WHAT: Auditions for Echoes of Dat Red Guitar by Lee Tonouchi
WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street
WHEN: WORKSHOP: 6:00-8:00 pm, Sunday, March 1, 2015
AUDITIONS: 6:00-9:00 pm, Saturday, March 14, 2015; 6:00-9:00 pm, Sunday March 15, 2015
INFO: 536-4222,
kumukahua.org
Open auditions will be held to cast the upcoming production of Echoes of Dat Red Guitar by Lee Tonouchi at Kumu Kahua Theatre. The show will be directed by Reb Allen and runs May 28 – June 28, 2015.
The work of Lee Tonouchi - Hawai‘i’s “Pidgin Guerilla” - returns to Kumu’s stage with a darkly humorous play about a bright but unmotivated man still living at home with his parents, who berate him for his lack of ambition. He gets a job in a state office populated with memorable characters, including a bully, nerdy techies, a born-again Christian sex bomb, and a haole boss who stresses “community” and “teamwork”. When impending state furloughs threaten his employment, will he be able to summon his personal ‘aumakua, the Japanese superhero Kikaida? Or will the pressure drive him to go postal?
Da Characters
GUY—Guy’s one 30-year old Japanese-Okinawan state Worker living at home with his parents. Real
intense and has one escalating detachment from reality.
DAD—Local Okinawan. War vet from Vietnam war. His dreams wuz
dashed due to da war. He projects his dreams onto his son and is prone to outbursts.
MOM—Local Japanese. She’s da buffer between father and son. She’s
da only love Guy has ever known.
GIRLIE—State worker. Not looking for a relationship.
GRACE—Grace is one religious freak and office hottie. Wears tight fitting
and revealing outfits. She’s one contradiction.
GIL—Gil is one haole. He’s da big boss who’s 24 and graduated with his Masters from some fancy
law school. He got one minority scholarship cuz he’s one minority cuz he argued he
from Hawai‘i where haoles not in da majority. He’s into building community, team
exercises, and efficiency.
GAGE—Gage’s always picking on those weaker. Office bully. He dresses in leather like Saburo.
He has a yellow shirt. His anthem is Hakaida’s theme song. Always compares himself to
oddahs so as for gague how he doing.
GARAN—Talks So-Cal Pidgin. State worker. Garan’s one slacker dude. Comic relief.
GANNON—Talks light Pidgin. State worker. Gannon’s one slacker dude. Comic relief.
GLENN MIYASHIRO—Glenn’s da distant cousin of Guy. Glenn’s da symbol of what Guy’s
parents consider for be success, being middle of da road and generically blending in.
There will be a free audition workshop held from 6:00-8:00 pm, Sunday, March 1, 2015, also at Kumu Kahua Theatre. This workshop is an opportunity for all interested to work with the script and director, and learn the best way to prepare for this audition.
The workshop is free, but space is limited. Please call 536-4222 or email
kumukahuatheatreom@gmail.com to reserve your spot.
Printed scripts are available for loan with a $10 cash deposit at the Kumu Kahua Theatre office weekdays between11am and 3pm–please call 536-4222 before coming to the theatre. Scripts can also be downloaded
here and on the Kumu Kahua Theatre website audition page (
kumukahua.org/audition).
For further information, call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office at 536-4222.
Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Also paid for in part by the taxpayers of the City & County of Honolulu; the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts; The Atherton Foundation, The Hawaii Tourism Authority, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); Hawaiian Electric Company; The Star-Advertiser and other Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.
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