Today At 10 AM At `Iolani Palace In Honolulu
Beginning at 10 AM today on the front steps of ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu, La Ho`iho`i Ea will present a dramatic re-enactment of the events that led to proclaiming into existence of the Republic of Hawai`i and the subsequent installation of Sanford B. Dole as President of the Territory of Hawai`i.
“With Bible in hand, pistols in their pockets and American Naval troops at the ready, men gathered on the steps of `Iolani Palace on July 4th, 1894.
Invoking the name of American liberty, they dismantled the liberty of the people of the Hawaiian Kingdom.”
This exciting re-enactment is free and open to the public.
The script, a work in progress, has been prepared using input from several noted Hawai`i scholars and historians including writer/producer Tom Coffman
CAST OF CHARACTERS
• Queen Lili`uokalani – Kumu Hina Wong-Kalu
• James G. Blaine – Kioni Dudley
• Henry Cooper – Jay M. Fidell
• Sanford Dole – Stuart Feinberg
• Francis Hatch – Henry Curtis
• Albert Francis Judd – Peter Carlisle
• W.O. Smith – Jeff Pompadur
• John L. Stevens – Thomas Baldwin
• Lorrin Thurston – Roger Epstein
• Thomas Williams – Scott Foster
NARRATORS
Poka Laenui
Tom Coffman
