Perform in English and Hoike in Hawaiian Language. Sit in English and Noho in Hawaiian Language. Release in English and Hookuu in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Haa in Hawaiian Language. Hide in English and Pee in Hawaiian Language. Memorize in English and Hoopaanaau in Hawaiian Language. Touch in English and Hoopa in Hawaiian Language. Sing in English and Mele in Hawaiian Language. Appear in English and Oili in Hawaiian Language. Dive in English and Luu in Hawaiian Language. Crawl in English and Kolo in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Hula in Hawaiian Language. Balance in English and Kaulike in Hawaiian Language. Bellow in English and Kuo in Hawaiian Language. Breathe in English and Hanu in Hawaiian Language. Extend in English and Hoonui in Hawaiian Language. Embrace in English and Puliki in Hawaiian Language. Flinch in English and Kuemi in Hawaiian Language. Sit in English and Noho in Hawaiian Language. Release in English and Hookuu in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Haa in Hawaiian Language.
Hide in English and Pee in Hawaiian Language. Memorize in English and Hoopaanaau in Hawaiian Language. Touch in English and Hoopa in Hawaiian Language. Sing in English and Mele in Hawaiian Language. Appear in English and Oili in Hawaiian Language. Dive in English and Luu in Hawaiian Language. Crawl in English and Kolo in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Hula in Hawaiian Language. Balance in English and Kaulike in Hawaiian Language. Bellow in English and Kuo in Hawaiian Language. Breathe in English and Hanu in Hawaiian Language. Extend in English and Hoonui in Hawaiian Language. Embrace in English and Puliki in Hawaiian Language. Flinch in English and Kuemi in Hawaiian Language.

CONTEST: Seeking Photos of Local Junk Drawers

Do you have a catchall drawer? That drawer with sauce packets, chopsticks, paper clips, and recipes but also with peculiar miscellaneous things unique to you? Kennedy Theatre is seeking a high-resolution photograph of a local style ”junk drawer” for possible inclusion in its November online production of Lee Cataluna’s Flowers of Hawai’i. In the play, you’ll meet the quirky, troubled, and resilient members of a multi-generational local family. We want to see what they are hiding.

We are looking for photographs, taken from above, of a typical junk drawer (and its contents) that might be found in a local kitchen or living room. Please don’t neaten it for us, we want it just the way it is! 

Details –

– Email ktpub@hawaii.edu a high-resolution photograph (most advanced phone cameras can take a photograph of suitable resolution) taken from above the open drawer, showing its contents. Orienting the photo as landscape (wider than it is tall) is helpful. 

– Include the following statement in your email: I am the legal owner of the image and I authorize Kennedy Theatre to use the photo in its production of Flowers of Hawai’i. 

Please send by Oct. 15 for highest priority consideration.

Please also include your name and any other contact information. 

If we decided to use your photo, and you’d like to be anonymous, that’s OK;  if you want a credit, please let us know how you would like your name to appear and what neighborhood and island you are from.

The owner of the winning photograph will be invited to view Flowers of Hawai’i for free from their device!

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