Hawaiʻi State Theatre Council

10/17/2024

Coming up next week in the Earle Ernst Lab! 🌙 "4.48 Psychosis" offers a deeply personal and poetic portrayal of mental illness, focusing on themes of psychosis, profound loneliness, and the struggle to make human connections. At 4:48 a.m., the main character finds a moment of sanity, but soon slips back into anguish and torment. Kane’s fragmented narrative invites audiences into the experience of someone living with severe depression, while Rowe’s direction emphasizes both the beauty and the darkness inherent in the work. 💜

🎟️ Tickets are available online! Visit manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/448p for a ticket purchase link and more important info!

⚠️ Advisories: suicidal ideation, mental illness, self-harm, profane language, and flashing lights.

08/21/2024

Mayor Rick Blangiardi has declared August as Actors Month in Honolulu!

Mahalo to the Mayor’s Office, SAG-AFTRA Hawaii Local President Andrea Sikkink and Executive Director Mericia Palma Elmore, and SAG-AFTRA Hawai‘i Local, which is celebrating all month long with a variety of events benefitting local actors, including workshops, scene studies, and mixers.

“[Whereas], there is a vibrant and diverse live theater community including Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Kumu Kahua Theatre, Manoa Valley Theatre, and Diamond Head Theatre showcasing the talent and creativity of local performing artists ... [Actors Month will] celebrate the craft of acting and ... recognize the hard work, dedication, and talent that actors bring to the entertainment industry,” reads the official Proclamation. We appreciate this special month (and the shoutout)!

To learn more about SAG-AFTRA Hawai‘i and this month’s events, visit sagaftra.org/august-actors-month-hawaii-local

08/01/2024

Lighting Equipment Sales Rep Demo on WED AUG 7, 2024

"Martin lighting will once again be demonstrating our newest products in your area. On Wednesday, August 7 we will be at the Slack Key Lounge in Honolulu presenting our newest lighting products via hands-on interactive demos. Additionally, we will have free learning sessions enabling you to learn more about lighting programming and the power of Martin’s P3 system.

Whether you are involved in production or architectural/install lighting, you will certainly see something useful to your lighting department needs at this event. All our latest products including the new MAC Viper XIP will be on hand with an exciting new demo format.

Furthermore, we are hosting a reception in the evening so that you can see the demos after office hours, while also enjoying some food and drink and networking with other lighting professionals.

Wednesday, August 7: 11:00am - 6:00pm (reception from 4:00pm-6:00pm)

Slack Key Lounge
1680 Kapiolani Blvd
Second Floor
Honolulu, HI 96814

Product demos, learning sessions, food and drink, swag, and more!

Click here for details and registration:

https://forms.gle/YTJFSHtEMpj5dwQ46

Be sure to register so we can send you event reminders and parking/entry information.

I hope that you can join us for this amazing opportunity to see the newest Martin products in person. Please feel free to share this invite with other lighting professionals too.

See you there!

BRAD, Martin Lighting
Brad Schiller
Sr. Business Development Manager | North America
512-538-3979
www.martin.com

04/19/2024

"The Maiden Benten and the Bandits of the White Waves" at UHM this weekend and next weekend still has openings for volunteer ushers. Ushers can see the show for free. Parking now free on Sat & Sun. Email [email protected] to RSVP to usher.

PC: Christine Lamborn & Jessica Jacob, UHM Kennedy Theatre

04/16/2024

Don't forget! opens on Saturday night in the Earle Ernst Lab at 11 pm, after the mainstage performance of "The Maiden Benten and the Bandits of the White Waves". Late Night will be running this show April 20-21 & 26-27, 2024.

Cherry Blossom Eskapo or “Cherry Blossom Escape”, follows a young woman named Sarah aims to provide a better life for her family by going to Japan to work as a band musician. Learn more about this production on our website at manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/eva.

⚠️ This production contains themes of human trafficking.

04/13/2024

Mahalo to MidWeek for this recent article about BERETANIA SNAPSHOTS!

“...The story [playwright Sean-Joseph Choo] wants to tell is not at all what you’d expect a story about a kid and a dragon to be about,” says director Jason Kanda. “It’s not a fairy tale, but neither is it a story where you indulge in your made-up fantasy world to avoid confronting real-world problems.”

BERETANIA SNAPSHOTS continues tonight at Kumu Kahua Theatre! The show begins tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Visit kumukahua.org for tickets!

04/10/2024

In BERETANIA SNAPSHOTS, Kahana Ho plays Beretania!

Beretania is a name that is a Hawaiian transliteration of “Britain”. It is also the name of Connie’s imaginary friend, Beretania. They always have a camera, and always have something to say about everything. "Life as a spirit or whatever I am... what is and isn’t comes and goes. It feels like I’m in a river. Sometimes memories float downstream."

Tickets for BERETANIA SNAPSHOTS are selling out! Save your seats for shows happening this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. at kumukahua.org.

See you at Kumu Kahua Theatre!

04/09/2024

🌟 Audition Call! 🎭 Dive into the world of Lisa Matsumoto's "Happily Eva Afta" - A local-kine Hawaiian pidgin musical comedy! 🎶

🌺 Directed by Michael Ng, with Miguel Cadoy III as Musical Director and Ka'ohinani Yojo Daniels as Choreographer, this production promises a whimsical journey through traditional fairy tales with a local twist!

Auditions:
🗓️ Dates:

Sunday, April 21, and Monday, April 22, from 6pm - 9pm
Wednesday, April 24, from 6pm - 9pm (Callbacks)

🎤 Prepare your 16-32 bars of a song and a narrative joke or short comedic monologue! 🤣

Secure your 5-minute slot now and be part of this fantastical journey! 🌟
Click 👉🏼 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAAAC22A1FCC16-48796890-happily #/ 👈🏼

04/09/2024

"The Maiden Benten and the Bandits of the White Waves", commonly known as "Benten Kozō", features 5 distinctive thieves with a mastery of masquerade, and a command of language from the gutter to the poetically sublime. Together with a full array of colorful kabuki characters, their schemes and back stories lead to shocking revelations, surprising reunions, startling twists, and realizations.

💻 Want to learn more? Visit manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/benten for more resources and a ticket purchase link!

🖼️ Have you seen the free Kabuki Exhibition at the East West Center (EWC) Gallery? EWC Gallery is kind enough to open their doors from 5-7 p.m. on April 19, 20, 26, and 27, as well as 4-6 p.m on April 28 so that our audiences may see the exhibit! Visit eastwestcenter.org/education/arts for more about the “Kabuki in Hawai‘i” gallery exhibition.

04/09/2024

04/09/2024

Shakespeare's Birthday celebration! Cake! Sonnets! Soliloquies!