Shows

The Green Lady of Wahiawā and Other Local Ghost Stories Ghosts of Hawaiʻi haunt the stage Directed by Taurie Kinoshita. Rooted in folklore, urban legends and historical accounts, the production reimagines some of Hawaiʻi’s most spine-tingling ghost stories—from the moss-haired Green Lady who terrifies Wahiawā gulch, to the blank-faced apparition who lurks in mirrors at…

Aloha Kaua King Kamehameha III’s ‘queer love and resistance’ at Palikū Theatre As a young man, Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) fell in love with Kaomi, a brilliant half-Tahitian and half-Hawaiian student of Hiram Bingham. Kaomi healed with his hands, diagnosed illnesses and rebelled against the values and laws being imposed by the missionaries. As their love deepened,…

Morgan’s Corner An Original Play by Taurie Kinoshita The truth behind the local horror story of Morgan’s Corner recounts the trial, retrial and eventual pardoning of James Majors and John Palakiko, two young men sentenced to hang for accidentally killing Therese Wilder in her home near Morgan’s Corner off the old Pali road. One of…

Medea adapted by Tadashi Kerren is based on the mythic character of the same name from Euripides’ classic tale, explores revenge and emotional responses to oppression.

Antigone Now is an updated version of the myth of a woman who sacrifices her life to take action against an unjust law.

Kimo loves acting, and he’s good at it. He dedicates himself to his craft, auditions relentlessly — he’ll do whatever it takes. But he’s always too brown, or not brown enough, or just…not enough.

Aloha Attire by author Lee Cataluna The play features two sisters rummaging through their mother’s old boxes of memories, each item telling a different story of their family. This local comedy is full of drama, humor and nostalgia about growing up on Oʻahu in the 1980s, from Liberty House to Wonderphone. Lee Cataluna’s characters are like…

Kahahawai / Massie an adaptation of Dennis Carroll’s original Massie/Kahahawai This docu-drama uses court documents, newspaper articles and witness accounts to recount the series of tragic events in a still segregated early 1930s Honolulu, culminating in the murder of Joseph Kahahawai, a Hawaiian, by four Caucasian people who were subsequently set free after only one hour…

Inspired by the real-life 1928 case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder, it is considered one of the high points of Expressionist theatre on the American stage, emphasizing high intensity and stylized movement.

iHula A World Premiere by Lee Cataluna Hula, mele, and aloha are interwoven into this story about cultural perpetuation and legacy, as four very different women try to overcome their fears, pride, and insecurities to discover the true meaning of the hula. Playwright Okinaka is a recipient of the Hawaiʻi Conservatory of Performing Arts Emerging Island Artist program andlecturer at Windward CC. He recently wrote Who You Again which premiered at Kumu Kahua…

Demigods Anonymous Action, magic, and humor abound on stage in Demigods Anonymous. This queer-centered, superhero fantasy tells the story of people manifesting ancient kupua (demigod) powers to transform into animals. Demigods Anonymous follows Noe Lahana, who struggles with shapeshifting into a giant lizard, at her mandated Demigods Anonymous meetings. She, her girlfriend Marcella, and their friends face their meeting facilitator, who is condescending at…

Lee A. Tonouchi’s play about the relationship of an Okinawan “faddah” and his son in Hawai‘i, delves into the nuances of an Okinawan family. Staging the poems from his award-winning poetry book Significant Moments in da Life of Oriental Faddah and Son, the play highlights the values of the Uchinānchu.

iHula/Walter directed by Taurie Kinoshita iHula, written by Ryan “Oki” Okinaka, is about cultural perpetuation and legacy. The art of hula is interwoven into this story about four very different women trying to overcome their fears, pride, and insecurities in order to discover the true meaning of hula. Okinaka is the recipient of WCC’s inaugural Emerging Island Artist program, mentoring WCC Theatre students in a series of…