Honolulu, HI - Oct. 25, 2006 - Chaminade University of Honolulu’s Performing Arts Theatre presents two plays each playing on alternate nights from Nov. 3 to 12 in the Black Box Theatre, Freitas Hall 101. Admission is free. For tickets, call the Sullivan Library at 735-4725.
- The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance has won the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Circle awards for Best Play. Imbued with a powerful humanity, humor and grace, The Elephant Man is the true story of a remarkably sensitive, intelligent and often humorous man whose body was hideously deformed. John Merrick began his life as a side show freak and ended it as one of the most celebrated men in England. This is the story of that remarkable journey and the triumph of the human spirit. The Elephant Man opens Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and repeats Nov. 7, 9 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and on Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
- In the play Someday by Drew Hayden Taylor, Anne Wabung’s daughter was taken away by children's aid workers when the girl was only a toddler. It is Christmastime 35 years later, and Anne's yearning to see her now-grown daughter is stronger than ever. When the family is finally reunited, however, the dreams of neither woman are fulfilled. Though told through the fictional characters of one family, the playis based on the real-life tragedies suffered by many Native Canadian families during the Canadian government's "Children Scoop Up" policy affecting the Ojibway people in the 1950s and 1960s. Filled with Taylor's distinctive wit and humor, Someday is an entertaining, humorous and spirited play that packs an intense emotional wallop. Someday opens Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and repeats Nov. 6, 8, and 10 at 7:30 p.m. and on Nov. 12 at 3 p.m.
Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University offers programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. The main campus is located in Kaimuki at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, with 10 satellite locations around Oahu military bases and Catholic parishes and schools. For more information, visit the Chaminade University Web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.For more information, visit the Chaminade University website at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.
