Eddie Wen' Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe at The University of Hawaii opened last night at The Kennedy Theatre. The production is written by Marion Lyman-Mersereau and is adapted from her book Eddie Wen’ Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe. The show is co-directed by Mark Branner and Annie K.L. Lipscomb, co-choreographed by Ka’ohinani Yojo Daniels & Amy Lynn Schiffner, and features an original musical underscore by Ian O’Sullivan.
Volunteer in a garden and swim near a waterfall, watch Cinderella build a rocket in a live-streaming musical, putt around a haunted trail and order some spooky sweet treats.
I’m Lot Lane (a solo effort) (Photo courtesy: Christine Lamborn
KCACTF). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the national theatre program reviewed plays through submitted recordings, but upheld its recognition of productions in higher education that promote long-term societal impacts through an artistic lens.
UH Mānoa production,
I’m Lot Lane (a solo effort) interrogates the power dynamics in race, gender relations, and theatre while addressing the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and examining its aftermath in modern Hawaiʻi.
UH Mānoa theatre students created, directed, designed and performed in the production. Graduate student
Kealiʻikeola Simpson wrote and starred in the play alongside graduate students
I’m Lot Lane (a solo effort) (Photo courtesy: Christine Lamborn)
The COVID-19 pandemic created a silver lining for two University of Hawaiʻi theatre productions temporarily halted from in-person performances. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (
KCACTF) Region 8 is normally held at different sites on the West Coast, making it difficult and expensive for
UH productions to appear. However, this year’s online festival has allowed the productions to perform virtually.
I’m Lot Lane (a solo effort) from
Oriental Faddah and Son from the Windward Community College Theatre Program are among six productions invited to the national showcase, February 10–13.