AUDITIONS SET FOR KUMU KAHUA’S PRODUCTION OF Aitu Fafine by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
Aitu Fafine by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
directed by Lurana Donnels OʻMalley
Sunday October 15 and Monday October 16
at 6:00 pm
at Kumu Kahua Theatre
46 Merchant Street Honolulu, HI 96813
Open auditions will be held to cast the world premiere production of Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl’s drama Aitu Fafine.
WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street
WHEN: Sunday and Monday Oct. 15 and 16, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm (Auditioners need only come to one audition). Callbacks Tuesday Oct. 17 as needed.
Rehearsals will begin November 16, with no rehearsals on major holidays. Performances will be from January 25 - February 25, 2024, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm. (No Show February 11 for the Super Bowl) There is the possibility of a one week extension.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Sides will be provided. Actors can prepare a monologue from the script if they desire to but it is not required. Monologues available by Oct. 7 from Kumu Kahua office manager officemanager@kumukahua.org
Please fill out this audition form in advance if possible.
Link to tentative schedule, please note any conflicts on audition form.
Script Synopsis:
Famed writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his family become infatuated with two fascinating ʻafakasi visitors who come to stay at their home in Vailima, Sāmoa. To a backdrop of dreams, literary musings and ghost stories, relationships evolve and collide resulting in serious life-changing confrontations. The delicate strands of the play weave together like a fine mat as Tusitala and his companions move through the uncharted realms of the vā.
Director Lurana Donnels O’Malley is looking for 7 actors to play the following roles. Nonbinary actors are welcome. Actors of Samoan or Pacific Islander heritage are encouraged to audition.
Fanny Stevenson (Aolele) 40s-70s, American
Robert Louis Stevenson (Tusitala, Trout) 40s-60s, Scottish
Belle Strong (Teuila) 30s-50s, American
Lloyd (Loia) 20s-40s, American
Nanny 30s-70s, Scottish
Vaimanu (Vai) 20s-40s, Samoan ‘afakasi
Manutagi (Manu) 20s-40s, Samoan ‘afakasi
You can read the script by Clicking Here
Call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office 536-4222 or email officemanager@kumukahua.org if you need more information.
Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl was born in Honolulu of Samoan, Hawaiian, and Caucasian descent. She has been actively involved in producing many community programs which reflect the unique history and lifestyle of her island home. In 1994, she was honored with the Hawai'i Award for Literature, the highest literary award in the State of Hawai'i, and in 2001, she was named one of the Extraordinary Women of Hawai'i by the Foundation for Hawaii Women's History and the Native Hawaiian Library of ALU LIKE, Inc. As a playwright, she has had many plays produced, several of which have toured Great Britain, the US, the Pacific, and Asia.