Theater & Oratorical Arts Schedule
Hawaiʻi Convention Center
*All schedules are subject to change
DAY 05 | Monday, 10 June 2024
Theater Showcase
| Liliʻu Theater (Room 310)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Fiji
Afternoon* | Papua New Guinea
Evening* | Hawaiʻi
*Refer to the schedule outside of room 310 for curtain time.
Oratorical Arts
| ʻEmalani Theater (Room 320)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | French Polynesia
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | CNMI
DAY 06 | Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Theater Showcase
| Liliʻu Theater (Room 310)
Evening* | Hawaiʻi
*Refer to the schedule outside of room 310 for curtain time.
Oratorical Arts
| ʻEmalani Theater (Room 320)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Fiji
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Niue
DAY 07 | Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Theater Showcase
| Liliʻu Theater (Room 310)
Morning* | Marshall Islands
6:30 PM | Hawaiʻi:
Title: Ua Pau
Playwright: Alani Apio
In this explosive finale to the Kāmau trilogy, past and present collide as Stevie returns home from college and uncovers hidden truths about her family. Devastated, she begins to experience and unravel the inter-generational trauma that haunts them all. Her struggle to release old ghosts and claim her place — and her kuleana — will determine whether she and her ʻohana survive intact, or at all.
*Refer to the schedule outside of room 310 for curtain time.
Oratorical Arts
| ʻEmalani Theater (Room 320)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Fiji
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Samoa
DAY 08 | Thursday, 13 June 2024
Theater Showcase
| Liliʻu Theater (Room 310)
Morning* | Nauru
Evening* | Aotearoa
*Refer to the schedule outside of room 310 for curtain time.
Oratorical Arts
| ʻEmalani Theater (Room 320)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Marshall Islands
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Tonga
DAY 09 | Friday, 14 June 2024
Theater Showcase
| Liliʻu Theater (Room 310)
Morning* | Tonga
Afternoon* | Wallis & Futuna
*Refer to the schedule outside of room 310 for curtain time.
Oratorical Arts
| ʻEmalani Theater (Room 320)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Guam
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Wallis & Futuna
DAY 10 | Saturday, 15 June 2024
Theater Showcase
| Liliʻu Theater (Room 310)
Morning* | Papua New Guinea
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Fiji:
Kakana ni Wai, by Dr. Apolonia Tamara, is a Oratorical performance that includes both Oratory, Song, chants and traditional meke. It tells the encounters of communities and the challenges they are faced with that a brought about by climate change. While the older generations refused change, the younger generation look forward to new beginnings, and new opportunities in climate induced relocation.
*Refer to the schedule outside of room 310 for curtain time.
Oratorical Arts
| ʻEmalani Theater (Room 320)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Rapa Nui
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Papua New Guinea