Tyke Dreams of Plumeria Stars

"Tyke Dreams of Plumeria Stars" is a play set in an Occupy protest camp, and features the protestors staging a play based on the lives of a family that has been torn apart by loss: a Sister who has returned from war, a Brother haunted by a mistake from his past that cost the life of his young nephew, a Bound Man who is kept alive through machines but has nothing to live for. Each of them is struggling to find some kind of peace within themselves and within the world around them – all with the specter of Tyke the elephant seeming to haunt them wherever they go.

“Tyke Dreams of Plumeria Stars” is a devised piece of theatre, meaning that when the actors began rehearsing there was no script, no story – everything was created from the ground up by the cast. Using the themes found in Shakespeare’s “Othello” (love, jealously, betrayal, war, etc) as a starting point, the students worked on responding to those themes in some way that was meaningful to them. Eventually, a story and script were created from these exercises. The only connections to “Othello” are thematic ones, so don’t expect to see much of Shakespeare in this show.

Doors open at 7:30pm, and the play starts at 8pm.

Ticket Information
$10 General Admission

Event Sponsor
Drama Program, Leeward Campus

More Information
Kemuel DeMoville, 455-0691, kemuel@hawaii.edu, The Cast of \"Tyke Dreams of Plumeria Stars\" (PDF)

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