Legend of Ko`olau Free Performance
MACC News Release
Molokai residents will get a unique view into a facet of Hawaii history on Monday, Nov. 11with a free performance of “The Legend of Ko`olau.” The play by local author Gary T. Kubota is being offered on island by the Maui Arts & Cultural Center (MACC).
“The Legend Of Ko`olau” is a one-man play, acted by Ed Ka`ahea and directed by Keo Woolford, telling the story of a Hawaiian man who became an “outlaw” while trying to protect his family’s right to live on the land in Kauai after the loss of Hawaiian sovereignty in 1893. The enforcement of leprosy laws at that time would have consigned Kaluaiko`olau and his son to the “Living Grave” settlement at Kalaupapa, but Ko`olau’s wife Pi`ilani was resolved to keep the family together.…