Kumu Kahua Theatre & Bamboo Ridge Press Announce June 2026 Go Try PlayWrite Prompt

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Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press offer a free contest with a $100 prize for Honolulu writers.

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Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the June prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite.

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Thanks to a generous donation from an anonymous donor, contest winners will receive a $100.00 check as well as a subscription to Bamboo Ridge Press.

A Rip Van Winkle prompt. Write a ten-page maximum scene about a person who wakes up in the future to find that something we know is bad for you at present is found to be good for you in the future. Smoking, hydrogenated fats, micro-plastics, climate change, Donald Trump , whatever is currently detrimental to us. Have fun.

Deadline to Enter: June 30th, 2026 at https://www.kumukahua.org .

Kumu Kahua Theatre was founded in 1971 by a group of graduate students at the University of Hawaiʻi, with the original goal of producing locally-written experimental works. The theater educates and trains new generations of aspiring theater professionals through its living laboratory of productions and public play readings, and by holding classes and workshops in acting, improvisation and playwriting.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/hawaii/article/Kumu-Kahua-Theatre-and-Bamboo-Ridge-Press-Reveal-June-2026-Prompt-For-Go-Try-PlayWrite-20260605)._