By Moses Goods and the HTY Ensemble
This original production introduces young audiences to Native Hawaiian ideas of balance and healing by exploring our relationship to Pa‘akai (salt). Traditionally, pa‘akai is food, medicine, and sacrament; it is essential to our individual, communal, and environmental well-being. Through stories, songs, laughter, and audience participation, the ensemble joyously celebrates ancient and modern ways we can restore and maintain balance.
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DATES
Sunday:
• February 9, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Saturday:
• February 15, 2025 @ 4:00pm
FOR EDUCATORS
THE PAʻAKAI WE BRING
UPPER ELEMENTARY (GRADES 4 & UP) • MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE DATES
Tenney Theatre: February 10 – 21, 2025
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 9:30 and 11:00am
- Wednesday at 9:00 and 10:30am
RESERVE YOUR SHOW TODAY!
NEED MORE EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE INFORMATION?
Contact Stu Hirayama at 808-839-9885 ext. 701 or email at schools@htyweb.org
OTHER RESOURCES
STUDY GUIDE
Additional Resources, Videos and HI Way Episode
Production Credits
Directed by Moses Goods and Eric Johnson
Devised by Moses Goods (lead), Lee Cataluna, Eric Johnson, Pōʻai Lincoln, Lokomaikaʻi Lipscomb, Mattea Mazzella, Junior Tesoro
Performed by Jarren Amian, Alysia Kepaʻa, Lokomaikaʻi Lipscomb, Kala Muller
Stage Manager Sarah Danvers
Dramaturg Lee Cataluna
Visual Design by Hanalei Marzan
Music by Mattea Mazzella and HTY Ensemble
Lighting Design by Stephen Pruitt
Costume Design by Iris Kim and Emily Wright
Technical Direction/Prop Design Eric West
Design Consultant Chesley Cannon
Haku Mele (Hula) Moses Goods, Pōʻai Lincoln, Lokomaikaʻi Lipscomb, Hanalei Marzan, and Ryan I. Kahaʻiʻōlelo Sueoka
Mahalo
HTY would like to extend a special mahalo to the Nizo, Santos and Nobrega families and all the other salt-makers of Hanapēpē. Without their ʻike and aloha, this project wouldn’t have been possible
Partners
We have been so fortunate to work with a variety of partners and funders on the creation of content for this project.
Funders Include:
National Endowment for the Arts
Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
New England Foundation for the Arts
Hawai‘i State Department of Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness
American Savings Bank
Playhouse Square Foundation
Ulupono Initiative
SUPPORT THIS WORK
If you would like to support this work or other HTY Projects please contact HTY’s Managing Director, Becky Dunning at manager@htyweb.org.
