KUMU KAHUA THEATRE PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A LOCAL-STYLE PYGMALION: TEACHER, TEACHER BYANTHONY MICHAEL OLIVER

Anthony Michael Oliver’s Teacher, Teacher will play at Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu, running from May 17 through June 17.

Sharon Kido is an unmarried forty-year-old college English teacher who "loses her cool" on the last day of class.  She lashes out at her students for being "drifters, dreamers, and slobs" who can't speak, dress or even walk properly, and have no manners, respect, goals, or plans.  Gavin, one of her students, takes her words to heart, and asks her to help him change by giving him lessons over the summer.  But, as the weeks go by, the summer heats up...  Playwright Anthony Michael Oliver was the winner of the 2002 Kumu Kahua Theatre/UHM Kennedy Theatre Playwriting Contest Hawai‘i prize for his play Theme Park.

Kumu Kahua Artistic Director, Harry Wong will direct the production, with set design by Justin DeLand, light design by Abel Coelho, and costume design by Dusty Behner.  The cast features Kumu veterans Denise-Aiko Chinen, Chris Doi, M.J. Gonzalvo and Salli K. Morita.

Kumu Kahua Theatre is an air-conditioned, intimate 100-seat performance space; Patrons are strongly advised to purchase tickets in advance as individual performances do sell out.  Performances are at 8pm Thursday through Saturday, and at 2pm on Sunday afternoons.  Tickets can be purchased with a credit card by calling 536-4441, or by visiting our box office between 11am and 3pm Monday through Friday.  Ticket prices range from $5 to $16.  Tickets go on sale Monday, April 30.  For more information about this and other productions, visit www.kumukahua.org.