Theater

Kumu Kahua Theatre's first production of the season kicks off with a play titled “Smother.” HPR talked to playwright Sara Ward about the process of writing her first play.

Ceremonies on Aug. 6 to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki included one at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. A contingent from Hawaiʻi included members of the Ohana Arts Youth Theatre Company, which staged a musical called "Peace On Your Wings."

Holly Doubet wrote the musical, "This Is Not A Drill" about the day a state worker issued a false missile alert seven years ago.

Kabuki is a classical Japanese form of theater that contains dancing, singing, voice acting, and miming. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's dance and theater department hosted its inaugural two-week intensive training program led by kabuki master Ichikawa Monnosuke VIII.

Joshua “Baba” Tavares spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about the production of “Rent” that he directed for the UH Mānoa Theater Department. The production will be at Kauaʻi Community College for three days.

R. Kevin Garcia Doyle spoke with HPR’s DW Gibson about what theatergoers can expect at this year's Hawaii Shakespeare Festival, which kicks off Friday.

The Conversation’s DW Gibson sat down with the playwright, Ryan Okinaka, and actress Elexis Draine about their involvement in the new play, “The Golden Gays,” that recently opened at the Kumu Kahua Theatre.

Leaders of the nonprofit Hawaii Theatre Center are asking the state to purchase the more than century-old building. However, it's unclear whether the state will take on the financial responsibility due to the uncertainty of federal funding.

Mānoa Valley Theatre is staging Hawaiʻi's first-ever production of the musical "Parade." The show tells the true story of a 1913 murder in Atlanta, Georgia. But it's not all doom and gloom.

Elizabeth Ung, an MFA candidate and acting lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, reimagined the Chinese folk tale of a young woman impersonating a man to join the army to save her father, to Mulan having five distinct personalities throughout various time periods.