🌸 You’re Invited! 🌸
A Free Staged Reading Performance of
“Hanafuda With Grandma”
By Diane Aoki
Directed by Aiko Chinen
📅 Monday, October 27, 2025
🕔 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Presented by PlayBuilders of Hawaiʻi Theater Company
With support from the City and County of Honolulu
🎭 Performance Schedule
5:00 PM – Hanafuda Lesson: Learn to play hanafuda with audience participation!
6:00 PM – Staged Reading of Hanafuda With Grandma (approx. 1 hour)
7:00 PM – Talkback with the cast, director, and playwright
✍️ About the Playwright
Diane Aoki is a Hawaiʻi-based playwright and educator whose work explores memory, cultural identity, and family legacy.
Her upcoming play Memory Beads will premiere at Kumu Kahua Theatre in May 2026. The piece traces five generations of mother-daughter relationships through stories and heirlooms rooted in Okinawan and Hawaiian history.
As a Story Circle Coordinator and contributing playwright with PlayBuilders of Hawaiʻi Theater Company, Diane helps transform real community stories into theatrical works.
Her writing reflects a deep commitment to uplifting underrepresented voices and honoring intergenerational storytelling.
🌺 About PlayBuilders
Mission Statement:
PlayBuilders of Hawaiʻi Theater Company gathers and shares real stories that resonate with, empower, and connect individuals throughout the culturally rich and diverse communities of Hawaiʻi
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Since 2011, PlayBuilders has created original productions in partnership with communities across the islands, using story circles, interviews, and collaborative processes to bring true stories to the stage. Their work builds bridges of understanding and friendship among Hawaiʻi’s people
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