For more information and to purchase tickets, call 974-7310, or order online at www.artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center presents a one-woman play, “No. 2,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
“Written by Toa Fraser and performed by Madeleine Sami, “No. 2″ is comprised of nine characters ranging from a feisty Fijian/New Zealand matriarch to a lovesick rugby player,” said Lee Dombroski, Performing Arts Center manager.
The play takes place one scorching hot summer’s day when family matriarch, Nanna Maria, wakes up and decides she wants a feast complete with pig on a spit, red wine in bottles, not cartons, and a priest. At the feast, Nanna Maria intends to name her successor — her No. 2. Only her grandchildren, and none of her children, have been invited apart from one outsider, Father Francis, and there is one more unexpected surprise guest.
“No. 2” premiered in 1999 to critical and audience acclaim, winning the Chapman Tripp New Zealand Theatre Award for Best NZ Play and touring to Edinburgh where it won a Fringe First Award in 2000, followed by a successful international tour. The play was made into a movie which debuted at the Sundance Festival in 2006. The play, starring the original performer Madeleine Sami, was remounted in 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand, to mark its 10th anniversary.
“No. 2” is produced by Strata Creative Limited, originally performed at Silo Theatre in New Zealand, and the Hawaii tour is supported by Creative New Zealand, the arts council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.
Tickets are reserved seating and are $15 general, $10 discount and $7 for UH students and children. Box Office hours are from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
For more information and to purchase tickets, call 974-7310, or order online at www.artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.