Photos: Ryan Okinaka's THE GOLDEN GAYS at Kumu Kahua Theatre
by Emmy Rice - Jun 21, 2025
Kumu Kahua Theatre has announced an extension of Ryan Okinaka's The Golden Gays for two additional show dates! The play follows fierce and fabulous Aunty Maria Lani Tunta and her chosen family of queens as they face their golden years together and the possibilities of a second chance at life.
Review: THE IMPROV SUPERETTE at Kumu Kahua Theatre
by F.H. Kekoa - Feb 25, 2025
A bright new addition has set up “shop” at Kumu Kahua: The Improv Superette, the newest improv group on O’ahu, featuring a large cast of talented Poly improvisers playing classic improv games, served with two scoops of local flavor.
THE KAMAU TRILOGY Comes to Kumu Kahua Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024
Kumu Kahua Theatre will present The Kāmau Trilogy by Alani Apio, with Kāmau, Kāmau Aʻe and Ua Pau back by popular demand at the theatre that has commissioned each play through the years.
Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents WILD MEAT AND THE BULLY BURGERS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 23, 2023
Kumu Kahua Theatre welcomes audiences to Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers from March 23 to April 23, 2023. Written by Lois-Ann Yamanaka (novel), and adapted for the stage by Keith Kashiwada and John H.Y. Wat, the popular play follows the challenges of adolescence in 1970's Hilo.
Alani Apio's KAMAU A'E Opens at Kuma Kahua May 31
by James T Harding - May 25, 2012
The Hawaiian sovereignty movement, with its complexities and controversies, takes the stage in Alani Apio's powerful drama Kamau A'e, opening May 31 until July 1 at Kuma Kahua.
Kumu Kahua Theatre's SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PAHALA THEATRE Closes
by BWW News Desk - Feb 26, 2012
Kumu Kahua Theatre brings one of American fiction's most distinct voices to the stage in an adaptation of Lois-Ann Yamanaka's Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre. The production is a world premiere and is Sponsored by the Iolani Class of '58.
Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents CANE FIELDS BURNING, Closes 10/9
by BWW News Desk - Oct 9, 2011
Ghosts, demons, and dark memories haunt Hawai‘i's plantation fields in this tale of a curse passed down through three generations. An old man has died, and as his son and grandson sort through his belongings, the photograph of a beautiful woman exposes the violent secret buried in the old man's past.
Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents CANE FIELDS BURNING, 9/8-10/9
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 8, 2011
Ghosts, demons, and dark memories haunt Hawai‘i's plantation fields in this tale of a curse passed down through three generations. An old man has died, and as his son and grandson sort through his belongings, the photograph of a beautiful woman exposes the violent secret buried in the old man's past.
Photo Flash: Kumu Kahua Theatre's Cane Fields Burning
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 6, 2011
Cane Fields Burning is showing at Kumu Kahua Theater from Sep 8 - Oct 9, 2011. The show is a world premiere by Kemuel DeMoville. 'Something's stirring in the shadows. Something's coming. Something's waiting.'
Kumu Kahua Theatre Presents CANE FIELDS BURNING, 9/8-10/9
by Kelsey Denette - Sep 1, 2011
Ghosts, demons, and dark memories haunt Hawai‘i's plantation fields in this tale of a curse passed down through three generations. An old man has died, and as his son and grandson sort through his belongings, the photograph of a beautiful woman exposes the violent secret buried in the old man's past.