Updated at 9:41 a.m., Monday, January 15, 2007
'On Dragonfly Wings' selected for honor
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
The musical, last staged in 2003 in Honolulu, was one of four shows chosen from a field of 170 entries.
Its creators, playwright-actress Lisa Matsumoto and composer-actress Roslyn Catracchia, will fly to Los Angeles this month and next, where they will get a chance to work with Stephen Schwartz, a noted songwriter for such Broadway successes as "Godspell" and the current Tony Award-winning "Wicked." Schwartz is artistic director for the Disney workshop.
"On Dragonfly Wings" was produced on stage here by 'Ohi'a Productions. It was adapted from "Wailana the Waterbug" by Gregg Barrett and Jane Hopkins, with illustrations by Michael Furuya.
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