{"id":174700,"date":"2023-03-23T17:20:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=174700"},"modified":"2023-03-23T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T03:20:17","slug":"machinal-delivers-expressionist-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/23\/machinal-delivers-expressionist-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Machinal delivers Expressionist theatre at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_174702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174702\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-theatre-machinal.jpg\" alt=\"One person seated while three people stand behind with judgmental expressions\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-theatre-machinal.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-theatre-machinal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-theatre-machinal-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(clockwise from left) Stuart Featheran, Bella Guiney, Harrison Terstegge, and Jewel Perez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Machinal<\/em>, by playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell, was inspired by the real-life 1928 case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder. It is considered one of the highpoints of Expressionist theatre on the American stage, emphasizing high intensity and stylized movement. Thought provoking, tragic and full of symbolism, <em>Machinal<\/em> shows the subjective reality of a single woman thrust into an overly mechanized, materialistic world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/campus-life\/arts-entertainment\/paliku-theatre\/\">Palik\u016b Theatre<\/a> present <em>Machinal<\/em>, directed by <strong>Taurie Kinoshita<\/strong>, at Palik\u016b Theatre April 21&#8211;30, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I chose <em>Machinal<\/em> in response to the repression currently happening across America,&rdquo; said Kinoshita.<\/p>\n<p>The cast features Marie Richter (<em>Demigods Anonymous<\/em>, Palik\u016b), Stuart Featheran (<em>The Wind and the Reckoning<\/em> film), Noah Nakachi (<em>Oriental Faddah and Son<\/em>, Palik\u016b), Sydney Ishikawa (<em>Gone Feeshing<\/em>, Kumu Kahua Theatre), Chivalry Butler (<em>Taming of the Shrew<\/em>, Hawaii Shakespeare Festival) and many more.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <em>Machinal<\/em>, there will be a 30-minute companion piece <em>The Stain<\/em> by Timothy Kimura, a one-act play about mental illness set in Kapahulu during the 1930s.<\/p>\n<h2>Show dates and times<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 23, 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 30, 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ticket information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$20 General\n<\/li>\n<li>$15 Senior, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> faculty\/staff and active military with ID<\/li>\n<li>$10 Youth and college students with ID<\/li>\n<li>(Suitable for ages 14+; running time is approximately two hours)<\/li>\n<li>For tickets and more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/palikutheatre.com\">palikutheatre.com<\/a> or call (808) 235-7315.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn about theatre classes offered at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and the new <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Conservatory of Performing Arts, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu\">conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu<\/a> or contact Associate Professor <strong>Nicolas Logue<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:logue@hawaii.edu\">logue@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windward Community College\u2019s Palik\u016b Theatre presents Machinal April 21\u201330.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[334,130,71,66],"class_list":["post-174700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-paliku-theatre","tag-theatre","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174706,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174700\/revisions\/174706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}