Sound and Beauty Opens at Kumu Kahua Theatre

Kumu Kahua Theatre finishes is 42nd season with the Hawai`i premiere of David Henry Hwang's Sound and Beauty, two haunting one-act plays performed together in one evening of theatre.

In The Sound of a Voice, a samurai encounters a mysterious woman in a lonely cottage, and begins to suspect her powers are not of this world. In The House of Sleeping Beauties, a modern-day writer seeks out an exclusive brothel where the girls all share a haunting trait.

Sound and Beauty was first performed off-Broadway in 1983. Playwright Hwang is the Tony Award-winning author of M. Butterfly and Chinglish.

Photos by Orrin Nakanelua

David Henry Hwang is the only Asian American playwright to have plays produced on Broadway. His scripts often deal with subject matter reflecting the Asian experience in the west and Asian themes in American theatre.

Show Dates:
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
May 30, 31; June 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

Sundays at 2 p.m.
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

*American Sign Language interpretation available upon request

Tickets can be purchased with a credit card by calling 536-4441, online at KumuKahua.org, or by visiting our box office at 46 Merchant Street (corner of Bethel & Merchant Streets, downtown) between 11am and 3pm Monday through Friday. Ticket prices range from $5 to $20.

Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Also paid for in part by the taxpayers of the City & County of Honolulu; the Mayor¹s Office of Culture and the Arts; The Annenberg Foundation, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); Hawaiian Electric Company; The Star Advertiser and other Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.