“The Staircase”
Mother and Son spend their evenings playing cards and retelling stories of Hawaiian legend. Better those stories than their own, which lurk below the surface. When Son’s former sweetheart resurfaces, both he and Mother must choose how they will embrace the future. A mysterious tale about holding on, letting go and the curious force that pulls us back home.
Recipient of the Elizabeth George Commission and developed with the Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Rep (2023)
“Nan”
“Nan” centers on the lives of three Hawaiian women in a small family. Nan, the matriarch, gives her daughter, Alice, an impossible task, forcing Alice to come to terms with her life and relationship with her mother.
“That Old Ali’i Lady”
Miss Kina'u is a lonely ali'i woman, a once highly respected political and noble class in Hawai'i. After finding Ewaliko hiding in her stables, she takes her in and gives her a job as her attendant. It's an easy enough job but the relationship and dynamic between these two women becomes strained once Mr. Brooks, a wealthy gentleman caller, arrives to the estate, where money quickly becomes an issue.