Kaimuki High School Performing Arts Center presents: Violet

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Kaimuki High School Performing Arts Center presents: Violet
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Type: Theatre performance
Date: Until March 3rd, 2013- see notes to dates/times
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Kaimuki High School Theatre
2705 Kaimuki Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96816

Contact: Joanne Libarios
733-4913
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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

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