Chrissy Matthews was picking up the latest in juicy gossip during the lunch. “The parents brought the pizza, so we’re taking a break,” said Keith Amano, who along with Amy Amano, wrote and directed “Dizzy High School Snoozical.” That play,
Chrissy Matthews was picking up the latest in juicy gossip during the lunch.
“The parents brought the pizza, so we’re taking a break,” said Keith Amano, who along with Amy Amano, wrote and directed “Dizzy High School Snoozical.”
That play, presented by the students at Kapa‘a Middle School, is one of three being offered by The Kaua‘i Performing Arts Center starting Wednesday.
Amano said the plays on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are for the schools on the island. The public performances are on Friday and Saturday night starting at 7 p.m. at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall.
Coinciding with the 9th Annual Lights on Rice holiday parade, Friday, Amano said a lot of the parents will probably leave the kids at the convention hall between the school performance and the public performance.
He was anticipating the scene when he had to tend to the 38 members involved from Kapa‘a Middle School.
In addition to the Kapa‘a Middle School production, the triad of plays will also feature “Miss Polly’s Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show,” directed by Kathryn Bankhead and featuring the talent of Waimea Canyon School students. The play was written by Don Zolidis.
Dennis McGraw will direct the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School students in “The Ever After,” written by Nathan Hartswick.
As the Kapa‘a Middle School students broke for lunch, it was hard to tell reality from their cast roles as Megan Alexson, cast as a high-fashion glamour girl Rummy Baxter, touted her rockstar status in some poses before the line leading to the pizza.
Jaxey Cantu, cast as Opera Winfery, was apart from the other characters, enjoying her slice of pizza, and trying to avoid the observations of Audrey Woods, cast as Chrissy Matthews, a political reporter.
Tickets for the public performances are $3 for students and $6 for adults, and will be available at the door.
For reservations, or more information, call McGraw at 651-2417.
KPAC is a Hawai‘i State Department of Education program.
Coming on the heels of the middle school students’ performances, KPAC also announced the presentation of two one-act plays by the Kapa‘a and Kaua‘i high school students.
“Caution: Politricks,” written by Alan Haehnel and directed by Poppy Shell, will be combined with “The Lottery,” adapted by Brainerd Duffield from the short story by Shirley Jackson and directed by McGraw.
These plays by the high school students will be presented on Dec. 15 starting at 7 p.m. and Dec. 16 starting at 4 p.m. at the Kapa‘a All Saints Gym.
Student ticket prices are $4 and adults are $8, and are available from the students, or at the door.
For more information on any of these KPAC presentations, call McGraw at 651-2417.
