{"id":53099,"date":"2016-11-18T14:38:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T00:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=53099"},"modified":"2019-04-08T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:06:35","slug":"the-ghosts-of-hiroshima-the-words-of-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/11\/18\/the-ghosts-of-hiroshima-the-words-of-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghosts of Hiroshima: The words of survivors"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_53110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53110\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hilo-ghostsofhiroshima-actor.jpg\" alt=\"actors in red with white masks rehearsing\" width=\"310\" height=\"473\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hilo-ghostsofhiroshima-actor.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hilo-ghostsofhiroshima-actor-170x260.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo presents <em>Ghosts of Hiroshima<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/view\/12053\">The Ghosts of Hiroshima<\/a><\/em>&#8212;a combination of theatrical conventions of movement, dance and masks with images, words, science and poetry that allow history and nuclear issues to be considered anew&#8212;opens at The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu\/\">Performing Arts Center<\/a>, November 17&#8211;20. The words of the survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima are framed against the hard facts about nuclear weapons in this stirring theatrical performance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;Just like shadows. The shock was so great they had lost words, they could not speak; everyone was very, very quiet. Even the children did not cry. Silence.&rdquo;<br \/>\n&#8211;Miss Shibama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directed by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/keaohou\/2012\/10\/17\/johnson-drama\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/directory\/view\/171\"><strong>Jackie Pualani Johnson<\/strong><\/a><\/a>, <em>Ghosts of Hiroshima<\/em> features an ensemble of actors, artistic staff and contributing faculty from the Â鶹´«Ã½Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/depts\/performingarts\/\">performing arts department<\/a>, guided by two story tellers who give context and reflection to the facts surrounding the bombings and painful aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>The performing arts department presents this landmark offering as an ode to the times and temperaments found in today&#8217;s global landscape. At the heart of the production is the consideration of the human costs of war.<\/p>\n<h2>Surviving Hiroshima seeds<\/h2>\n<p>After the final matinee on Sunday, November 20, the audience is invited to participate in a discussion session with actors, artistic staff and contributing faculty. The Green Legacy Project will host a ceremony presenting the seeds from trees that survived the bombing at Hiroshima to <strong>Norman Arancon<\/strong> of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/academics\/cafnrm\/\">department of agriculture<\/a>, which will become the repository for what will be a world-wide effort to disseminate the seeds to promote peace.<\/p>\n<h2>Performance information<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Performances dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 17, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>November 20 at 2 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ticket prices<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$12 General<\/li>\n<li>$10 Discount<\/li>\n<li>$5 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo\/<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> students (with a valid student <abbr title=\"identification\">ID<\/abbr>) and children 17 and under.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seating is open. Tickets are available\u00a0by calling the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo Box Office, Tuesdays&#8211;Fridays, 9 a.m.&#8211;1 p.m. at (808) 932-7490 or <a href=\"http:\/\/artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu\/\">ordering online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo Performing Arts Center presents a combination of theatre, movement, dance, adorned masks and poetry to allow history and nuclear issues to be considered anew.<\/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":[777,14,355],"class_list":["post-53099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-asian-studies","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-performing-arts-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53099","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=53099"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94250,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53099\/revisions\/94250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}