the 2014-15 theater season

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE The Creative, 1116 Smith St.www.awstheatre.org

>> “Debris” and “After the End”: Two edgyone-act plays by British playwright DennisKelly. Nov. 8-16

DIAMOND HEADTHEATRE520 Makapuu Ave.733-0274; www.diamond-headtheatre.com

>> “Mary Poppins”:Broadway’s version ofthe timeless Disney musical film. Sept. 26-Oct. 12

>> “White Christmas”: A “hana hou” produc-tion of a seasonal favorite inspired by thebeloved film. Dec. 5-21

>> “To Kill a Mockingbird”: A nonmusicalstage adaptation of Harper Lee’s classicnovel about family, racism, honor and lostinnocence in the American South. Jan. 30-Feb. 15

>> “South Pacific”: Broadway veteran LorettaAbles Sayre reprises her Tony-nominatedportrayal of Bloody Mary in one of Rodgersand Hammerstein’s greatest musicals.March 27-April 12

>> “42nd Street”: A leading lady’s misfortunegives a chorus girl the opportunity of a life-time in this “tap-dancing extravaganza.”May 22-June 7

>> “Shrek The Musical”: A stage adaptation ofthe DreamWorks computer-animated filmabout a ogre, his donkey pal, a princessand true love’s kiss. July 17-Aug. 2

HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY45-045 Kamehameha Highway375-1282; www.hpu.edu/theatre

>> To be announced.

HAWAII OPERA THEATRE

Blaisdell Concert Hall596-7858; www.hawaiiopera.org

>> “Madam Butterfly”: Puccini’s timelessstory of a romance between a Japa nesewoman and an American naval officer in19th-century Japan. Oct. 10, 12 and 14

>> “The Flying Dutchman”: Wagner’s epic taleof a man doomed to sail the seas forever, oruntil a woman’s love breaks the curse. Feb.13, 15 and 17

>> “Siren Song”: A contemporary opera abouta young sailor whose love for a mysteriouswoman leads him into a “catfish” scandaland naval investigation. March 20, 21, 27and 28

>> “Sweeney Todd”: Stephen Sondheim’sdark tale of a wronged man’s revenge inlate Victorian England. April 24, 26 and 28

HAWAII SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

The ARTS at Marks Garage,1159 Nuuanu Ave.www.hawaiishakes.org

>> “She Stoops to Con-quer”: Festival co-founder R. Kevin Garcia Doyle directs thegroup’s first production of a non-Shake-speare classic. July 18-27

>> “Edward III”: Jason Kanda directs a “his-tory play” attributed to Shakespeare andThomas Kyd. Aug. 8-17

>> “Lear-Shrew-Much Ado”: Festival co-founder Tony Pisculli pre sents all-femaleproductions of three Shakespeare plays asan experiment in original staging. The threeplays will be performed on alternatingnights. Aug. 21-31

HAWAII THEATRE 1159 Nuuanu Ave.528-0506; www.hawaiitheatre.com

>> “Eddie Wen’ Go”: Playwright Marion Ly-man-Mersereau uses hula, chant, masks andpuppetry to tell the story of famed water-

man Eddie Aikau’s attempt to save the crewof the Hoku le‘a when the canoe capsized in1978. Sept. 20

>> “The Pirates of Penzance”: Hawaii OperaTheatre’s Opera Express pre sents its adapta-tion of Gilbert & Sullivan’s classic comicoperet ta. Nov. 5

>> “East of the Sun and West of the Moon”: Agirl confronts trolls, hags and gargoyles tofree the boy she loves from a terrible spell.March 7-8

>> “Romeo and Juliet”: The Hawaii TheatreYoung Actors Ensemble pre sents Shake-speare’s best-known romantic tragedy. April 23-24

HONOLULU THEATRE FOR YOUTH

Tenney Theatre, 229 Queen EmmaSquare 839-9885;www.htyweb.org

>> “A Bollywood Robin Hood”: Honolulu ac-tor/playwright Alvin Chan puts a Bollywoodspin on the classic tale of the 12th-centuryEnglish outlaw. For ages 5+. Aug. 16-Oct. 3

>> “Ku a Mo‘o”: What happens when a super-natural Hawaiian lizard is separated from itshome? A Hawaiian girl uncovers the secretof her family’s history. For ages 8+. Oct. 17-Nov. 8

>> “Rock’n the Holidays with Rakugo!”: Anancient style of Japa nese storytelling is usedto revisit classic year-end stories. For ages5+. Nov. 28-Dec. 20

>> “Suzette Who Set to Sea”: Suzette chal-lenges tradition in a village where men buildboats and women do not. For ages 5+. Jan.16-Feb. 7

>> “Happy”: This exploration of empathy, kind-ness, friendship and things that make ussmile is designed to entertain preschoolers.Feb. 14-28

>> “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon”: Afriendly dragon and a talking goldfish join aChinese girl in her quest to change her fam-ily’s fortune and discover life’s ultimate an-swer. April 10-May 9

KUMU KAHUA 46 Merchant St. 536-4441; www.kumukahua.org

>> “Shoyu on Rice”: Peer pressure and identityissues create comedy and drama when asubstitute teacher from Kansas is hired by aCatho lic all-boys high school in Hawaii. Aug. 21-Sept. 21

