Jaime Bradner

The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival's (HSF) eighteenth season kicks off with Shakespeare's final masterpiece, The Tempest, opening July 12. Next up is Much Ado About Nothing, opening August 1. The season concludes with Shakespeare's dark tragedy, Macbeth, opening August 9.

The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (HSF) celebrates its seventeenth season with the return of all three founding members: Tony Pisculli, R. Kevin Garcia Doyle, and Harry Wong, III. The last time all three directed together was during HSF's 10th season in 2011. The season kicks off with Shakespeare's twisted, fairy-tale take on romantic comedy All's Well That Ends Well, opening July 13. Next is Shakespeare's most painful tragedy King Lear, opening July 27. The season concludes with Henrik Ibsen's dark drama Hedda Gabler, opening August 10.

Manoa Valley Theatre caps off an amazing season with a Hawaii-kine pidgin musical comedy by Lisa Matsumoto & Roslyn Catracchia from the library of Hawaii favorites. This final segment in the original "Once Upon One Time" musical comedy trilogy continues the delightful adaptation of the traditional fairy tales we all know and love. A comedic, local fantasy full of energetic songs and colorful characters, you'll meet Da Six Menehune, Da Tree Fairies, Hauna and Tantaran, Da Wicked Queen and many other local-style and traditional fairy tale characters as they go on a fun and crazy adventure.

Kumu Kahua Theatre continues their 46th season with a warm story of a halau navigating through generational changes to keep traditions alive in the electronic age.

The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (HSF) celebrates its fourteenth season at The ARTS at Marks Garage in the center of the vibrant downtown arts district. This year, HSF continues its post-canon-completion tradition of scheduling experimental or non-Shakespeare plays alongside traditional works. The upcoming season includes a commedia dell'arte rep, opening tonight, July 10; Winter's Tale, opening July 24; and Othello, opening August 14.

The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (HSF) celebrates its fourteenth season at The ARTS at Marks Garage in the center of the vibrant downtown arts district. This year, HSF continues its post-canon-completion tradition of scheduling experimental or non-Shakespeare plays alongside traditional works. The upcoming season includes a commedia dell'arte rep, opening July 10; Winter's Tale, opening July 24; and Othello, opening August 14.

The 44th season at Kumu Kahua Theatre continues with a production originally premiered at Kumu Kahua in 1987.

The 44th season at Kumu Kahua Theatre continues with a production originally premiered at Kumu Kahua in 1987.

Every performance of Lee Cataluna's Flowers of Hawai'i, sold out last winter. The show toured to Maui in January, where it also played to sold out crowds. Kumu Kahua Theatre will be re-mounting this popular show for two weekends in July and August.

Due to the quick sell-out of scheduled performances of Lee Cataluna's Flowers of Hawai'i, Kuma Kahua Theatre is proud to announce that the production has been extended for another week of shows.

Kumu audience favorite Lee Cataluna returns to Kumu Kahua's stage with a series of ten vignettes capture the essence of family relationships.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

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.