{"id":30342,"date":"2015-01-07T13:31:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T23:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=30342"},"modified":"2021-10-14T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T02:41:08","slug":"local-playwrights-featured-in-playbuilders-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/07\/local-playwrights-featured-in-playbuilders-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Local playwrights featured in PlayBuilders\u2019 Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The Leeward Theatre<\/a> at Leeward Community College<\/a> presents the 2015 PlayBuilders’ Festival<\/a> to be held on three consecutive Friday evenings between January 9 and January 23.<\/p>\n

The festivities will include new, original works written by oustanding local playwrights and read by some of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s best actors. Directors from major theatre companies across the island have volunteered their time and talent to ensure that the quality of each presentation will be outstanding.<\/p>\n

This year’s selected playwrights are Kemuel DeMoville, Joseph O’Brian, Mark Tjarks, David P. Penhallow and youth from Le Jardin Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Event information<\/h2>\n

This years’ festival will be held on Friday January 9, 16 and 23, 8–10 p.m. at the Leeward Community College Lab Theatre. There will be a special Backstage Meet the Playwrights Ice Cream Social on January 9, 7–8 p.m. for playwrights, directors, actors and those who purchase tickets for all three evenings.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices<\/p>\n