When you have so many people who can relate to a common plight, with common goals, beliefs, and aspirations, it's not just people anymore. Now it's a movement. A first-time Director, Barretto has taken several rather gutsy steps to present his message. Multimedia, using video, music and stage creates a feeling of a link to the past with the present through the use of lighting and sound. He has set a rather barren stage.
Lighting is subtle and sparse.
The fact that this works so well speaks highly of the skill of the Kauai backstage, lighting and sound technicians in this production. The four amateur actors take on an ambitious task in this tight one act with the story and set changes unfolding around them even as they remain onstage. All in all they retain a feeling of naturalness and rather than watching actors, I found myself relating to the characters. Comments and reactions after the show ranged from tears of understanding to chuckles about some of the more pungent lines. No one was bored.