and triumph, laughter and tears, and, most of all, indomitable love.

The national debut of The Squeaky Wheel / Homage to Amy came this past summer, when Brian and son carried the show to the Kansas City Fringe Festival.

The Squeaky Wheel/Homage to Amy runs locally at Honolulu's own Kumu Kahua Theatre, November 24, 25 and 26, 2013. Show times are 7:00 pm nightly. All tickets are $10 and available for purchase at the door only, beginning at 6:15 pm on show nights.

Homage to Amy picks up where Brian?s autobiography, The Squeaky Wheel, left off. Of that book, Mark Medoff, Oscar nominee and Tony award-winning author of Children of a Lesser God, said: "Brian Shaughnessy tells his story of suffering and survival with extraordinary humor and compassion. Fate dealt him what might seem an impossible life. His journey is harrowing, horrifying, and finally inspirational. His dignity, his humor, his life have informed my own. I am indebted to him for all he is.

Kumu Kahua Theatre uses Vendini for ticketing, marketing, and box office management. Kumu Kahua Theatre - 46 Merchant St, Honolulu, HI, 96813, (808) 536-4441. Vendini, Inc. - 660 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104, 1 (800) 901-7173.

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