Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents 44th Season Opening Show: Shoyu on Rice by Scot Izuka
WHAT: Scott Izukašs Shoyu on Rice
WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street
WHEN: August 21 September 21, 2014 (see schedule below)
COST: $5.00-$20.00
INFO: 536-4441, kumukahua.org
SPECIAL EVENT: Following the performance on Friday, August 29th, there
will be a talk-story with playwright Scot Izuka, and director Reiko Ho
HONOLULU, HI ‹The 44th season at Kumu Kahua
Theatre opens with a play by Scot Izuka: Shoyu on Rice. The show is the
anticipated sequel to Mr. Izukašs show, Mainland Education, produced by Kumu Kahua Theatre in 2009.
Synopsis: in the mid-1980s, boys attending a
Catholic all-boys high school deal with their use of pidgin English
when a substitute teacher from Kansas takes over their classroom.
Meanwhile, the substitute struggles to learn local ways in both the
classroom and the home of her Japanese-American fiancé's parents.
"While much has changed in the last thirty
years, the desire to fit in and be understood has not," says director
Reiko Ho. "I watch my teenaged son navigate the pull of peer pressure
just like the characters in our play. Everyone wants to be validated
and accepted, and like our characters learn, sometimes validation
starts when we learn to accept ourselves for exactly who we are."
Tickets for performances can be purchased
with a credit card by calling 536-4441, or by visiting our box office
at 46 Merchant Street (corner of Bethel and Merchant streets, downtown)
between 11am and 3pm Monday through Friday. Tickets can also be
purchased at KumuKahua.org
Show dates:
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm: August 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30; September 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 2014
Sundays 2pm: August 22, 31; September 7, 14, *24, 2014
*American Sign Language Interpretation upon request
The show's director, Reiko Ho, also directed the 43rd season opener at Kumu Kahua Theatre, Will the Real Charlie Chan Please Stand Up?
This production features seven cast members: Jim Aina, Kimo Albarado,
Bronte Amoy, Joanna Mills, Kat Nakano, Ryan "Oki"naka and Shawn
Vasconcelles.
Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by The HawaiŒi State Foundation on Culture and Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of HawaiŒi and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Also paid for in part by the taxpayers of the City & County of Honolulu; the Mayoršs Office of Culture and the Arts; The HawaiŒi Tourism Authority, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) Charitable Foundation, The Atherton Foundation and Hawaiian Electric Company; The Star-Advertiser and other foundations, businesses and patrons.
