Kumu Kahua Theatre Announces The World Premiere Of Houselights & Prolonged Sunlight By Eric Yokomori
HONOLULU, HI: Kumu Kahua Theatre presents House Lights & Prolonged Sunlight by Eric Yokomori. The production will play at Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu, from January 14th through February 14th, 2010.
In a one-act play (House Lights) and six short plays (under one title, Prolonged Sunlight), playwright Yokomori explores the human condition via dramatic surrealism and theater of the absurd. Intense aberrant behavior is the norm as characters confront one another in strange situations. In one of the short plays, Joey tells Crystal that he possesses a magic rock into which he has placed all of his love, and no one can take it away from him. Crystal finds her own rock, and the battle begins. In another, an author attempts to convince a children's book publisher to buy his x-rated manuscript. In another, a bizarre cocaine deal goes bad. In House Lights, Saul Peacock, an actor whose credits are merely those of a perennial extra ("It's the hardest role to play, really. You never draw attention to yourself."), is invited to dinner at the dysfunctional Roget household and gives them all a lesson in the difference between illusion and reality.
*These plays contain strong language and adult situations.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm: January 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30; February 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2010
Sundays 2 pm: January 17, 24, 31; February *14, 2010
(No show Sunday, February 7, because of the Superbowl)
*American Sign Language interpretation available upon request
Kumu Kahua artistic director, Harry Wong, III will direct the production, with set design by Amy Healey; Lighting Design is by Daniel Sakimura; Sound by Stu Hirayama; Costumes by Naomi Davis.
The Cast is: Cheyne Gallarde, Katherine Aumer, Ryan Sutherlan, Ginger Gohier, Jason Kanda, Tyler Tanabe, Salli Morita, Danielle Vivarttas-Ahrnsbrak, Jason Ellinwood, Troy Apostol, and Mish Umipeg.
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 are on sale now. For more information about this and other productions, or to buy tickets online, visit www.KumuKahua.org.
Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, celebrating more than thirty years of culture and the arts in Hawai‘i (with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts); the Annenberg Foundation; the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Mufi Hannemann, Mayor; paid for in part by the taxpayers of the City & County of Honolulu, the Hawai’i State Legislature, and Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.
