Some Really Good Press!

We open tomorrow, and we have gotten some quite lovely press around the island!  Here are some good ones to share:

Honolulu Weekly

Honolulu Star Advertiser

Honolulu Now

We hope you’ll join us!  Mahalo, as always.

Photos 2010~!

Because everyone loves previews, am I right?  Also, we look darn cool ^_^

Producer/Director Elisa Diehl muses with the blocks

Producer/Director Elisa Diehl in a landslide of black blocks

Choreographer/Dancer Phoebe Hwang dances with the blocks

Andy Hwang and Becky McGarvey for “Linger”

Becky McGarvey, Andy Hwang, Phoebe Hwang in “Jarp”

Choreographer/Dancer Becky McGarvey in “Linger”

Dancers Phoebe Hwang, Andy Hwang and Becky McGarvey in “Jarp”

Choreographer Phoebe Hwang explores the blocks

AUDITIONS!

First of all, dancer auditions are scheduled to be held on May 18th from 5:00-6:00 PM in the University of Hawaii at Manoa Earle Ernst Lab Theatre!  All dancers, please come warmed up.  As for actor auditions, I have attached a flier ^_^ :

CALLING ALL OAHU…

Actors Wanted!

All Sizes, Shapes, Ages, and Experience Levels

Auditions on Sunday, May 23 and Monday, May 24 at 7:00 PM

In the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre

Please come prepared to perform a 1-2 minute monologue of your choice (paper-in-hand is ok).  Alternately, there will be a small excerpt for you to read at the audition.  Also, please be prepared to do cold readings from scripts that will be provided by the directors.

If you have questions, please e-mail Elisa at egdiehl@hawaii.edu

2010 Final Lineup!

I am more than a little pleased to announce our 2010 lineup!  We will be producing 4 out of 6 submitted dances and 5 out of 32 submitted plays (and oh, is it a shame we couldn’t do them all!).  The show will be $7 for regular adults and $5 for seniors and students (with any form of school ID), and the performances will be at 8:00 PM on June 24, 25, and 26 and at 2:00 PM on the 27. Now, without further ado:

Dances:

“The Innerview” choreographed by Kelly Wadlegger and Karuna Richard (a duet)

“Jarp” choreographed by Phoebe Hwang  (an ensemble piece)

“Caravan” choreographed by Spencer Garrod  (an ensemble piece)

“Linger” choreographed by Becky McGarvey (a solo)

Plays:

Director Jenn Thomas: Voicemail by Rosina Favors

Director Lindsay McGahan:  It’s All Relative by Siobhán Ní Dhonacha

Director Chris McGahan: One Percent by by Sean Yannell

Director Deborah Barsel: Dungeons and Dragons by Anna Cole

Director Elisa Diehl:  Story of a Fly by Richard Goodman (adapted from a story by Lafcadio Hearn)

Please Pardon the Play Selection Delay!

Due to a higher than anticipated number of play submissions for this year’s festival, we are running behind schedule with the selection process.  We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, and we will do our best to finalize the selections as soon as possible.  Thank you very kindly for your patience- Elisa (managing producer)

Another Date Update (sorry about the delay)

Many thanks and apologies to the people who have been waiting for these dates!  There were some technical difficulties with the site and I was unable to update for several days.  Without further ado:

*June 19-22 Technical and Dress rehearsals for Black Box Black Blocks (all choreographers and directors will be required to attend)

June 23-27 Performances of Black Box Black Blocks in the Lab Theatre at 8pm Wednesday-Saturday, and 2pm matinee (for these, directors and choreographers may be absent, but all performers must attend)

Thank you all very much for your patience- EGD

A Date Update

Hello to all the lovely people interested in being a part of this project!  To keep you updated, we have recently set the date for the panel review of Choreography Proposals for April 7, 2010.  If you plan to defend your proposal, please clear that afternoon in your calendar.  As for directors, please bear with us as we review your information and bear in mind that we will very likely be calling all qualified directors to an interview in our final selection process.  Hopefully (especially since dates for that have not yet been set) we will be able to accommodate for your schedules in that process.  As always thank you for joining us in basking in the creative potential of simplicity.

Deadlines for 2010

Greetings to all!  We have good news for all directors, choreographers, and playwrights in need of an outlet for their wonderful creativity this summer: our deadline for submission is April 1, 2010, and you are warmly invited to join us in our quest to bring new short works by local Honolulu artists to life.  The rules and details for your respective positions are listed in this site’s pages under Choreographers, Directors, and Playwrights (listed to the top right of the page).  Thank you very much, and we hope we’ll see you in our in-boxes soon!

Props for the New Year~!

And our lovely festival has a mention for the new year in the Honolulu Star Bulletin!  We are very proud of ourselves, and so I am posting a link: 2009 Theatre Picks.  Please continue to support us in 2010!

Points of View

We have been very fortunate to have audience members offer detailed and insightful opinions on our comments page, and we have also had some really wonderful press in the Honolulu Star Bulletin (written by columnist and reviewer John Berger).  Should you have time and inclination, I highly recommend that anyone curious about the festival check these sources out, and for the sake of making the Star Bulletin pieces easier to find, here are the links:

HiLife Preview ’09        HiLife Review ’09

I hope you enjoy them!  Also, if you saw the show and would like the world to know what you thought, please consider posting on the Audience Comments page.  We’d love to see what you think.