In Teacher, Teacher, Sharon Kido is a forty-year-old, unmarried
college English teacher who, as she describes it, loses her cool on the
last day of class and scolds her students for being drifters, dreamers,
and slobs who can't speak, dress, or even walk properly, and have no
manners, respect, goals, or plans. Gavin, one of her students, takes her
words to heart and later asks her to help him change by giving him lessons
over the summer. When the local-style Pygmalion process begins, the
teacher-student relationship is maintained. But, as the weeks go by, the
situation changes. Playwright Anthony Michael Oliver was the winner of
the 2002 Kumu Kahua Theatre and University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
Playwriting Contest's Hawai`i Prize for his play Theme Park.
Top (l-r): Chris Doi, M.J. Gonzalvo, Anthony Michael Oliver, Harry Wong
III. Bottom: Salli K. Morita, Sara Grove, Dusty Behner, Denise-Aiko
Chinen.
Kumu Kahua Artistic Director Harry Wong will direct the production, with
set design by Justin DeLand, light design by Abel Coelho, and costume
design by Dusty Behner. The cast features Kumu veterans Denise-Aiko
Chinen, Chris Doi, M.J. Gonzalvo and Salli K. Morita.
Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on
Culture & the Arts, celebrating more than thirty years of culture & the
arts in Hawai`i; the Mayor's Office of Culture & Arts, Mufi Hannemann,
Mayor; The Hawai`i Community Foundation; the Hawai`i People's Fund; the
Hawai`i Council for the Humanities; University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Department of Theatre
and Dance, Department of English, and Center for Biographical Research;
and foundations, businesses & patrons.
Kumu Kahua's 100-seat playhouse puts you at the heart of the drama. And
with well over 100 plays to our credit, our reputation attracts some of
Hawaii's most talented actors, directors, playwrights, designers and other
theater artists and technicians.
In Teacher, Teacher, Sharon Kido is a forty-year-old, unmarried
college English teacher who, as she describes it, loses her cool on the
last day of class and scolds her students for being drifters, dreamers,
and slobs who can't speak, dress, or even walk properly, and have no
manners, respect, goals, or plans. Gavin, one of her students, takes her
words to heart and later asks her to help him change by giving him lessons
over the summer. When the local-style Pygmalion process begins, the
teacher-student relationship is maintained. But, as the weeks go by, the
situation changes. Playwright Anthony Michael Oliver was the winner of
the 2002 Kumu Kahua Theatre and University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
Playwriting Contest's Hawai`i Prize for his play Theme Park. 
