Theatre
Hawai‘i Pacific University offers a unique experience for students interested in studying Theater. Small classes allow for greater interaction between students and teachers and allow for individualized attention. Courses are taught by Theater professionals, offering students high-quality instruction and mentoring. Acting and production courses give students the opportunity to apply both technical and performance skills to live performances. Because the major productions involve actors, designers, and technicians from the community, students have the opportunity to work with many theater professionals, both on stage and off stage. As a member of the Hawaii State Theatre Council, HPU Theatre has earned numerous awards for acting, directing, ensemble performance, playwriting, and overall play production.
SPRING 2023 Theatre Production
HPU’s spring play — The Moors — will be performed at KOA Theater, located at 780 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
Tickets can be reserved online or purchased at the door with cash or check. Online reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited.
Ticket holders should arrive within 10 minutes of the scheduled performance to ensure seating. Late seating will be at the discretion of the house manager and is not guaranteed. In the event of a sold out performance, an in person waiting list will begin one hour before the performance.
Parking at KOA Theater:
Free parking is available at the underground Frank Fasi Municipal Building Parking lot on Beretania. (Enter from Beretania on your left just past Alapa’i.)
Street parking can often be found on Beretania, and also on Alapai St., along the side of the Board of Water Supply. (This is metered parking, but free after 6 and on Sundays.)
*DO NOT PARK IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMERCIAL LOTS – THEY WILL TOW!
For more information, please contact Professor Emily Stapleton estapleton@hpu.edu.
PAUL & VI LOO THEATRE
2021-2022 SEASON
Hawai‘i Pacific University Theatre strives to include any student with the desire and interest to be involved. We present one full
The Mainstage Theatre Productions will have open auditions, to which any interested students are encouraged to attend.
Our Student Theatre Showcase features the talents of the students enrolled in acting, performance, and directing classes.
FALL 2021 MAINSTAGE THEATRE PRODUCTION
NOVEMBER 4 THROUGH 14
EGGS ON ICE
by Kristine M Reyes
directed by Lanaly Cabalo
Denise is the top sales/marketing rep at Eggs on Ice, a premier egg freezing facility, who believes in the company’s mission to help give women more reproductive choices. Led by the enigmatic and cocksure Dr. Freeze, the company aims to be a full-service facility for all fertility needs, second to none. As Denise takes the audience on a tour of the company and its clientele, she starts noticing strange new policies being put into place and begins to question if something more sinister is at play. Set in the very near future, Eggs on Ice is a satirical play about the egg freezing industry and how it markets to young professional women, preying and capitalizing on their fears and insecurities under the guise of helping them to “have it all.”
PERFORMANCE DATES
November 4, 5, 6 13 at 7:30 pm
November 7-14 a 2:00 p.m.
spring 2022 MAINSTAGE THEATRE PRODUCTION
MARCH 31-april 10
A MIDSUMMER Nights Dream by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Lacey Perrine Chu
directed by Sharon Doyle
PERFORMANCE DATES
Thursday-Saturday, March 31-April 2 and April 7-9, – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 3 & 10 – 2:00 p.m.
Paul and Vi Loo Theatre and also Livestreamed.
ONLINE RESERVATIONS FOR MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES
Please refer to the current production for more information on requesting reservations.
General admission is $10 and productions are free to HPU students with student id. Please reserve seats in advance.
For reservations, please click on HPU Theatre Reservations.
HPU’s spring play — The Moors — will be performed at KOA Theater, located at 780 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
Tickets can be reserved online or purchased at the door with cash or check. Online reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited.
Ticket holders should arrive within 10 minutes of the scheduled performance to ensure seating. Late seating will be at the discretion of the house manager and is not guaranteed. In the event of a sold out performance, an in person waiting list will begin one hour before the performance.
Parking at KOA Theater:
Free parking is available at the underground Frank Fasi Municipal Building Parking lot on Beretania. (Enter from Beretania on your left just past Alapa’i.)
Street parking can often be found on Beretania, and also on Alapai St., along the side of the Board of Water Supply. (This is metered parking, but free after 6 and on Sundays.)
*DO NOT PARK IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMERCIAL LOTS – THEY WILL TOW!
For more information, please contact Professor Emily Stapleton estapleton@hpu.edu.
