WHAT: Announcement and Auditions for #haoleboyfriend by Stephanie Keiko Kong and Tony Pisculli WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre 46 Merchant Street, Honolulu
WHEN: Auditions: Saturday July 17th from 2pm to 5pm Sunday July 18th from 6pm to 9pm INFO: 808-536-4222,
kumukahua.org and
officemanager@kumukahua.org The first show of Kumu Kahua Theatre's 51st season will be #haoleboyfriend, by Stephanie Keiko Kong and Tony Pisculli. The show will be directed by Jason Kanda and runs September 2-19, 2021. The full 51st season of Kumu Kahua Theatre will be announced following the reading of Edward Sakamoto?s Stew Rice on July 17th, 2021. That live, free event can be viewed at 7:00 PM HST on
https://www.youtube.com/c/KumuKahuaTheatre, and
https://www.facebook.com/kumukahuatheatre. The event will be rebroadcast on Sunday, July 18th at 2:00 PM HST. Show description of #haoleboyfriend:
Five former math geeks and high school besties reunite ten years after they’ve graduated from Pearl City to wrestle with secrets, major life changes and guacamole at their favorite karaoke room. If you requested Lady Marmalade from the DJ at your prom, this play is dedicated to you. Actors will perform live, in person, on stage at Kumu Kahua Theatre; the show will be streamed live to an online audience only. Full COVID safety precautions will be adhered to by the entire production team. Kumu Kahua Theatre will not have in-person audiences until 2022. Director Jason Kanda is looking for actors to fill the following roles: SHARISSA Female, straight, local mix. VAI Female, queer, Polynesian-local mix. KEA Female, straight, Japanese-Hawaiian-local mix. FUMIKO Female, straight, Japanese (from Japan), raised in Hawaii from high school on. RAYVEN Male, queer, local mix. NOTE: All characters are the same age and grad Pearl City High School the same year (late 20s to mid 30s). NOTE: All local mix characters speak both pidgin (Hawaiian Creole English) and standard American English fluently and interchangeably. A stronger pidgin accent may indicate moments of greater emotion. For clarity, we do not use pidgin orthography in the script, although we do use pidgin grammar. All actors should be familiar with the story. A digital copy of the script can be found here. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Audition Information: For further information, call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office at 536-4222, or email
officemanager@kumukahua.org. Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai`i, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, ABC Stores, the Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund, the Island Insurance Foundation, Hawai`i Public Radio, The Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation, Edric Sakamoto, John Mazur and other foundations, businesses, and loyal patrons. | 
