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Updated at 10:43 a.m., Thursday, August 30, 2007

'hIP-HopALypse' takes the stage at Ong King Saturday

Advertiser Staff

 

Harumi the Hymn stars in “hIP-HopALypse" at Ong King Arts Center Saturdays through September.

Ronin Zilberman

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Ong King Arts Center co-founder Cristian Elluari, better known as See, has a master's in theater from UH, and he uses his stage skills in "hIP-HopALypse."

If you caught See's two previous works, "Jaguar Priest" and "Chase" (starring Kealoha), you'll have an idea what his latest is like. But with a cast of 14, including two martial artists and two MCs, this "post-apocalyptic hip-hop theater production" is bigger than both combined.

It's 3013 and the world has been devastated by biblical floods. A band of survivors, The New Project of Oneness, is trying to jump-start civilization. But first they have to face off against The Seekers, a new collective that consciousness threatens to end human individuality, while promising everlasting health. Watch the drama unfold to phat beats. See wrote and directs.

"hIP-HopALypse": 8 p.m. Saturdays through September; Ong King Arts Center, 184 N. King St.; $10-$15; tickets available at Bad Sushi, Pipe Dreams, 550-8457), http://honoluluboxoffice.com