>> “the underneath”: A young man returns toHawaii after 10 years to investigate the mys-terious disappearance of his estrangedbrother. Nov. 6-Dec. 7

>> “My Name Is Gary Cooper”: Samoan play-wright Victor Rodger blends themes of race,identity and Hollywood portrayals of theSouth Pacific in a story about a youngSamoan man’s visit to Los Angeles. Jan. 22-Feb. 22

>> “Ka‘iulani”: A revival of Kumu Kahua’s 1987play about the life and times of the hapa-haole princess told as a “historical-musical-psychological drama complete with aGreek/Hawaiian chorus and a Hawaiianchanter.” March 26-April 26

>> “Echoes of Dat Red Guitar”: “Pidgin Guerilla”Lee A. Tono uchi returns with “a darkly hu-morous play” about a bright but unmotivatedman who gets a job as a state worker only tofind his gravy train job threatened by govern-ment furloughs. May 28-June 28

MANOA VALLEY THEATRE2833 E. Manoa Road988-6131; www.manoavalleytheatre.com

>> “The Addams Family”: Gomez, Morticia, Un-cle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsleyand Lurch encounter a “normal family” whenmarriage is in the air. Sept. 4-21

>> “Closer Than Ever”: A musical revue of 24“songs of experience” about aging, midlifecrisis, second marriages, working couplesand unrequited love. Nov. 13-30

>> “Becky’s New Car”: A contemporary com-edy about love, loss, choices and whatmakes life worth living. Jan. 15-Feb. 1

>> “Peter and the Starcatcher”: A dozen actorsplay more than 100 characters in a prequel

to “Peter Pan.” March 5-22>> “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: A cal-

culating con man doing short time in a men-tal hospital meets his match in the ruthlesshead nurse. May 14-31

>> “Once Upon One Noddah Time”: LisaMatsu moto’s perennially popular pidginmash-up of classic fairy tales. July 2-19

PALIKU THEATRE 45-720 Keaahala Road, Windward Community College235-7310; www.etickethawaii.com

>> “Hairspray”: Tom Holowach and Ron Brightpre sent the musical version of John Waters’satirical look at teen culture, rock music andracism in the early 1960s. Sept. 26-Oct. 26

>> Spring production to be announced.

PLAYBUILDERS OF HAWAI‘I THEATRE COMPANY 96-045 Ala Ike St., Leeward Community Collegewww.playbuilders.org

>> “PlayBuilders Haunted House of SocietalHorrors”: A new play by director NovemberMorris and the PlayBuilders Ensemble fo-cuses on everything the young cast mem-bers are most afraid of in modern society.Oct. 16, 17 and 18

>> “PlayBuilders 4th Annual Festival of Origi-nal Plays”: Three days of plays by Hawaiiresidents ranging from first-timers to profes-sionals. Jan. 9, 16 and 24

>> “The Waipahu Project”: A community-col-laboration about Wai pahu compiled by play-wright Kemuel DeMovile, members of thePlaybuilders Ensemble and residents of Wai -pahu. April 23-25

THE ACTORS’ GROUP Dole Cannery Square, 650 Iwilei Road 722-6941;www.taghawaii.net

>> “Vanya and Sonia andMasha and Spike”:Bickering siblings experience additionaldrama when their imperious movie-star sis-ter visits them with her new boy toy. Sept.12-Oct. 5

>> “Defiance”: Two Marine officers — oneblack, one white — confront issues of race,women and “the high cost of doing the rightthing” on a North Caro lina military base in1971. Nov. 21-Dec. 14

>> “George & Ira & Shari”: Shari Lynn cele-brates the lives, times and timeless music ofGeorge and Ira Gershwin as she stars inTAG’s first cabaret production. Jan. 9-18

>> “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”: TAG concludesits annual presentation of plays from AugustWilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle” with his story ofa tumultuous recording session in 1927.March 6-29

>> “Superior Donuts”: A former 1960s radicaland an energetic teenager ponder ways toimprove business in the older man’s dough-nut shop. May 8-31

>> “Popcorn”: A television audience watches asan artist and a murderous criminal resolvesome serious life questions: Does art imitatelife or does life imitate bad art? July 10-Aug. 2

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII-MANOA Kennedy Theatre, 1770 East-West Road 956-7655;www.eticketawaii.com

MAIN STAGE

>> “Blithe Spirit”: Noel Cow-ard’s classic comedyabout a widower, his new wife and the spiritof his deceased spouse. Oct. 3-11

>> “The BFG”: An adaptation of Roald Dahl’sstory of a Big Friendly Giant and a orphannamed Sophie. Nov. 14-23

>> “La‘ieikawai”: Tammy Haili‘opua Baker directs her adaptation of a traditional Hawai-ian story performed in Hawaiian. Feb. 20-March 1

EARLE ERNST LAB THEATRE

>> “Ruined”: Playwright Lynn Nottage ex-plores the chaos of civil war in the Demo -cratic Republic of the Congo. Sept. 17-21

>> “Las Fungas!”: A contemporary comedyabout gay marriage, Asian identity and immi-gration. Dec. 3-7

>> “The Taming of the Shrew”: A “youth-friendly shortened version” of the Shake-speare classic. March 11-15

THE 2014-15 THEATER SEASON

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