December Streaming Event Marks our Festival’s Tenth Anniversary!
link for entrance will be ACcESSiBLE here December 1, 2021 to January 2, 2022.
Watch any time as often as you wish during the month of December.
If you are currently a Patron, you have access to
Playfest 2021 automatically starting December 1
Many Thanks to PlayFest 2021 Director Matthew Kelty and congratulations to this years Playwrights!
SELECTED PLAYS FOR PLAYFEST 2021
Joe Garland, by Charles Kaaiai
directed by Po‘ai Lincoln, adapts a story by novelist Jack London; the play emphasizes the importance of Hawaiian culture and history through the tale of two brothers who hold very different positions in early 20th-century Hawai‘i.
My Kingdom Come, written, and directed by Daniel Kelin
uses the true story of Charles Bonaventure de Breil and his efforts to establish a “New France” in Papua New Guinea to highlight the brutality and racism of European colonization of the Pacific.
Symphony in Manila by Michael Markrich
and directed by Jeff Orig, takes another true story as its foundation — a concert of Beethoven’s Eroica by the Manila Symphony Orchestra in the aftermath of World War II, conducted by a Jewish survivor of Dachau and Buchenwald.
Jayne County and Zarah! are two short pieces by Carol Polcovar
Jayne County, directed by Claire Fallon, a monologue inspired by the musician Jayne County, a transgender glam and punk musician who transitioned in the middle
of her career.
Zarah!, directed by Miles Phillips, imagines the lead-up to the filming of the Nazi propaganda film Die Grosse Liebe (The Great Love), and the efforts of its star Zarah Leander to subvert the films intentions.
The Supernatural Intervention of the Callow Burrows Twins,
by Kimberlee Stone
and directed by Thea Wigglesworth, is a clever, gender-bending, Noel Cowardesque tale of feuding twins, departed parents, and the mysteriously powerful psychic who brings them all together.
Shades, written by Edward Pickard
directed by Maseeh Ganjali, tells the story of a Louisiana family in a dilapidated mansion under the strict rule of the family’s patriarch. Isolation, the arrival of a distant family member, and voodoo lead to despair and finally, redemption.
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Community partners for past shows include The Wahiawa Historic Society, Catholic Charities, Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific University, Family Programs Hawaii, Waipahu Community Coalition, The Foster Care Training Committee, Partners in Development, Leeward Community College, the Mele Program of Honolulu Community College, Nanakuli High and Intermediate School, and the Hawai'i State Department of Health.
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Coming Up Next
We are always working on new projects, performances, and collaborations. Stay tuned for news on upcoming plays, behind-the-scenes updates, live events, and more. Coming soon: "Open Your Hearts Wide" by Marion Lyman-Mersereau and "Bursting Bubbles" by Laura Clark Greaver. PlayBuilders' PlayFestival will be held here on this website during the entire month of September!
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