Hawaii Shakespeare Festival Announces 2019 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 13, 2019
The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival's (HSF) eighteenth season kicks off with Shakespeare's final masterpiece, The Tempest, opening July 12. Next up is Much Ado About Nothing, opening August 1. The season concludes with Shakespeare's dark tragedy, Macbeth, opening August 9.
Original Founders Return to Hawaii Shakespeare Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2018
The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (HSF) celebrates its seventeenth season with the return of all three founding members: Tony Pisculli, R. Kevin Garcia Doyle, and Harry Wong, III. The last time all three directed together was during HSF's 10th season in 2011. The season kicks off with Shakespeare's twisted, fairy-tale take on romantic comedy All's Well That Ends Well, opening July 13. Next is Shakespeare's most painful tragedy King Lear, opening July 27. The season concludes with Henrik Ibsen's dark drama Hedda Gabler, opening August 10.
Manoa Valley Theatre's Local Kine Season Finale HAPPILY EVA AFTA
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 14, 2017
Manoa Valley Theatre caps off an amazing season with a Hawaii-kine pidgin musical comedy by Lisa Matsumoto & Roslyn Catracchia from the library of Hawaii favorites. This final segment in the original "Once Upon One Time" musical comedy trilogy continues the delightful adaptation of the traditional fairy tales we all know and love. A comedic, local fantasy full of energetic songs and colorful characters, you'll meet Da Six Menehune, Da Tree Fairies, Hauna and Tantaran, Da Wicked Queen and many other local-style and traditional fairy tale characters as they go on a fun and crazy adventure.
COMMEDIA REP Launches Hawaii Shakespeare Festival's 14th Season Today
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2015
The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (HSF) celebrates its fourteenth season at The ARTS at Marks Garage in the center of the vibrant downtown arts district. This year, HSF continues its post-canon-completion tradition of scheduling experimental or non-Shakespeare plays alongside traditional works. The upcoming season includes a commedia dell'arte rep, opening tonight, July 10; Winter's Tale, opening July 24; and Othello, opening August 14.
THE WINTER'S TALE, OTHELLO and More Set for Hawaii Shakespeare Festival's 14th Season
by BWW News Desk - Jun 19, 2015
The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (HSF) celebrates its fourteenth season at The ARTS at Marks Garage in the center of the vibrant downtown arts district. This year, HSF continues its post-canon-completion tradition of scheduling experimental or non-Shakespeare plays alongside traditional works. The upcoming season includes a commedia dell'arte rep, opening July 10; Winter's Tale, opening July 24; and Othello, opening August 14.
Alani Apio's KAMAU A'E Opens at Kuma Kahua May 31
by James T Harding - May 25, 2012
The Hawaiian sovereignty movement, with its complexities and controversies, takes the stage in Alani Apio's powerful drama Kamau A'e, opening May 31 until July 1 at Kuma Kahua.
Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents CANE FIELDS BURNING, Closes 10/9
by BWW News Desk - Oct 9, 2011
Ghosts, demons, and dark memories haunt Hawai‘i's plantation fields in this tale of a curse passed down through three generations. An old man has died, and as his son and grandson sort through his belongings, the photograph of a beautiful woman exposes the violent secret buried in the old man's past.
Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents CANE FIELDS BURNING, 9/8-10/9
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 8, 2011
Ghosts, demons, and dark memories haunt Hawai‘i's plantation fields in this tale of a curse passed down through three generations. An old man has died, and as his son and grandson sort through his belongings, the photograph of a beautiful woman exposes the violent secret buried in the old man's past.
Photo Flash: Kumu Kahua Theatre's Cane Fields Burning
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 6, 2011
Cane Fields Burning is showing at Kumu Kahua Theater from Sep 8 - Oct 9, 2011. The show is a world premiere by Kemuel DeMoville. 'Something's stirring in the shadows. Something's coming. Something's waiting.'
Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents CANE FIELDS BURNING, 9/8-10/9
by Kelsey Denette - Sep 1, 2011
Ghosts, demons, and dark memories haunt Hawai‘i's plantation fields in this tale of a curse passed down through three generations. An old man has died, and as his son and grandson sort through his belongings, the photograph of a beautiful woman exposes the violent secret buried in the old man's past.