{"id":157264,"date":"2022-04-04T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=157264"},"modified":"2022-04-04T10:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:44:56","slug":"paliku-theatre-live-audience-oriental-faddah-and-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/04\/paliku-theatre-live-audience-oriental-faddah-and-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Palik\u016b Theatre welcomes back live audiences with Oriental Faddah and Son"},"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><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_42459\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SI3XrKrjDRI?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Palik\u016b Theatre welcomes back live audiences with Oriental Faddah and Son\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Enjoy an ensemble performance of the theme from <em>Kikaida<\/em>, investigate what it means to be Okinawan in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and reflect on paternal relationships in <em>Oriental Faddah and Son<\/em>, at Windward Community College\u2019s Palik\u016b Theatre, April 21&#8211;May 1.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Having to cancel the 2020 production of <em>Oriental Faddah and Son<\/em> two days prior to opening night due to COVID-19 was devastating,&rdquo; said Palik\u016b Theatre Manager <strong>Nicole Tessier<\/strong>. &ldquo;After two years of presenting our shows virtually, we are so excited to welcome live audiences back to Palik\u016b!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157268\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/windward-paliku-oriental-faddah-cast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Group shot\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/windward-paliku-oriental-faddah-cast-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/windward-paliku-oriental-faddah-cast-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/windward-paliku-oriental-faddah-cast.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of <em>Oriental Faddah and Son<\/em> with Lee A. Tonouchi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Pidgin Guerilla&rdquo; <strong>Lee A. Tonouchi<\/strong>\u2019s play about the relationship of an Okinawan &ldquo;faddah&rdquo; and his son in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, delves into the nuances of an Okinawan family. Staging the poems from Tonouchi\u02bbs award-winning poetry book <em>Significant Moments in da Life of Oriental Faddah and Son<\/em> (Bess Press), the play highlights the values of the Uchin\u0101nchu (Okinawan immigrants and their descendants in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Taurie Kinoshita<\/strong>, the cast includes Brandon Hagio (<em>Da Beer Can Hat<\/em> at Kumu Kahua Theatre), Allan Okubo (<em>Aloha Las Vegas<\/em> at Kumu Kahua Theatre), Dylan Leming (<em>Walter, the underneath<\/em> at Palik\u016b Theatre), Denise Aiko Chinen (<em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> N\u014d Ka &#699;Oi &#8211; A Sakamoto Celebration<\/em>, Kennedy Theatre), and many more!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the themes is the difference between Asian Americans in California, and other states, and those of us in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; Kinoshita said. \u201cI find it profoundly beautiful that in Hawai\u2018i we have a tradition of local humor. We laugh at things together; it is empowering. Here, we can have peaceful conversations without too much fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Show dates and times<\/h2>\n<p>April 21&#8211;23 and 28&#8211;30, 7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nApril 24 and May 1, 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2>Ticket information<\/h2>\n<p>$25 General<br \/>\n$20 Seniors, active military, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> faculty\/staff<br \/>\n$10 Students (youth and college students)<\/p>\n<p>*Discounts require valid <abbr>ID<\/abbr><\/p>\n<p>Purchase tickets online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windward.hawaii.edu\/paliku\/\">palikutheatre.com<\/a>. For more information, call (808) 235-7315 or email <a href=\"mailto:paliku@hawaii.edu\">paliku@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonouchi is the playwright of <em>Uchina Aloha<\/em>, <em>Da Kine Space<\/em>, and <em>Gone Feeshing<\/em>, which have all been presented by Kumu Kahua Theatre. Kinoshita most recently directed <em>iHula<\/em> at Palik\u016b Theatre, <em>Henry <abbr title=\"the sixth\">VI<\/abbr><\/em> for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Shakespeare Festival and <em>Way of a God<\/em> at Kumu Kahua Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about theatre classes offered at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, contact Associate Professor <strong>Nicolas Logue<\/strong> at (808) 236-9138, <a href=\"mailto:logue@hawaii.edu\">logue@hawaii.edu<\/a> or go to <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/theatre\/\">windward.hawaii.edu\/theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> theatre stages first live performance in two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[334,130,56,66],"class_list":["post-157264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-paliku-theatre","tag-theatre","tag-video-2","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\/157264","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=157264"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157269,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157264\/revisions\/157269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}