WATCH: CAATA ConFest Virtual Series Premiere
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On Monday, August 10 at 1PM HT/7PM ET, CAATA broadcast the 90-minute premiere episode of its ConFest Virtual Series, “Kuʻu ʻĀina, Kuʻu Piko, Kuʻu Kahua: Return to the Source,” hosted by CAATA ConFest Co-Chairs CAATA ConFest Co-Chairs Leilani Chan (Founding Artistic Director, TeAda Productions) and Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker (Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa), and focused on CAATA’s decision to convene ConFest in Hawaiʻi. Featured performances included an excerpt of work by Hana Keaka, the Hawaiian Theatre Program based in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on O‘ahu, and introduced its May 2021 ConFest keynote speakers: Dr. R. Keawe Lopes, Director & Associate Professor of Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language; Sammie Choy, Professor of Asian American Drama & Theatre, Kapi‘olani Community College; and Hone Kouka (Ngati Porou, Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Kahungunu), acclaimed Maori writer, director, and co-founder of the theatre production house Tawata Productions.
