  {"id":22876,"date":"2014-03-04T14:33:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T00:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=22876"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:47:05","slug":"story-of-cursed-hotel-performed-at-earle-ernst-lab-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/04\/story-of-cursed-hotel-performed-at-earle-ernst-lab-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of cursed hotel performed at Earle Ernst Lab 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_22979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22979\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/obake-theatre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/obake-theatre.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/obake-theatre-172x260.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Punch (Kaitlin Souza) and Canary (Matthew Kelty) from Kennedy Theatre&#8217;s <em>very still &#38; hard to see<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/theatre\/\">Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a> presents Steve Yockey&#8217;s play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kennedy\/2013\/verystill\/index.php\"><em>very still &#38; hard to see<\/em><\/a> in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre. Performances will take place on March 12, 13, 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. and March 16 at 2 p.m. The production marks the show&#8217;s <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> premiere, and will serve as director <strong>Alex Munro&#8217;s<\/strong> <abbr>MFA<\/abbr> thesis presentation. <\/p>\n<p>Yockey goes from strange and quirky to eerie and creepy in <em>very still &#38; hard to see<\/em>, which features stories of everyday people whose lives are upended by stays in a cursed hotel. As the play begins, architect Buck Mason (played by <strong>Matthew Kelty<\/strong>) is drawn into a deal with an <em>obake<\/em> (played by <strong>Melissa Schmitz<\/strong>), a malevolent spirit who dwells beneath the hotel he&#8217;s building.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of seven short plays, the audience follows the history of the hotel and the influence the obake has over its guests. This short play cycle blurs the line between reality and fantasy as characters deal with everyday problems amidst supernatural forces.<\/p>\n<p><em>Due to some sexual and violent themes, as well as strong language, the play is recommended for mature audiences over the age of 15.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>More on Munro<\/h2>\n<p>Munro&#8217;s work as a director extends beyond Kennedy Theatre. In addition to pursuing his <abbr>MFA<\/abbr> at the Department of Theatre and Dance, and assistant directing at theatres around town, Munro also coordinates the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/24\/real-drama-benefits-nursing-students\/\"><abbr>HealthCAST<\/abbr><\/a> program at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Manoa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.hawaii.edu\/\">School of Nursing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Ticket Information<\/h2>\n<p>Tickets are available <a href=\"http:\/\/etickethawaii.com\/\">online<\/a>, at participating outlets, and at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kennedy\/boxoffice\/\">Kennedy Theatre box office<\/a>. The box office is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.&#8211;1 p.m., with extended hours on performance dates.<\/p>\n<p>Prices are &#36;18 for general admission; &#35;16 for seniors\/military\/<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> faculty and staff; &#36;13 for students and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方AA<\/abbr> members; and &#36;5 for <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa students with a validated spring 2014 <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa photo <abbr>ID<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>For disability access, please call the theatre. For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.edu\/kennedy\/\">Kennedy Theatre website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=6307\">A <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa presents Steve Yockey&#8217;s play <em>very still &#38; hard to see<\/em>, March 12&#8211;16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[131,130,76,9],"class_list":["post-22876","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\/22876","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=22876"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151292,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22876\/revisions\/151292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}