Ainakea

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Maui OnStage presents the 3rd production of our 2026 Season - 'Ainakea.

Written by Maui playwright - James Nevius

Directed by Francis Tau'a

Dates: Oct 2 - 18

Times: Fri at 7:30pm, Sat & Sun at 3pm

Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku

Tickets: $10 - $45



ʻAinakea is set on Maui’s west side in 1953. The play tells the fictional story of the wealthy Goodale family and their failing sugar plantation, ‘Ainakea, which was named for a type of prized white sugarcane.

The play is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic drama The Cherry Orchard, widely considered one of the great plays of the early 20th century. Nevius has updated the drama to the 1950s. With statehood looming and the traditional, plantation-based sugar business coming to an end, this was a period of great uncertainty and change in the Hawaiian islands.

Nevius' last full-length play, Murder in the Nth Degree, won the ProArts Playhouse inaugural playwriting competition and was named Best Play of 2022 by Broadway World Hawaii.

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$1.00 per ticket goes to Maui OnStage for the Historic Iao Theater Restoration Fund. These funds are used for the maintenance and upkeep of our nearly 100 yr old building.

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