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Music festival to feature four acts
Four popular contemporary island music acts — Fiji, Baba B, Natural Vibrations and Sean Na'auao — will headline the Garden Island Music Festival, from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Vidinha Stadium in Lihue, Kaua'i.
The event will be part of the Kaua'i County Farm Bureau Fair.
Gates open at 3 p.m. Concert tickets: $15. Children under
10 will be admitted free.
Concert tickets will also include admission to the fair.
Information: Tom Moffatt Productions, 593-8333.
— Advertiser staff
'Clown of God' debuts Sept. 7
The University of Hawai'i's Prime Time series, in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre at Kennedy Theatre, kicks off the drama season Sept. 7 with the premiere of "The Clown of God," adapted and directed by Mark Branner.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 and 8, and 2 p.m. on Sept. 8 and 9.
The production, based on a centuries-old Italian legend about an itinerant street juggler, features the talents of professional juggler Steve Patient, a veteran on the cruise-ship circuit, who has performed for Disney, Royal Caribbean, Holland America and other liners. He also is a former Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey clown, and a juggling instructor for its prestigious Clown College, a training school for those who specialize in clown work.
Ten other actors are in the cast, performing in the commedia dell'arte style, a classic Italian form of comedic acting.
The show is part of Branner's MFA degree requirements. Tickets: $9 for adults; $7 for seniors, military, UH
faculty and staff, and students; $3 for UH-Manoa students with valid ID.Reservations: 956-7655.
— Wayne Harada, Advertiser Entertainment Editor
Cast of 7 sought for 'Ola Ka Lau'
A cast of seven is sought for Kumu Kahua's world premiere of Kimo Armitage's "Ola Ka Lau" play, an exploration of how a Hawaiian family deals with loss and maintains the
tradition of the Hawaiian art of healing.
Director Tammy Haili'opua will conduct auditions from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 15 and from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Kumu Kahua, 46 Merchant St. in Honolulu. Ethnic roles available include a part-Hawaiian woman in her late 20s, a local male in his late 20s, a part-Hawaiian male in his early 30s, two part-Hawaiian women in their 60s, a part-Hawaiian male in his 60s and an Asian woman in her early 50s.
Those auditioning must read from scripts; sides (portions of scripts, relating to the character) are available for loan with a $5 deposit. "Ola Ka Lau" plays Nov. 8 through Dec. 9 at Kumu Kahua.
Information: 536-4222.
— Wayne Harada, Advertiser Entertainment Editor
Hawai'i People dinner Sept. 23
The Hawai'i People's Fund annual dinner and fund-raiser will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 23 at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Park.
The Hawai'i People's Fund grants money to community organizations whose missions include women's rights, organized labor issues, Native Hawaiian rights, global justice, consumer advocacy, disabled rights, prison issues, and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, among others.
Tickets: $25 for adults, $10 for seniors, children under 12. Information: Claire Shimabukuro at 526-2441 or Fran Orian at 943-2051.
— Wayne Harada, Advertiser Entertainment Editor
