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A new play opening in Honolulu links history, family, culture, and modern life in Hawai‘i. It’s the final episode in a trilogy that started 25 years ago,…
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A lot of local threads run through Darrell Lum’s new play, Da Beer Can Hat, an adaptation of his iconic short story. Family dynamics, peer pressure, and…
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Kumu KahuaTheatre’s mission, since its founding in 1971, is to help develop theater by, for, and about Hawai‘i’s people. In 2010, this unique local…
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Reflections about the impact of crystal methamphetamine on life in Hawai‘i are starting to appear in local theatre and literature. Earlier this year, Kumu…
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2005 may have been the height of Hawai‘i’s ice “epidemic.” That year, Hawai‘i police arrested 719 people on meth charges. Though we haven’t heard a whole…
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In early April, three pirates hatched a plan to get people out of their snuggly homes and into KumuKahuaTheatre. HPR’sNoeTanigawa visited the theatre…
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“My Name is Gary Cooper”, the current production at KumuKahua has been generating a lot of buzz for the unconventional way it tackles family and race…
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In KumuKahua’s current production, "the underneath", the waters of the Ala Wai Canal are a metaphor for the past and for the complex relationship between…
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How will I die? It's not a comfortable question, but that question, how will I die?, becomes a family matter very quickly in Hawai’i. That is the subject…
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Artist Jean Charlot is best known for his murals, like the iconic fresco on UH Manoa’sBachman Hall. Few realize that his fascination with Hawaiian culture…