Cherry Tree Lane meets Keaʻau next week as the KS Hawaiʻi Hōʻike A
Haʻi Performing Arts Club resent their fall musical, Disney and Cameron
Mackintosh's multi award-winning musical Marry Poppins, at William
Charles Lunalilo Center Nov. 17, 18, and 19 at 7 p.m.
All three performances are open to the public with $5 general admission tickets available via the FACTS online portal
through Tuesday, Nov. 15. For an additional $10, audience members may
purchase a VIP pass, which includes early seating at 6:30 p.m. and
access for cast pictures following the show. As of Wednesday, Nov.
9 tickets for Friday and Saturday's showings are sold out.
Funds
raised from these performances will support sending over 25 performing
arts club members to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest
performing arts festival in the world, next August in Scotland. There,
haumāna will showcase a traveling version of this year's Hōʻike -
PAIʻEA, a Hawaiian rock-opera. A workshop version of the show was
featured as KSH’s Hōʻike in May 2022.
Junior
Tehani Kekuawela will take on the title role. The rising star and
former Miss Hawaii Island Teen USA took part in Kristin Chenoweth's
Broadway Bootcamp this summer and will be a part of a new docuseries, "1300 Miles to Broadway" from Chenoweth, producer Kenny Ortega, and Monarch Media.
WHAT:
KS Hawaiʻi’s fall musical, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins
WHERE:
William Charles Lunalio Center, KS Hawaiʻi campus
WHEN:
Thursday, Nov. 17
Friday, Nov. 18
Saturday, Nov. 19
Starting 7 p.m.
TICKET INFORMATION:
General admission: $5
VIP Pass: Additional $10
Visit KSH FACTS online portal through Tuesday, Nov. 15 to purchase. As of Monday, Nov. 7 tickets for the final showing on Nov. 19 is sold out.
FEATURED CAST:
Mary Poppins – Tehani Kekuawela
Bert – Joseph Ahuna
Jane Banks – Jaci Morales
Michael Banks – Kaylee Wright
George Banks – Kaleb-Joshua Mahoe
Winifred Banks – Taira Chun
Mrs. Brill – Elise Auna
Robertson Ay – Kūmele Tiogangco
SHOW SYNOPSIS:
The
jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces the audience to England in 1910
and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a
nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a
combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members
how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many
magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren't the only
ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a
lesson or two from the nanny who advises that, "Anything can happen if
you let it."
The official poster designed by KSH senior Luluka Brown-Spielman.
KS Hawaiʻi junior Tehani Kekuawela recreates the iconic Mary Poppins fly-in scene at a recent rehearsal. Catch her and other KS Hawaiʻi haumāna as they present this year's fall musical Nov. 17, 18 and 19.
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