  {"id":190599,"date":"2024-01-23T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T00:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=190599"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:04:10","slug":"windward-cc-kimo-the-waiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/23\/windward-cc-kimo-the-waiter\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Cataluna\u2019s <em>Kimo the Waiter<\/em> to premiere 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_190608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190608\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/windward-kimo-the-waiter-main-1.jpg\" alt=\"Noah Nakachi, Kirstyn Trombetta, Maya Leslie-Berengue, Alaka&#699;i Cunningham, Kealaulapoiunalani Faifili\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/windward-kimo-the-waiter-main-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/windward-kimo-the-waiter-main-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/windward-kimo-the-waiter-main-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah Nakachi, Kirstyn Trombetta, Maya Leslie-Berengue, Alakai Cunningham, Kealaulapoiunalani Faifili<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Conservatory of Performing Arts<\/a> (<abbr>HCPA<\/abbr>) present the premiere of <em>Kimo the Waiter<\/em> directed by Taurie Kinoshita, at Palik&#363; Theatre February 23&#8211;March 3.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190609\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/windward-kimo-the-waiter-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alaka&#699;i Cunningham and Kirstyn Trombetta\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/windward-kimo-the-waiter-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/windward-kimo-the-waiter-1-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alaka&#699;i Cunningham and Kirstyn Trombetta in <em>Kimo the Waiter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Renowned author and current <abbr title=\"Hawaii Conservatory of Performing Arts\">HCPA<\/abbr> Established Island Artist Lee Cataluna addresses issues of accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the world of <abbr>TV<\/abbr> and film.<\/p>\n<p>Kimo loves acting, and he\u2019s good at it. He dedicates himself to his craft, auditions relentlessly &#8212; he\u2019ll do whatever it takes. But he\u2019s always too brown, or not brown enough, or just\u2026not enough. How many times can one play \u201cthe waiter?\u201d Set in 1980s Honolulu, Kimo the Waiter follows a man in love with a dream of a world where everything is within reach.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kimo the Waiter is a hilarious and moving look into the world of an actor. Cataluna shows the frustrations and raucous truths of what actors experience,&rdquo; said Kinoshita.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes <span aria-label=\"Alakai\">Alaka&#699;i<\/span> Cunningham as Kimo (seen in Oriental Faddah and Son at Palik&#363; Theatre), Stuart Featheran (featured in The Wind and the Reckoning film), and Kirstyn Trombetta (most recently seen in Haoleland at Kumu Kahua Theatre).<\/p>\n<p>The play is considered family-friendly and runs approximately 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets, times, and more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/palikutheatre.com\/\">palikutheatre.com<\/a> or call (808) 235-7315.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about theatre classes offered at Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> visit <a href=\"http:\/\/conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu\/\">conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu<\/a> or contact associate professor Nicolas Logue at <a href=\"mailto:logue@hawaii.edu\">logue@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kimo the Waiter<\/em> will premiere from February 23 through March 3 at the Palik&#363; Theatre.<\/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":[66],"class_list":["post-190599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","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\/190599","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=190599"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190748,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190599\/revisions\/190748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}