Fighting Like Mad at Maui OnStage

Fighting Like Mad by Noelani Ahia and Mahealani Ahia began as a 10-minute play written in response to the Lhain fires. Since then, the story has continued to grow into a more fully realized staged one-act.

Set in the months following the fires, we meet a Knaka ohana finding their way through loss, displacement, old family wounds, and the question of what it means to come home. As they come back into one another’s lives, pieces of their family history begin to surface. Mele (songs), memories, moolelo (stories), and ike (knowledge) that have traveled through generations.

At its heart, Fighting Like Mad is about what we carry, what we remember, and how we find our way back to one another.

Following the performance, we will gather for a community panel and conversation with mental health and pale keiki practitioners, and storytellers, creating space to continue the conversation held in the play and explore how moolelo, culture, connection and community can support us as we move through difficult times.

This performance is part of the continued development of the play and is being shared with community as it grows.

Presented by:

Collective Pilina Theatre • Maui Medic Healers Hui • AHAS (Archive for Health, Arts & Spirit)

Supported by:

Maui County Department of iwi Resources • Imua Maui Community Healing Initiative

Please note: This work contains language and moments that some audience members may find difficult or triggering.