Leroy Olen

Leroy Olen is a playwright and the founder and President of Aloha Common Theatre, a Hawaiʻi-based new play development company. A resident of Kauaʻi for fifteen years, Leroy has spent over two decades immersed in the culture, community, and spirit of the Hawaiian Islands. His work draws on the intersection of indigenous wisdom, environmental urgency, and the transformative power of aloha. His full-length play Apocalypse and Aloha is currently in development and festival submission.

Leroy Olen is a playwright and the founder and President of Aloha Common Theatre, a Hawaiʻi-based new play development company. A resident of Kauaʻi for fifteen years, Leroy has spent over two decades immersed in the culture, community, and spirit of the Hawaiian Islands. His work draws on the intersection of indigenous wisdom, environmental urgency, and the transformative power of aloha. His full-length play Apocalypse and Aloha is currently in development and festival submission.

Scripts

Apocalypse and Aloha

by Leroy Olen

Synopsis

Set on a tranquil hillside lanai in Kalaheo, Kauaʻi, Apocalypse and Aloha is a striking, two-act eco-techno thriller. On the eve of a mysterious global cataclysm, a local surfer named Danny is reunited with two figures from his past: a shadow-government operative carrying news of a catastrophic AI population cull, and a brilliant immunologist who has secretly sabotaged the global order. As a time-released...

Set on a tranquil hillside lanai in Kalaheo, Kauaʻi, Apocalypse and Aloha is a striking, two-act eco-techno thriller. On the eve of a mysterious global cataclysm, a local surfer named Danny is reunited with two figures from his past: a shadow-government operative carrying news of a catastrophic AI population cull, and a brilliant immunologist who has secretly sabotaged the global order. As a time-released "Doomsday Virus" ticks toward activation, this poignant drama asks if the resilient power of ‘ohana can outlast a digital apocalypse.