{"id":26518,"date":"2014-08-26T09:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=26518"},"modified":"2021-10-27T15:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T01:12:14","slug":"kennedy-theatres-2014-2015-mainstage-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/08\/26\/kennedy-theatres-2014-2015-mainstage-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Theatre\u2019s 2014-2015 mainstage shows"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-2015banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-2015banner.jpg\" alt=\"kennedy 2014-15 season posters\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-2015banner.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-2015banner-260x142.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy Theatre&#8217;s 2014-2015 season is packed with four mainstage productions that are sure to please. This season will feature a variety of productions from the supernatural hilarity of <em>Blithe Spirit<\/em> to the enchanting Hawaiian language adaptation of <em><span aria-label=\"Laieikawai\">L&#257;&#699;ieikawai<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>2014-2015 Mainstage productions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Blithe Spirit<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 3, 4, 10, 11 at 8 p.m.<br \/>\nOctober 5 and 12 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic offers up a fussy, cantankerous novelist, who is remarried but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife after she is called up by &ldquo;happy medium&rdquo; Madame Arcati. Charles&#8217; present wife is none too pleased with sharing her house or her husband with the spirit world. Worldly and unworldly personalities clash in a battle to see which blithe spirit will win. A pre-Halloween treat!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The <abbr>BFG<\/abbr> (Big Friendly Giant)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 14, 15, 22 at 7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nNovember 22 at 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nNovember 23 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Roald Dahl&#8217;s classic book about the 24-feet-high Big Friendly Giant and a little orphan named Sophie brings to the stage some of his most memorable characters. <abbr>BFG<\/abbr> and Sophie team up to save the children of England from the child-eating giants, Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater, Bonecruncher, Meatdripper, Childchewer, and Gizzardgulper. Though the book is intended for young readers, audiences of all ages will laugh out loud at this lovable character.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em><span aria-label=\"Laieikawai\">L&#257;&#699;ieikawai<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nFebruary 20, 21, 27, 28 at 8 p.m.<br \/>\nFebruary 22 and March 1 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural production in the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa&#8217;s new Hawaiian theatre program. This stage adaptation of the traditional Hawaiian <span aria-label=\"moolelo\">mo&#699;olelo<\/span> (story) of <span aria-label=\"Laieikawai\">L&#257;&#699;ieikawai<\/span> will feature hula, <span aria-label=\"oli\">&#699;oli<\/span> (chant), mele (song), and will be performed entirely in Hawaiian. Co-sponsored by the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui\u0101kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/kawaihuelani\/\">Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Dancing Off the Page<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nApril 17, 18, 24, 25 at 8 p.m.<br \/>\nApril 26 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa dancers leap off the page in this year&#8217;s Annual Dance Concert with slam poets and beatboxers. Guest artists include choreographers Eric Stern from the popular Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble, Joe Goode from the Joe Goode Performance Group in San Fransisco, and Nelson Hui, composer, performer and recording artist from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ticket information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$25 &#8211; Regular<\/li>\n<li>$22 &#8211; Seniors, military, Â鶹´«Ã½faculty\/staff<\/li>\n<li>$20 &#8211; UHAA members<\/li>\n<li>$15 &#8211; Students<\/li>\n<li>$8 &#8211; <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa students with valid <abbr>ID<\/abbr><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the Kennedy Theatre website for more information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The season features a variety of productions from the supernatural hilarity of <em>Blithe Spirit<\/em> to the enchanting Hawaiian language adaptation of <em><span aria-label=\"Laieikawai\">L&#257;&#699;ieikawai<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[551,411,131,130,76,9],"class_list":["post-26518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-kawaihuelani-center-for-hawaiian-language","tag-kennedy-theatre","tag-theatre","tag-theatre-and-dance","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26518","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=26518"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150638,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26518\/revisions\/150638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}