Local Voices Series
Spoken word productions by, about, and for the people of the islands.
2008-09 Performing Arts Season
Kumu Kahua Theatre:
Da Mayah
by Lee Cataluna
Saturday 7:30 pm & Sunday 4:00 pm, October 25-26, McCoy Studio Theater
The MACC presents… Local Voices Series
Election year antics from Maui’s own Lee Cataluna! Set in Hilo, newly-elected mayor Lester Perez is not too bright, but his administrative assistant/second-in-command/mistress Sandralene Leialoha Ferreira tries to keep him in line with the aid of her gangster cousin Dukie. The hilarious action takes us from the mayor's office to Jazzmin’s Karaoke Bar and Washerette, complete with whacky assassination attempts and bad plate lunches. Tickets $20, half-price kids & teens under 18.
Supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, County of Mau, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Envisions Entertainment & Productions, Inc., HC&S, Maui Petroleum, Inc., Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center, and KAOI Radio Group.
Home: Inside & Out
Saturday, January 31, McCoy Studio Theater, 7:30 pm
The MACC presents… Local Voices Series
Through hula, music and narrative the audience sees the world through the eyes of three young Hawaiians, born and raised on three different islands, who have come together in Honolulu. A series of vignettes explores the connections to “home” in the deepest sense of belonging and identity, within the backdrop of place, family, friends, values and emotions. Featuring Lono Padilla of Maui, Robert Ke‘ano Ka‘upu of Hawai‘i Island, and Chadwick Pang of O‘ahu—all of whom are hula-trained, musically-educated, and firmly grounded in Hawai‘i. Tickets $20, 1/2 price kids 12 & under.
Home: Inside & Out is made possible through The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Visual and Expressive Arts Program through a generous gift from The Ford Foundation. Supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, County of Maui and KAOI Radio Group.
Previous Presentations
In the Local Voices Series
Kumu Kahua Theatre: Ala Wai
by Bryan Hiroshi Wake
Bertram and Ernesto are two roommates who suddenly find themselves jobless and homeless along the Ala Wai Canal on O‘ahu; one has a drug habit, the other has an intense fear of tilapia, and they both quickly become engaged in quirky neighborhood dramas. If that’s not enough, this fast-paced pidgin comedy turns surrealistic when Bert miraculously acquires the ability to heal wounds and clean up the waters of the canal. Will his new powers be used benevolently, or will greed prevail?
Keo Woolford: I Land
At once hilarious, defiant and transcendent, I Land weaves together traditional hula, hip-hop, talk story, and spoken word in Keo Woolford's own moving search for the meaning of heritage in a post-modern world. In this semi-autobiographical journey, actor and hula dancer Keo navigates the many worlds where hula lives, from backyard parties to Hollywood kitsch to the realm of the sacred. Along the way, islands separated by geography and culture collide. Created in collaboration with director Roberta Uno, with choreography by Robert Cazimero and Rokafella.
Kathy Collins: Mo’ Tita
Local actress/radio personality Kathy Collins brings back her one-tita show, winner of the Hawai‘i Music Awards Comedy Album of the Year! Tita has plenny new fun and more special guests, bringing chicken-skin stories, Hawaiian history and legends, music, and pidgin pride. Tita will leave you grinnin’ fo’ days!