MĀNOA VALLEY THEATRE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HAWAII SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

BASED ON THE SCREENPLAY BY MARC NORMAN AND TOM STOPPARD

ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY LEE HALL. MUSIC BY PADDY CUNNEEN

ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON THE WEST END BY DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP & SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS, DIRECTED BY DECLAN DONNELLAN, AND DESIGNED BY NICK ORMEROD

YOUNG WILL SHAKESPEARE HAS WRITER’S BLOCK. THE DEADLINE FOR HIS NEW PLAY IS FAST APPROACHING, BUT HE’S IN DESPERATE NEED OF INSPIRATION. THAT IS, UNTIL HE FINDS HIS MUSE... THE FEISTY, BRILLIANT AND BEAUTIFUL VIOLA. THIS CRAFTY YOUNG WOMAN, WILL’S GREATEST ADMIRER, WILL STOP AT NOTHING—INCLUDING BREAKING THE LAW—TO APPEAR IN HIS NEXT PLAY. AGAINST A BUSTLING BACKDROP OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, RUTHLESS SCHEMING, AND BACKSTAGE THEATRICS, WILL’S LOVE FOR VIOLA BLOSSOMS, INSPIRING HIM TO WRITE HIS GREATEST ROMANTIC MASTERPIECE.