Kumu Kahua Theatre will finish it’s 50th season by presenting a live digital reading of one it’s most popular plays, the late Edward Sakamoto’s Stew Rice, with performances by the original cast from the 1995 Season, featuring actors Karen Kaulana-Lobel, Brian Mimura, Amy Nishihara, Sharon Aoki, Michael Sun Lee, Jason Scott Lee, and Marcus Oshiro. Stage directions will be read by Amy Hill. The evening’s hosts are KHON’s Brook Lee (1997 Miss Hawaiʻi, Miss USA, and Miss Universe), and well-known local actor, writer, and director, Wil Kāhele. It will be presented online free July 17, 2021 at 7pm; July 18th at 2pm HST (rebroadcast).
Brian Mimura, Amy Nishihara, Jason Scott Lee, Marcus Oshiro, Karen Kaulana, Sharon Aoki,
and Michael Sun Lee in the 1995 production of Stew Rice.
“We regularly receive requests to bring this show back” says the theatreʻs managing director, Donna Blanchard. While weʻve been doing all of our shows digitally, we realized this was the perfect opportunity to get the original cast together, though several have moved off island. This will be a rare treat for us all to watch!” The show is directed by Harry Wong III.
The show will run on a public YouTube stream; no special software or applications are needed for viewing. Audience members may be able to stream directly to television screens via smart TVs or services such as Fire TV and Roku and should check with their streaming provider for instruction.
Stew Rice by Edward Sakamoto
Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu, HI
presented online free July 17, 2021 at 7pm; July 18th at 2pm HST (rebroadcast)
for more info, call 536-4441 or visit Kumu Kahua
