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A World Premiere!Now through June 15th
Hostage Wifeby Nancy Moss
May 15th - June 15th
All photos by Michael Harada
Hostage Wifeby Nancy MossA Kumu Kahua world premiere, Hostage Wife is an award-winning play which has received a reading in New York. It tells the story of Dee Fernandez, a woman whose husband works as a private-sector security guard watching over a power station in Iraq. When her husband is taken hostage, Dee is visited by Alan Baker, a government agent who offers her comfort, companionship and, as they grow closer and when it is revealed that Dee's husband is violent, racist and abusive, the possibility of a new and brighter future. As the negotiations proceed, Dee's daughter returns from the mainland to help field phone calls from the media and visits from nosy neighbors and Dee herself, wafted into a semi-dream world through sleeping pills and pain pills, becomes ambivalent about herself, her marriage, and her desires for the outcome of the hostage situation.
Kumu Kahua artistic director, Harry Wong III will direct the production, with set design by Molly McKenna, light design by Abel Dulles-Coelho, costume design by Dusty Behner, sound design by Stu Hirayama, and props are by Jason Ellinwood, who will also serve as assistant director and stage manager. The cast features Kumu veterans Denise Aiko-Chinen, Jason Kanda, Will Kahele, Nani Morita, and Jodi A. Yamada, along with Kumu newcomers Mish Raboteau and Tyler Tanabe.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm: May 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31; June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2008 Sundays 2pm: May 18, 25; June 1, 8, *15, 2008 *American Sign Language Interpretation performance
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