2020-2021 SEASON
FALL: A Shot Rang Out by Michael Hagins
SPRING: Where Words Once Were by Finegan Kruckemeyer
2019-2020 SEASON
FALL: The Christians by Lucas Hnath
SPRING: Postponed due to pandemic
2018-2019 SEASON
FALL: Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
SPRING: #MeToo Monologues: Stories for Healing
2017-2018 SEASON
FALL: Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon
SPRING: Private Lives, by Noel Coward
2016-2017 SEASON
FALL: Deathtrap, by Ira Levin
SPRING: The Foreigner, by Larry Shue
2015-2016 SEASON
FALL: Next Fall, by Geoffrey Nauffts
SPRING: Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
2014-2015 SEASON
FALL: Fiddler on the Roof, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by
SPRING: You Can't Take It With You, by Kaufman and Hart
2013-2014 SEASON
FALL: Tartuffe, by
SPRING: Heritage, by P.J. Barry
2012-2013 SEASON
FALL: The Good Doctor, by Neil Simon
SPRING: Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen
2011-2012 SEASON
FALL: The House of Blue Leaves, by John Guare
SPRING: The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
2010-2011 SEASON
FALL: Is He Dead, by Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives
SPRING: Les Dangereuses Liaisons, by Christopher Hampton
2009-2010 SEASON
FALL: Quiptease, by Yokanaan Kearns
SPRING: Arms and the Man, by G.B.Shaw
2008-2009 SEASON
FALL: Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire
SPRING: The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
2007-2008 SEASON
FALL: The Imaginary Invalid, by Moliere
SPRING: The Constant Wife, by Somerset Maugham
2006-2007 SEASON
FALL: The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman
SPRING: The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov
2005-2006 SEASON
FALL: Aloha Rosie’s, a musical by Joyce Maltby and Norman Boroughs
SPRING: The Gin Game, by D.L. Coburn
2004-2005 SEASON
FALL: Broadway Bound, by Neil Simon
SPRING: The Miser, by Moliere
2003-2004 SEASON
FALL: All My Sons, by Arthur Miller
SPRING: Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, by Brel, Blau, and Shuman
2002-2003 SEASON
FALL: Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
WINTER: Sea Marks, by Gardner McKay
SPRING: Morning’s at Seven, by Paul Osborn
2001- 2002 SEASON
FALL: James Joyce’s The Dead, by Nelson and Davey
SPRING: You Can’t Take It With You, by Kaufman and Hart
2000-2001 SEASON
FALL: Kiss
WINTER: Wild Wisdom, by Jeanette Paulson Heriniko
SPRING: Dark of the Moon, by Richardson and Berney
1999-2000 SEASON
FALL: The Little Foxes, by Lillian Hellman
WINTER: Tintypes, a musical revue by Kyte,
SPRING: The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
1998-1999 SEASON
FALL: The Diary of Anne Frank, dramatized by Goodrich and Hackett
SPRING: Light Up The Sky, by Moss Hart
1997-1998 SEASON
FALL: A Night at Rosie’s, a musical by Joyce Maltby and Norman Boroughs
WINTER: Ain’t I A Woman, compiled and performed by Joyce Maltby
SPRING: Inherit the Wind, by Lawrence and Lee
SUMMER: A Night at Rosie's (Dinner Theatre)
1996-1997 SEASON
FALL: A View from the Bridge, by Arthur Miller
SPRING: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare
1995-1996 SEASON
FALL: The Threepenny Opera, by Brecht and Weil
SPRING: Our Town, by Thornton Wilder
1994-1995 SEASON
FALL: Brighton Beach Memoirs, by Neil Simon
SPRING: The Crucible, by Arthur Miller
1993-1994 SEASON
FALL: Rosie’s Place, a musical by Joyce Maltby and Norman Boroughs
SPRING: Ten Nights In A Barroom, a musical melodrama by William Pratt, adapted by Fred Carmichael
1992-1993 SEASON
FALL: Heritage, by P.J. Barry
SPRING: All The World’s A Stage, a collection of songs, scenes, and monologue
Emily Stapelton
Lecturer Theatre
E-mail: estapleton@hpu.edu
Emily Stapleton is a full-time Lecturer in Theatre at Hawai’i Pacific University. She studied acting at UCLA where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater, and she holds a Master of Arts in Drama from San Francisco State University where her primary focus was on the study of dramatic literature and playwriting as well as teaching acting and comedy studies to undergraduate Theatre Arts majors and non-majors. Most recently, Emily earned a Master of Fine Arts in Performance Pedagogy from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and served as an instructor of acting and writing at the university.
Professionally, Emily spent several years working as a stage manager, actor, production coordinator, prop designer, and sound operator at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA. She has also worked as an actor, writer, and director with a variety of San Francisco-based theater groups including Shotz SF, Awesome Theatre, Killing My Lobster, and The Gaggle. Her greatest passion is collaborating with other theatre artists and students to write, direct, and produce new works for the stage.
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