Auditions Set for Kumu Kahua's production of THE GOLDEN GAYS

THE GOLDEN GAYS

Written by Ryan "OKI" Naka
Directed by Denny Hironaga

Auditions will be held at Kumu Kahua Theatre 
46 Merchant Street Honolulu, HI 96813

Sunday, March 16th at 2 p.m.
Monday, March 17th at 6 p.m.

 

Performances will be from May 29 - June 29, 2025. Thursdays to Saturdays at 7:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm.
There is the possibility of added performances.

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. 

Please note any conflicts on audition form.

 

Script Synopsis

Aunty Maria Lani Tunta is the free, fierce, and fabulous mother to a chosen family of queens facing their golden years and ready for second chances. What does it mean for a drag queen to be in their 70s, for a sexual player to keep up his game, for a divorced man to explore being gay for the first time, for a widower to date again? These bitches bicker, tease, and challenge each other to move on, and they do it in makeup and heels. In this crazy life you have to seize the cheesecake. This script was inspired by the groundbreaking show: The Golden Girls.

 

CAST

  • Aunty Mary – (70s-80s) A retired drag queen who identifies as Mahu and presents as female. Fabulous, sassy, and a star in their prime. Inspired by Sophia from The Golden Girls.

  • Tommy – (50s-60s Male) A lawyer who’s witty, sarcastic, and stern. He has control issues and holds grudges tightly. Inspired by Dorothy from The Golden Girls.

  • Anuenue – (50s-60s Male) A retired dancer and choreographer, once promiscuous and seductive, though it’s questionable now. Inspired by Blanche from The Golden Girls.

  • Jimmy – (50s-60s Male) A transplant from the mainland, blonde-haired and blue-eyed, with the innocence of an airhead. Jimmy always says the wrong thing at the wrong time. Inspired by Rose from The Golden Girls.

  • Mitch – (18-22 Male) A hot, young boy toy with all the muscle and vitality but little intelligence. An aspiring dancer who still thinks the world revolves around him.


 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.

 

ABOUT THE CREATIVES

Denny Hironaga

Denny credits what he knows about directing to the countless hours assisting and observing the craft of director Jim Nakamoto and writer Edward Sakamoto. He has directed Ryan Okinaka’s Who You Again? and co-directed Darrell Lum’s Da Beer Can Hat with wife Karen Kuioka-Hironaga.

 

Ryan "OKI" Naka 

Oki (short for Okinaka) was born and raised in Honolulu and has been a passionate performer across stage, television, web, and film. As a playwright, his works iHula (2016) and Who You Again (2022) were produced at Kumu Kahua Theatre. With nearly a decade of experience in improv comedy, Oki has been a member of Improvhi and is the founder of Improv Superette, a new comedy team performing monthly shows as a part of Kumu Kahua Theatre’s Dark Night Series. He has also contributed to writing, performing, and producing Waikiki PD, a local police sketch comedy series.

Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by The Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation, the NME Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, the Island Insurance Foundation, The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi, The AAPI Community Fund, The Richard Aadland Fund, The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The John R. Halligan Charitable Fund, Spectrum/Charter Communications, ABC Stores, the Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund, Hawaiʻi Public Radio, H. Hawaii Media, Simply Storage, Vacations Hawaiʻi, Zippy’s Restaurants, Highway Inn, Generations Magazine, CVS/Longs Drugs, HMSA, Hawaiian Electric, MonkeyPod, and other foundations, businesses, and loyal patrons. 

Sarah Bauer