On Friday, October 1, 6pm-7:30pm HST experience "Nā Huliau: Turning Points on Stage." Forover a decade, the Hawai‘i Pono‘ī Coalition has produced living history plays by Victoria NalaniKneubuhl. These three Hawaiian plays each examine a significant turning point of the late 19thcentury: the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893, the 1895 military tribunal following theunsuccessful effort to restore Queen Liliu‘okalani to the throne, and the Native Hawaiianstruggle against the 1898 annexation of the so-called Republic of Hawai‘i to the United States.Following monologues from the three plays performed by actors John Wat, Wil Kahele, MathiasMaas, Craig Howes, Lala Buzzell, and Maki‘ilei Ishihara, a panel of Native Hawaiian scholarsrepresenting three generations of scholarship—Kawēlauokealoha Wright, Kealani Cook, andNoenoe K. Silva—offer responses to the theatrical presentation, and reflect on what can belearned from the past, as Hawai‘i nears potential turning points now.
over a decade, the Hawai‘i Pono‘ī Coalition has produced living history plays by Victoria Nalani
Kneubuhl. These three Hawaiian plays each examine a significant turning point of the late 19th
century: the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893, the 1895 military tribunal following the
unsuccessful effort to restore Queen Liliu‘okalani to the throne, and the Native Hawaiian
struggle against the 1898 annexation of the so-called Republic of Hawai‘i to the United States.
Following monologues from the three plays performed by actors John Wat, Wil Kahele, Mathias
Maas, Craig Howes, Lala Buzzell, and Maki‘ilei Ishihara, a panel of Native Hawaiian scholars
representing three generations of scholarship—Kawēlauokealoha Wright, Kealani Cook, and
Noenoe K. Silva—offer responses to the theatrical presentation, and reflect on what can be
learned from the past, as Hawai‘i nears potential turning points now.