Fall productions take on drama, mystery and more

Advertiser Staff

Morgan Cloud and Lynne Novak are among the dancers in "Fall Footholds I" at Kennedy Theatre beginning Wednesday. Andrew Shimabuku

Mark Miller plays Bullshot Crummond and Jennifer Robideau plays Rosemary Fenton in the madcap play "Bullshot Crummond," beginning Wednesday at the Yellow Brick Studio.

A mind released

"The Miracle Worker," the story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, will be dramatized by the Punahou theater department beginning today. The play, by William Gibson, focuses on the relationship between the wild, spoiled student and the teacher who works to release the mind behind the angry silence.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, and Oct. 8-9 at Dillingham Hall, Punahou School. Tickets are $10 general, $5 students and seniors; available at the Sullivan Administration Building ticket office from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and one hour before each performance. 943-3673.

Tackling ice

A musical drama titled "Why?" tackles the problem of ice and challenges viewers to search for answers. Daren Kimura directs a cast of adults and students in this production, which is sponsored by the Pacific Institute of Chemical Dependency Inc. through funding from the Harold K.L. Foundation and friends.

Show time is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Nanakuli High School Multi-Purpose Building. Admission is free. 261-9807.

The show repeats at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 and 3 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Blaisdell Concert Hall, with music by the University of Hawai'i Symphony and members of the Youth Symphony. These shows also are free, but tickets are necessary for entrance and are available at 7-Elevens, YMCAs, and Boys and Girls Clubs or by calling 261-9807.

World conquest

The madcap mystery spoof "Bullshot Crummond," by Ron House and Diz White, is the next production by The Actors' Group. It's the tale of kidnapping, extortion and a plot to take over the world — a plot that must be thwarted by the clever sleuth Crummond.

Premieres at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, repeating at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 7 at Yellow Brick Studio, 625 Keawe St., Kaka'ako. Tickets are $10. 722-6941, taghawaii.org.

Pieces of Dance

"Fall Footholds I" is a showcase of choreography created by University of Hawai'i-Manoa graduate students and dance faculty members and performed by UH students. Among the pieces: "Kereshmeh" (which translates from Farsi as "charisma") by Sonja Hinz and performed by Hinz, using traditional Iranian and modern Western music; "Shani's Duet," by Rosie Summers, includes sign language; "Lightning in the Sky," by Michael Pili Pang, performed by Pang and dance alumna Noelani Goldstein.

Premieres at 8 p.m. Wednesday, repeating at 8 p.m. Thursday through Oct. 9 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 10 at UHM's Earle Ernst Lab Theatre (post-show rap Oct. 8). Tickets are $10 general, $8 seniors, military, UH faculty/staff, non-UHM students, $3 UHM students. 956-7655.