Event equipment rental for ConFest 2024 Ku'u 'Aina, Ku'u Piko, Ku'u Kahua: Reconnecting and Rebuilding in Honolulu

ConFest 2024 Ku'u 'Aina, Ku'u Piko, Ku'u Kahua: Reconnecting and Rebuilding

Honolulu

CAATA ConFest is a biennial theatre festival & conference that gathers AAPI, MENA, SWANA, Native, & Indigenous artists nationwide.

We are excited to announce that CONFEST 2024 is back on! As you can imagine, since our original postponement in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have deliberated on this decision many times. In consultation with the CAATA board, artists, and theaters in Hawai‘i and across the nation, we have concluded that to heal and move forward, we as a community long to come together and celebrate. However, given the severe impact of the last four years on our field and specifically on Hawai‘i itself, we can only do so in the most responsible way possible. This means that to mitigate the impact of inviting our colleagues to visit the ‘āina, we need to ensure that when CONFEST is over, the Hawai‘i theater community is stronger than ever before. As theater artists, we recognize the shifting landscape and the need to be both responsible and responsive. We see this as a moment of change. A moment to gather. A moment to learn. A moment to act.