{"id":205013,"date":"2024-10-18T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T21:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=205013"},"modified":"2024-10-18T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T21:19:07","slug":"morgans-corner-at-paliku-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/18\/morgans-corner-at-paliku-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan\u2019s Corner world premiere at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Palik\u016b Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_205252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205252\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-1.jpg\" alt=\"4 actors\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-205252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-205252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claire de Lune, Kainui Lyman, Jessica Jusseaume, front, Kellen L. Pearce in <em>Morgan\u02bbs Corner<\/em> (Photo credit: Brad Goda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Conservatory of Performing Arts<\/a> at Windward Community College presents <em>Morgan\u2019s Corner<\/em>&#8212;written and directed by Taurie Kinoshita&#8212;at <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/paliku-theatre\/\">Palik&#363; Theatre<\/a>, November 8&#8211;17. The truth behind the local horror story of Morgan\u2019s Corner recounts the trial, retrial and eventual pardoning of James Majors and John Palakiko, two young men sentenced to hang for accidentally killing Therese Wilder in her home near Morgan\u2019s Corner off the old Pali road.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_205254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205254\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-3.jpg\" alt=\"3 actors\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-205254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-3-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-205254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marley Asuega-Asoau, Anna Hope Lawson, Zaden Jay Brub in <em>Morgan\u02bbs Corner<\/em> (Photo credit: Brad Goda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most renowned criminal cases in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> of the 20th century, it was the Majors-Palakiko case that helped bring an end to the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p><em>Morgan\u2019s Corner<\/em> is an original play dealing with bias, prejudice and inequity, told in five, often radically different, perspectives. Anyone with an interest in local history will want to see this suspenseful, historically based crime-drama.<\/p>\n<p>Show dates and times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 8, 9, 15 and 16 (Friday and Saturday), 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>November 14 (Thursday), 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>November 10 and 17 (Sunday), 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ticket information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$25 Adults<\/li>\n<li>$20 Seniors (62+), Military (with <abbr>ID<\/abbr>), <abbr>DOE<\/abbr> Educators<\/li>\n<li>$15 Students (14+ and college students with <abbr>ID<\/abbr>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Purchase tickets online at palikutheatre.com or in person at the box office one hour prior to the show.<\/p>\n<p>Due to adult situations and themes, this play is recommended for ages 14 and older. Running time is 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Historic background<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_205253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205253\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-2.jpg\" alt=\"3 actors\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-205253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/windward-paliku-theatre-morgans-corner-2-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-205253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corin Medeiros, Jaden Manibog, Kristen Labiano in <em>Morgan\u02bbs Corner<\/em> (Photo credit: Brad Goda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1948, two young men named John Palakiko and James Majors broke into the home of wealthy widow Therese Wilder, searching for food. They tied her up and left, and five days later her housekeeper found her dead.<\/p>\n<p>The ensuing uproar over the death of this white woman was sensational. Acting prosecutor John Desha, once secretary to Prince Jonah K&#363;hi&#333; <span aria-label=\"Kalanianaole\">Kalaniana&#699;ole<\/span>, was replaced for following the rule of law and refusing to seek the death penalty. John Palakiko was beaten by police, being forced to confess and make false statements. Evidence exonerating Majors and Palakiko from a first degree murder charge went missing, and the judge allowed unsigned documents to be entered as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all these irregularities, Majors and Palakiko were sentenced to hang and lost their Supreme Court retrial case. After years of struggle and thousands of citizens writing in, Majors and Palakiko\u2019s sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>This case highlights the disparity of justice in death penalty cases. People of different races were categorically treated differently by the criminal justice system&#8212;especially if the crime was a person of color against a white person.<\/p>\n<p><em>Morgan\u2019s Corner<\/em> takes place in 1954 on the eve of Majors\u2019 and Palakiko\u2019s third scheduled execution. The story is told from five radically different perspectives: Prosecutor Hite, Detective Stevens, original Prosecutor Desha, James Majors (falsely accused of rape) and John Palakiko (beaten by Stevens into confessing).<\/p>\n<p>This Rashomon-style (told from different perspectives) intellectual thriller deals with bias, politics, prejudice and the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<h2>More about Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s theatre program<\/h2>\n<p>For more information about <em>Morgan\u2019s Corner<\/em>, contact Director Taurie Kinoshita at 808-779-3456 or <a href=\"mailto:taurie@hawaii.edu\">taurie@hawaii.edu<\/a>. To learn more about Theatre 260 and other theatre classes offered at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, contact Associate Professor Nicolas Logue at 808-236-9138, <a href=\"mailto:logue@hawaii.edu\">logue@hawaii.edu<\/a> or go online to <a href=\"https:\/\/conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu\/\">conservatory.windward.hawaii.edu<\/a>. For more information about Palik&#363; Theatre, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/paliku-theatre\/\">palikutheatre.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan\u2019s Corner is an original play dealing with bias, prejudice and inequity, told in five, often radically different, perspectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[334,130,71,66],"class_list":["post-205013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-paliku-theatre","tag-theatre","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205013"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205257,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205013\/revisions\/205257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}