By Pacific Island Times News Staff
Hilo, Hawaii—After TeAda Productions’ successful run on Oʻahu, “Nothing Micro About Micronesia” will premiere to Moku o Keawe (Big Island of Hawaiʻi) and Maui this week.
This highly anticipated production’s Big Island premiere is slated for Oct. 22 at the University of Hawaiʻi-Hilo Performing Arts Center, and the Maui premiere will be held on Oct. 26 at Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Plans are underway to tour Saipan and Guam in April 2025.
“Nothing Micro About Micronesia tells a coming-of-age story about three Micronesian youth who meet in an unlikely place, and through magic, are transported to island adventures in Micronesia.
During the journey, these friends navigate between Hawaiʻi and the
traditions of their homelands while facing the rising tides of their uncertain futures.
The story centers on the complex issues faced by youth in Hawaiʻi from migration and assimilation to cultural reclamation and familial responsibility; connecting to intergenerational Micronesian experiences in Hawaiʻi, across the atolls and islands of Micronesia, and beyond.
The play spotlights the cultural traditions and stories of Micronesians, while highlighting the urgent need for education and advocacy around issues of climate migration, cultural erasure, and discrimination in the present day.
Over the last decade, artistic directors Leilani Chan and Ova Saopeng, and the ensemble have conducted workshops with members of the Micronesian
Community throughout Hawaiʻi, Guam, and the U.S. continent that produced the first nationally touring play about Micronesians, “Masters of the Currents.”
In the summer of 2024, the creative duo traveled to Micronesia and deepened relationships in the Marshall Islands, Pohnpei, Saipan and Chuuk.
That trip became the inspiration for “Nothing Micro About Micronesia.”
TeAda’s successful methodology in community engagement, and touring makes TeAda Productions a leader in transforming American theater.
For tickets and more information about the Fall 2024 Tour, visit
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