Join MediaRites and Theater Diaspora for a FREE event. A reading of a Sean-Joseph's short play: Tourist Shell Shock and a conversation with the playwright about Native Hawaiian Theater.  Tourist Shell Shock  is a dark, comic twist on the myth of Urashima Taro, this one act play mocks and highlights the sinister side of tourism in Waikīkī. MediaRites and Theater Diaspora collaborated with Sean-Joseph in a previous event and series around Native Hawaiian art in their presentation of Oceania. Hear him speak about the complexities and variety of Native Hawaiian Theater for one night only! Get a ticket above and reserve your spot for this FREE event! --- Sean-Joseph Takeo Kahāokalani Choo is a queer, multi-ethnic, multi-hyphenate artist: actor, composer, playwright, and new work developer. He’s the Lead Steward + Head Jester + Primary Arts Advocate of Kamamo House, a Honolulu-based queer theatre, and new work & artist cultivation/advocacy organization and podcast named after Sean’s fierce, hapa grandmother, Eloise Tsuru Kamamo Matsuno Choo. Sean is dedicated to the stories and storytellers that call Hawaiʻi home. Playwriting career highlights: Playwright cohort, 2024 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices with the fabulous mentor-playwright Roger Q. Mason; Spring 2024 Workshop Intensive Playwright with The Workshop Theater; 2021 Creative Lab Hawai’i Playwrights Immersive Program Fellow with guidance from guncle-mentor Chay Yew, in which otou-san received highest marks; recognition and awards from the Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist, the Pork Filled Productions 2025 Unleashed Festival, the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; The Playwrights Realm’s inaugural Native American Artist Lab member, where he was mentored by the amazing Rhiana Yazzie and Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild, TYA/USA, ASCAP, and CAATA. www.seanjosephchoo.com

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