If can, can, if no can . . . den someting real bad might happen.
So please come see Ala Wai. Denise Aiko Chinen no mo one
undastudy.
All photos by Brad Goda
Bert: If you could own one side of da Ala Wai canal, Ernie, would be
dis side, right? Ernie: Nah, no way, Bert, mines would be across.
Das my bank!
Bertram and Ernesto are two roommates who suddenly find themselves jobless
and homeless. Ernesto has a drug habit and Bertram has an irrational but
intense fear of tilapia. They take up residence beside the Ala Wai Canal,
where they soon become engaged in a BB gun battle with Oscar, a
seventh-floor resident of a nearby apartment, bringing the police. This
fast-paced pidgin comedy turns surrealistic when Bert is stung on his
privates by a portuguese man-o-war and miraculously acquires the ability,
via urination, to heal wounds and clean up the waters of the canal. Will
Bert use his new powers benevolently, or will greed prevail?
Das right, folks, always get two ways of lookin at your wedding.
Kumu favorite BullDog will direct this wacky comedy, with set design by
Bart McGreehon, light design by Gerald Kawaoka, and costume design by Nara
Cardenas. The cast features Kumu veterans, Jarod Bailon, Daryl Bonilla,
Eddy Gudoy, Ron Encarnacion, Denise Aiko Chinen, D. Tafa`i Silipa and Kumu
newcomer Eve Yeung.
Back l - r: Jarod Bailon, D. Tafa`i Silipa, Ron Encarnacion, Eddy
Gudoy, Eve Yeung. Front: Jedi (assistant director/stage manager),
Denise Aiko Chinen, BullDog (director), Daryl Bonilla.
Bertram and Ernesto are two roommates who suddenly find themselves jobless
and homeless. Ernesto has a drug habit and Bertram has an irrational but
intense fear of tilapia. They take up residence beside the Ala Wai Canal,
where they soon become engaged in a BB gun battle with Oscar, a
seventh-floor resident of a nearby apartment, bringing the police. This
fast-paced pidgin comedy turns surrealistic when Bert is stung on his
privates by a portuguese man-o-war and miraculously acquires the ability,
via urination, to heal wounds and clean up the waters of the canal. Will
Bert use his new powers benevolently, or will greed prevail? 
