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'Aloha Las Vegas' cast audition set

Kumu Kahua will hold auditions for Edward Sakamoto's play "Aloha Las Vegas" at 9 a.m.-noon today and 6-9 p.m. tomorrow at Kumu's headquarters, 46 Merchant St.

The play, to be directed by Harry Wong, has roles for eight actors, including three local Asian males in their late 40s to early 60s, a local Asian male in his 20s or 30s, a local Asian female in her 30s or 40s, a local female between 40 and 50, and another female in her late 20s to early 30s. Scripts are available for loan with a $10 deposit at the theater. Information: 536-4222.

'Ocean Games' in Hawai'i on TV

The first one-hour show in "Hawaii's Ocean Games," a syndicated TV mini-series focusing on Hawai'i sporting activities and profiles, shows at 2 p.m. today on KITV-4.

The three-part series of shows features surfing, canoe-paddling, wake-boarding, paipo-boarding and diving through the remains of submerged planes off the coast of O'ahu. It is produced by TEAM Unlimited.

The first hour focuses on Buffalo Keaulana and his annual Big Board Classic surfing contest at Makaha (filmed in February). It also captures a near-death kite surfing incident at Mokule'ia beach.

Jazz notables star in 'Gothic' concert

Pianist Les Peetz and vocalist Rachel Gonzales will present "Jazz Gothic" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Hawaii Public Radio's Atherton Performing Arts Studio, 738 Kaheka St.

Peetz and Gonzales both are highly popular among Hawai'i jazz afficionados.

They both can be heard on a CD entitled "Blues in White Satin."

Tickets: $15 for adults, $12.50 for HPR members, $10 for students.

Reservations: 955-8821.

TAG's 'Anna' premieres July 17

The Actors' Group's "Anna," a two-character production based on a play by East Honolulu resident Nancy Moss, will have its world premiere at 7:30 p.m. July 17 at the Yellow Brick Studio, 625 Keawe St. in Kaka'ako.

Frankie Enos and Peter Webb co-star, with Brad Powell directing.

Enos plays Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, and Webb plays philosopher Isaiah Berlin. In the post-World War II tale, set in Leningrad, the poet, a beautiful woman who loved many men, allows a Western traveler who is also an Oxford professor to visit her. Berlin was 36, nearly 20 years younger than Akhmatova, and a virgin. The play dramatizes their evening together and how both lives changed.

The play will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, through Aug. 18. Tickets: $10. Reservations (after July 10): 591-7999.