{"id":66842,"date":"2017-10-10T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=66842"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:54:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T01:54:56","slug":"paliku-theatre-massie-kahahawai-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/10\/paliku-theatre-massie-kahahawai-play\/","title":{"rendered":"A story of race, poverty, and unsung heroes at Palik\u016b Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Cast members of Massie\/Kahahawai<\/em> at Palik\u016b Theatre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Windward Community College Palik\u016b Theatre<\/a>, presents Massie\/Kahahawai<\/a><\/em>, a story of race, poverty, a justice system that favors the wealthy and the unsung heroes who risked everything to do the right thing. The discriminatory events surrounding the infamous Thalia Massie case influenced the new state of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and indelibly changed Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> politics. Massie\/Kahahawai<\/em> is based on court records, newspaper articles and witness testimony. The play runs October 20–28.<\/p>\n

Massie\/Kahahawai<\/em>\u00a0is directed by Taurie Kinoshita<\/a><\/strong> and performed by Windward CC<\/abbr> Theatre 260 students—Cassidy Patmont<\/strong>, Chase Jusseaume<\/strong>, Chivalry Butler<\/strong>, Darla Richards<\/strong>, Johnathon Young<\/strong>, Jessica Jusseaume<\/strong>, Kelly Segal<\/strong>, Likeke Nakachi-Isaacs<\/strong>, Micah Souza<\/strong>, Michael Wall<\/strong>, Mikie Davidson<\/strong>, Noah Schuetz<\/strong> and Spencer McCarrey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Massie case<\/h2>\n
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Cassidy Patmont and Chase Jusseaume\u00a0in Massie\/Kahahawai<\/em> at Palik\u016b Theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1931, Massie, the privileged wife of a Naval officer, accused five locals of raping her.\u00a0Although witnesses saw her being followed by a white man, two Hawaiians and three other locals were arrested. The five defendants, who had been in a documented traffic accident at the time of the alleged incident, were arrested, put on trial, defamed publicly and had their names and private addresses printed in Honolulu newspapers.<\/p>\n

After the ensuing mistrial, one of the defendants, Joseph Kahahawai, was kidnapped and killed. The four murderers were convicted of manslaughter and ultimately were set free—spending not a single day in jail.<\/p>\n

Show information<\/h2>\n

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