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Indecent at Open Home Performance Network

Dates: (6/21/2019 - 6/30/2019 )

Theatre:

Open Home Performance Network


ARTS at Marks 1159 Nu'uanu St.
Honolulu, 96825

Tickets: $15-$25

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INDECENT by Paula Vogel WHEN: June 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 7:30pm; June 23 and 30 at 2pmWHERE: The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817TICKETS:Tickets are $25 regular, $20 for seniors and military, and $15 for students. All seats are general admission. Some mature themes.Advance tickets (recommended) are available online via eventbrite.Use code EARLYBIRD for a $5 discount on first weekend performances only; must purchase before June 20. INFORMATION AND LINK TO TICKET PURCHASE:www.openhomeperformance.orgHawaii State Premiere ofINDECENT by Paula VogelThe Kiss that Shocked BroadwayCo-produced by The ARTS at Marks Garageand The Open Home Performance NetworkThe ARTS at Marks Garage and the Open Home Performance Network present the Hawaii state premiere of Indecent, the acclaimed 2017 Tony nominee for Best Play. Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel and directed by Lurana Donnels OMalley, INDECENT tells the true story of the play which featured the first same-sex kiss on Broadway in 1923, leading to the arrest of its entire Yiddish theatre troupe for obscenity. Sean T.C. O'Malley is Music Director, and choreography is by Harmony Tesoro. INDECENT, a play with music and dance, centers on the story of Jewish writer Sholem Asch, his controversial play The God of Vengeance, and the many actors and theatremakers who were a part of the plays history. Indecent transports audiences across decades of time, through many locations and dozens of characters, weaving a story that is not only about Asch and his play, but one that is also about Jewish history, about culture and survival, and about censorship and oppression from both within and without a community. Director OMalley believes Oahu audiences will find many connections with this new work, stating, Local audiences should recognize a lot in the story of this Yiddish theatre troupe: the connection of language to culture, the need for freedom in artistic expression, the battle for representation and against stereotypes.INDECENT features a multicultural and multi-generational cast of 7 in multiple roles, and 2 onstage musicians. OMalley says, This is your chance to catch the Hawaii state premiere of one of Paula Vogels greatest plays, with an impressive group of local performers, in an intimate setting. OMalley also emphasizes that this play is about today, noting the timeliness of the issues and questions it raises. In a political climate when censorship and free speech, when antisemitism, intolerance, and bigotry against LGBTQ+ and immigrants are deeply relevant issues, OMalley hopes the play, in bringing to light some of the darker moments of world and U.S. history, will serve to remind audiences that this is a time when we need tolerance and we need to nourish our arts.

Cast and Creative team for Indecent at Open Home Performance Network

The cast of seven includes many veteran local actors, and one surprise: Adrian Khactu, an experienced performer in musical theatre, is new to the local theatre scene; Adrian plays the key role of Lemml the stage manager. Perhaps the most well known performers of the group are multiple Po?okela award winner Ann Brandman whose work has recently been seen in Noises Off (DHT) and True West (TAG), and Christina Uyeno, a longtime company member at Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Elephant and Piggie, Sparkle, The Ballad of Mu Lan). Annie Lokomaika?i Lipscomb, actor and dancer, has recently performed in Ku A Mo?o (HTY) and Ho?ina (Tau Dance Theatre), and worked with both O’Malleys in Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom at UHM. Lipscomb and Uyeno play Manke and Rifkele, the two lovers at the center of the play-within-the-play.


Adam Brading, who plays the role of the playwright Sholem Asch, played Don in June is the First Fall (KKT) this past fall, and has been frequently seen on the Leeward Theatre stage, notably as Richard III.  Brandon Caban just finished playing Oscar in Sweat at TAG, where he also played Elliot Ruiz in The Happiest Song Plays Last; Caban has also performed with Hawaiian Mission Houses and PlayBuilders. Tyler Haugen is an MFA student in acting and directing at UHM, where he has performed leads in Nora, A Midsummer Night’s Bollywood Dream, and The Country Wife; Haugen will direct his thesis production of Genet’s The Maids in the Fall.

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