Dann Seki News

A creative exploration of growing up, grief, and family, Beretania Snapshots at Kumu Kahua Theatre takes to the stage for the first time in a premiere production.

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The first wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 13th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Kumu Kahua Theatre and production director Taurie Kinoshita have announced the Gone Feeshing team.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The first live standings have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Hawaii Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Joining a dynamic lineup of 75 free online events to be featured at the 2022 Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival throughout October, Kumu Kahua Theatre presents a Playwrights Zoom event on October 16, featuring a conversation with celebrated playwright Victoria Kneubuhl. Kumu Kahua's Artistic Director, Harry Wong III, and Managing Director, Donna Blanchard will host the dialogue with Kneubuhl, exploring the playwriting process and the theatre landscape in Hawaiʻi.

Kumu Kahua Theatre has announced the cast of Aloha Las Vegas, the first play of its upcoming 52nd Season. Reuniting many cast members from its previous productions at Kumu Kahua over the years, the play written by Edward Sakamoto will again grace the theatre's stage in downtown Honolulu, with live performances August 25-September 25, 2022.

The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre + Dance and Kennedy Theatre will present, Hawai'i Nō Ka 'Oi: A Sakamoto Celebration, led by Program Director Tammy Haili'ōpua Baker. Showcasing selected scenes spanning the breadth of Edward Sakamoto's career and guided by a variety of student directors, this production will stand as a testament to Sakamoto's contribution to the local and world-wide theatre community.

Manoa Valley Theatre is thrilled to announce a star-studded cast for Allegiance, the headliner of its 50th Anniversary season, presented at the Hawaii Theatre March 28th - April 7th, 2019. Allegiance, a musical drama by Marc Acito, Jay Kuo, and Lorenzo Thione, is about the Japanese American internment during WWII and one family's extraordinarily divisive experience, was inspired by the true-life experience of its original star, George Takei. It tells the story of one family's extraordinary experience suffering the wrongful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II, creating familial turmoil in a troubling time of a nation at war.

Kumu Kahua Theatre ends its 40th-anniversary season with a bang. Opening on May 26 is a new play from Edward Sakamoto, one of Hawai‘i's most notable-and recognizable-theater voices. He returns with It's All Relative, a humorous exploration of marriage, identity and fading dreams told through three generations of an O‘ahu family in 1995.

Kumu Kahua Theatre ends its 40th-anniversary season with a bang. Opening on May 26 is a new play from Edward Sakamoto, one of Hawai‘i's most notable-and recognizable-theater voices. He returns with It's All Relative, a humorous exploration of marriage, identity and fading dreams told through three generations of an O‘ahu family in 1995.

Kumu Kahua Theatre presents, as part of its Dark Night Series, There's The Door, directed by Keith Kashiwada. Storytellers Nyla Fujii-Babb, Neal Milner, and Dann Seki present some original stories that continue their humorous and poignant struggle to explore life's BIG questions, told in the style of earlier Kumu Kahua shows Growing Up in Hyphened America and Life Staged.