Eric Stack

Eric Stack is a playwright from Kea‘au, Hawai‘i. He writes plays about his home, Hawai‘i. He is the author of Mū, Vitae, Brought to Bear, and Kupe‘e (winner of 2019 Kumu Kahua playwriting contest). He has also written the book and lyrics for the Hawaiian operas, Hā‘upu, Kū I Ka Mana, and The Battle of Kuamo‘o.

He Kala‘e au. He ‘a‘e kū.

Eric Stack is a playwright from Kea‘au, Hawai‘i. He writes plays about his home, Hawai‘i. He is the author of Mū, Vitae, Brought to Bear, and Kupe‘e (winner of 2019 Kumu Kahua playwriting contest). He has also written the book and lyrics for the Hawaiian operas, Hā‘upu, Kū I Ka Mana, and The Battle of Kuamo‘o.

He Kala‘e au. He ‘a‘e kū.

Scripts

Mendokusai

by Eric Stack

Cast Size
8—9
Genre
drama,
melodrama

After losing his mother to the lava flow of 2018, Kūkunu, a leader in his community, family, and Hālau is faced with his own crisis that he fears to confront. He elects seclusion and dedicates himself to a third marriage until unforeseen events, perhaps destiny, compel him to act. He is then challenged to take a stand or forever fade into the abyss of fear.

After losing his mother to the lava flow of 2018, Kūkunu, a leader in his community, family, and Hālau is faced with his own crisis that he fears to confront. He elects seclusion and dedicates himself to a third marriage until unforeseen events, perhaps destiny, compel him to act. He is then challenged to take a stand or forever fade into the abyss of fear.

Kūpe‘e

by Eric Stack

Cast Size
6
Genre
drama,
melodrama,
political

Kūikawā and his father, Pack, want to start a new charter school on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in honor of Kūikawā’s adopted stepsister, Lūhaupua, an activist, who mysteriously disappeared in 1988. Lūhaupua’s daughter, Noewena, a celebrity musician, wants to help with the promotion of the new school. But are her intentions sincere or does she have ulterior motives that in the end could destroy any hope of...

Kūikawā and his father, Pack, want to start a new charter school on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in honor of Kūikawā’s adopted stepsister, Lūhaupua, an activist, who mysteriously disappeared in 1988. Lūhaupua’s daughter, Noewena, a celebrity musician, wants to help with the promotion of the new school. But are her intentions sincere or does she have ulterior motives that in the end could destroy any hope of establishing the school?

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Mū

by Eric Stack

Cast Size
5—7
Genre
drama,
political

After returning home to the Big Island of Hawai'i with her husband, Kūlia hopes to start a new life, but discovers there is no escape from the pursuit of the mū.

After returning home to the Big Island of Hawai'i with her husband, Kūlia hopes to start a new life, but discovers there is no escape from the pursuit of the mū.