Brown Bag Biography: Panel on Puana, the new hana keaka production

September 19, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 410 & Online (Livestream)

The Center for Biographical Research presents: / “Puana: A Conversation about the Upcoming Hawaiian-language Play Exploring Music, Kūpuna, and Their Living Legacy" / Moderated by Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker, Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawaiʻi at ԴDz (ƵM) / Featuring production designers Maile Speetjens, Kaʻiukapu Baker, Noelani Montas, Chris Patrinos, Antonio Hernandez, and Kelli Finnegan / Written and directed by Tammy Hailiʻōpua Baker with Kaipulaumakaniolono Baker, in concert with artistic collaborators R. Keawe Lopes, Jr., Tracie Kaʻōnohiokalani Lopes, Zachary Alakaʻi Lum, and Tawaroa Kawana, the new hana keaka (Hawaiian Theatre) production Puana explores the deep connections that Kānaka Maoli have with their kūpuna (ancestors) through song. In this panel discussion, the various production designers will share about their roles in developing this production. Puana will be performed at Kennedy Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at ԴDz, on Sept. 27, 28 and Oct. 4, 5, and 6. For more information, go to https://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/puana/ / Cosponsored by Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition, Theatre Hana Keaka, Hamilton Library, the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, Hui ʻĀina Pilipili: Native Hawaiian Initiative, the Matsunaga Institute, Conflict and Peace Specialist, the Center for Oral History, the School of Communication & Information, the School of Cinematic Arts, and the Departments of Anthropology, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Theatre and Dance, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies / Thursday, September 19 / Kuykendall 410 & Online (Livestream) / 12PM to 1:15PM HST / Livestream links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/TX9oPLuEyLJuFDUE/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/live/EUTSTsQo2Ss?feature=share /


Event Sponsor
Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

More Information
(808) 956-3774

Share by email