Kaisara at UHM Kennedy Theatre

A World Premiere Hana Keaka Production

Written and Directed by Iasona Kaper | MFA Final Creative Project

September 20-24, 2023* – WED/FRI 7:30pm & SUN 2:00pm and
7:30pm

*No Saturday 9/23 performance (due to campus parking limitations for UH
Football game)

Post Show Q&A following the Friday performance

In 1896, four scenes from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar were
translated into olelo Hawaiʻi by James N. K. Keola and published in Ka
Nupepa Kuokoa. What would have happened if Keola had asked other Kanaka
Maoli intellectuals of his time to participate in a reading of these
scenes? Kaisara imagines this gathering, exploring the intersection between
Shakespeare’s portrayal of Ancient Rome and the political landscape of
Hawaiʻi in the 1890s to ask timeless questions about division, conspiracy,
and political violence.

This hana keaka production will be performed predominantly in ʻŌlelo
Hawaiʻi.