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
KCACTF) Region 8 winner for lighting design, and
Christine Chang, regional runner up for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Award and recipient of the Summer Arts Scholarship Award ($1,500).
Christine Chang
“Instead of creating displays for a physical exhibition, entrants had to put together a slideshow/gallery of their work and record a 5-minute presentation for the new online format,” said Sorensen, a senior theatre major. “As soon as I saw my name pop up, it felt like coming down from the top of a roller coaster in the best way possible.”
“There was so much excitement during the festival and I was grateful just to continue to move forward in the rounds,” said Chang, an
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.