Can art come between friends?

That’s the question – and not the only question – raised in an award-winning one-act comedy called ‘ART,’ starring three of Hilo’s veteran actors.

When Serge [Jake McPherson] buys a modern painting that’s essentially all white, Marc [Saul Rollason] is astounded, calls it ‘a piece of [bleep]’ and wonders why his friend has spent a fortune on something so foolish.  Yvan [Steve Peyton] sees Marc’s point, but has always trusted Serge’s taste in modern art.  Things can only get worse!

‘ART,’ by Yasmina Reza, translated (from French) by Christopher Hampton, won Broadway’s highest honor in 1998 – the Tony Award for best play – after winning the equivalent – the Olivier Award –  for its London production in 1996.

‘ART’ will be presented by the Hilo Community Players over the first two weekends in March, in the upstairs theater at the East Hawaii Cultural Center (EHCC), which is also Hilo’s modern art gallery!  Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday March 4, 5, 11, and 12; with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on March 6 and 13.  All tickets are $10 (EHCC and HCP members pay $8).  The EHCC is at 141 Kalakaua St. – across from Kalakaua Park – in downtown Hilo.

For tickets, phone the EHCC Box Office at 935-9085.

As you can see, someone has been tinkering with the website. That would be me! 

Tinkering with the site

I’ve switched the site to a basic blog format, so we can bring you the latest HCP happenings much more quickly!  I’m also working on developing a strong, centralized archive section for the site.  We have over 70 years of history, but the pictures, and clippings aren’t available anywhere for people to see!

If you have any pictures from the Players’ past, please consider sending us copies, so we can post them here.  You can send them attached to an email to wonderrandy@gmail.com, or post a link to a photobucket or flickr page below.  We REALLY appreciate it!

I’ve still got some pages to fill, and some functionality issues to hammer out, but I really like the new layout of the site!!  If you have some ideas of things you’d like to see, just let me know!  I love input – I don’t always act on it, but I love to hear it!

Aloha, Randy

If you’re reading this you’ve probably already noticed — the Hilo Community Players have a new look! We’ll be able to keep you updated with new events and shows more easily than before.