Actor/Director

Directed by Daniel A. Kelin II, “Moa a Mōʻī” has its moments of eeriness and violence, but there are also welcome bursts of humor and romance as well. When Umi confronts a ferocious shark god, it is through flashing red light and the clattering and choreography of large wooden sticks held by actors that bring the beast to life. The visualization there is inspired. Fans of Hawaiian legends will get the biggest kick out of “Moa a Mōʻī.” Other audiences will find the production an illuminating chapter of Hawaiian culture.

Shipwreck’d on the Body Beautiful

My solo play.
Kumu Kahua Theatre
Jan-Feb, 2019

I attended the local storytelling of “Shipwreck’d on the Body Beautiful” by Daniel A. Kelin, lI, author and actor of this play loosely based on the Tattooed Irish Sailor. It was all so beautifully written and wonderfully performed like our elders did while storytelling. With distinctive dialogue, singing and a bit of dancing, he brought the story to life. The descriptions of what O’Connell saw, tasted felt—from the canoes in the Nahs, the mwaramwars, the festivities, the sakau—if you knew Pohnpei you would think to yourself, “Yep, that’s Pohnpei alright!” It was phenomenal and it made me realize just how much I missed our good ‘ole storytelling by our elders. It made me wonder if there are Pohnpeians still carrying on that tradition.
The Kaselehlie Press, Pohnpei

ACTOR
A select list

DIRECTOR
A select list

Hawaii Shakespeare Festival
Kumu Kahua Theatre
Hawaii Shakespeare Festival
Kumu Kahua Theatre
Rangapeeth | Shantipur, India
Aazhi Children’s Theatre | Pondicherry, India
Windward Little Theatre
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Hawaii Theatre
Manoa Valley Theatre
Hawaii Performing Arts Co
University of Hawaii China Tour
Diamond Head Theatre
University of Hawaii
University of Mississippi Summer Showcase
Great American Melodrama, CA
Summerstage, CT
Weston Summer Playhouse
Weston Summer Playhouse

DAPON THEATRE, Tangla, Assam
Production workshop resulting in trilogy of devised plays

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA (T.I.E. Wing), Tripura, India
In Your Hands, company-devised with 8th Batch
Out of Step, company-devised with 9th Batch

ENSEMBLE THEATRE, Bhopal, Madya Pradesh, India
How Far Will You Go?, company-devised/Red Apple Theatre Gathering (Sri Lanka), Kantipur Academy (Nepal), and other artists from around India

SANTIPUR-RANGAPEETH, Santipur, West Bengal, India
Mystery of Nihoa, company-devised/Rangepeeth company

CROSSROADS THEATRE FOR YOUTH, Pago Pago, American Samoa
Dream, Interrupted, company-created
Moira’s Choice, company-created
O a’u ma lo’u uso, company-created

HONOLULU THEATRE FOR YOUTH, Honolulu, HI
Keiko & Louie: Best Best Friends (Mostly), Director/Playwright
Pacific Tales for Young People, Director/Adaptor
Island Spirits, Island Life, Commissioned by Pacific Outreach Initiatives
Mixed Plate Special
Tales of the Grotesque
He’e Nalu: riding the waves

JODRIKDRIK NAN JODRIKDRIK ILO EJMOUR, Majuro, Marshall Islands
Group devised social issue short plays and folklore plays that tour the islands
Annually from 1991-present
Including The Lady and the Demon, Guam tour

KUMU KAHUA THEATRE, Honolulu, HI
Moa a Mo’i, 2014

CABARET TIKI
(Take a picture of one of the postcards, too)

Founder and director of a collective of writers and performers who wrote and produced plays of 5 pages or less, performing in non-traditional ways and venues such as at the zoo, through a bookstore’s stacks, in collaboration with a queer cabaret, and an improvisation troupe.

HTY YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

Instructor and director of the Pacific Young Playwrights class in which students wrote original one-act plays that were produced as a part of the HTY Theatrefest program.

INTERNATIONAL WORK

Marshall Islands
Jodrikdrik nan Jodrikdrik ilo Ejmour
University of the South Pacific
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Dapon Theatre, Tangla, Assam
Ensemble Theatre, Bhopal, Madya Pradesh

Natya Chetana, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Aazhi Children’s Theatre Group, Pondicherry, India
The Little Theatre, Chennai, India
Shantipur-Rangpeeth, Shantipur, West Bengal, India
Crossroads Theatre for Youth, American Samoa
Wan Smolbag Theatre, Vanuatu
as well as in Pohnpei, Guam

Actor/Director

Shipwreck’d on the Body Beautiful

My solo play. Kumu Kahua Theatre Jan-Feb, 2019

ACTOR A select list