{"id":218413,"date":"2025-07-08T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=218413"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:03:26","slug":"kennedy-theatre-lineup-for-62nd-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/08\/kennedy-theatre-lineup-for-62nd-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Theatre announces lineup for 62nd season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-kennedy-theatre.jpg\" alt=\"kennedy theatre\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-kennedy-theatre.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-kennedy-theatre-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/manoa-kennedy-theatre-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/\"> Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a> announced its 62nd production season at <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/kennedy-theatre\/\">Kennedy Theatre<\/a>, featuring a mix of original works, cultural celebration and student-driven innovation. The season will kick off in November with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/philippine-studies\/\">Center for Philippine Studies<\/a> at <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n<h2>Mainstage Season<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dancing in the Diaspora<\/em> (November 14\u201323, 2025)<\/li>\n<li><em>Panji and the Lost Princess<\/em> (April 17\u201326, 2026), brings Balinese wayang listrik\u2014giant electric shadow puppetry\u2014to life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Prime Time Series in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Yellow Boat<\/em> by David Saar (September 24\u201328, 2025), a heartfelt, imaginative tale directed by <abbr title=\"Master of Fine Arts\">MFA<\/abbr> candidate Emmanuel Mante<\/li>\n<li><em>Dolls: A Toy Story<\/em> (October 22\u201326, 2025), a world premiere musical by <abbr>MFA<\/abbr> candidate Alison Bruce-Maldonado set in a 1940s toy store against the backdrop of segregation and war.<\/li>\n<li><abbr>MFA<\/abbr>\/<abbr title=\"Bachelor of Fine Arts\">BFA<\/abbr> Dance Concert (January 28\u2013February 1, 2026) will feature original choreography by graduating students<\/li>\n<li><em>Lele Wale<\/em> (March 4\u20138, 2026), a Hana Keaka production by <abbr>MFA<\/abbr> candidate Ikaika Mendez, will honor the resilience of the Lahaina community following the 2023 wildfires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Late Night Series<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span lang=\"jp\">\u53cb\u9054<\/span> [Friends] by Abe K\u014db\u014d<\/em> (November 15\u201322, 2025) reimagines the absurdist comedy as a live sitcom taping complete with jazz band.<\/li>\n<li><em>Late Night Tech Takeover &#8211; A Night of One-Act Plays<\/em> (April 18\u201325, 2026) features two fast-paced one-act plays that pull back the curtain on backstage mayhem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about the upcoming season, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/2025-26_season\/\">Kennedy Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kennedy Theatre\u2019s new season hopes to inspire, challenge and uplift through diverse stories and bold new voices.<\/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":[131,130,76,9],"class_list":["post-218413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-kennedy-theatre","tag-theatre","tag-theatre-and-dance","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218413","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=218413"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222603,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218413\/revisions\/222603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}