Get Caught Up in the Drama! Fellowship

Students discuss the complexities of identity through the lens of a queer couple coming out to their family as they reckon with a messy past. Playwright Kiki Rivera, in excerpts from a radio interview, discusses how she navigates her rich identity through her creative work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Students and Kumu Kahua Artistic Director Harry Wong III discuss the eerie presence of the ghost in the play as a symbol for lost relationships. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Alex Salinas-Nakanishi and Bill Spradlin, the teachers facilitating this project, discuss the power of stories, including examples of some that have left an impression on them over the years. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Alex Salinas-Nakanishi, English Professor at Kapi’olani Community College, gives an overview of the goals and process guiding the project. Bill Spradlin, AVID teacher at Kaimuki HS, reflects on how students can benefit. Students share what they hope to learn, and Harry Wong, artistic director at Kumu Kahua Theater, shares some thoughts about what dramatic arts can contribute to a community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Dana and Jason from Kapiʻolani CC and Michelle from Kaimuki HS discuss where anger comes from and strategies for addressing one of the most difficult human emotions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Alex and Bill, the teachers from Kapi'olani CC and Kaimuki HS, respectively, coordinating the Diversity Fellowship project discuss their impressions of the play and students' responses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Background, author discussion, and students' first impressions of play #1, Ua Pau. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Mazie and Kimi from Kapi'olani CC and Kristen from Kaimuki HS discuss symbolic elements in the play and perform a scene with analysis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message

Jordan from Kapi'olani CC & Noel from Kaimuki HS discuss themes of cultural identity in the play and perform a scene with analysis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-salinas-nakanishi/message