Mariah Gonzalez as Young Violet and Victor DeMarco as Father
Kaimuki High
School
Performing Arts Center
Presents its annual Spring Musical
Violet
February 22nd, 23rd and March
1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th - 7:30 pm
February 24th and March 3th and
10th – 3:00 pm
Kaimuki High School Performing Arts Center loyal
fans likely remember our past performances of Pirates of Penzance, Little Shop of Horrors and Grease, which was our most
recent and successful production to date.
This year we celebrate 26 years on the stage by presenting the Hawaii premier of Violet!
Violet Karl of Spruce Pine, NC is about to embark on a
odyssey to visit a Preacher she has seen on TV, hoping that he can heal the disfiguring
facial scar she’s had since adolescence. As she travels through the Deep
South of 1964, she meets two soldiers who may be called to fight in Viet Nam, who
fall in love with her, and discovers that even though the scar cannot be
healed, she can still heal her soul.
Dramatic issues addressed in this show include: whether
beauty is physical or internal; what it is to grow up in a place where, because
of a physical disfigurement, you are considered bad; racial issues in the
Civil-Rights Era South and military, as one of the soldiers is White and the
other Black.
Based on the short story "The Ugliest
Pilgrim" by Doris Betts, this Wizard of Oz-style quest story features
music by Jeanine Tesori, composer of
"Caroline, or Change" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and
won the 1997 New York Drama critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the Lucille
Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, and the Obie Award Special Citation for
Jeanine Tesori's music.
Our enthusiastic and talented actors,
represent various public schools from Hawaii
including Farrington, Kaimuki, Kalani, McKinley and Roosevelt High Schools
and Jarrett and Washington
Middle Schools. They will be joined by KHSPAC alumni, all
working together to produce a fantastic evening of entertainment. Come join us!
Violet will be performed on February 22nd,
23rd and March 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th
at 7:30 pm. Additional performances are
on February 24th and March 3th and 10th at
3:00 pm. With ID, elementary and high school students,
military and seniors citizens over 65 are $6.
Adult tickets are $12. Box office opens one hour before each performance
for ticket sales. Tickets are also on
line at honoluluboxoffice.com and Harry’s Music Store.
Kaimuki High School
Theatre is located at 2705 Kaimuki
Ave., between Kapahulu Ave. and Kapiolani Blvd.
ABOUT KHSPAC: Kaimuki
High School
Performing Arts
Center offers classes in acting,
music, dance and technical theater at no cost to public school students all
over Oahu. The program’s mission is based on
the belief that performing arts develop important life skills including
discipline, teamwork, creativity, self-awareness, confidence, focus and
appreciation of the performing arts. Under the direction of M.J. Matsushita,
the program and its musical and dramatic productions involve about 160 students
who present three major productions per school year. KHSPAC is one of three Department of
Education learning centers for performing arts on Oahu.
For more information,
contact Joanne Libarios at 733-4913