The Navigator!

On Monday our class visited the Hawai'i Theatre for Youth and watched their production of "Navigator!" Read the student summary below to learn more about the play:

Summary (what the play was about):

The play is about two girls with the same name. One

girl lives in modern day California. The other girl lives in Kahiki (Tahiti) 1,000 years ago. The two girls' name is Moana. The Moana of the past always wanted to be a navigator. Her father was a famous navigator who was chosen to navigate a canoe to Hawai'i. She sneaks onto the canoe and is cared for by a nerdy guy whose name means fungus. After that, she gets to be the navigator because her father is injured. And for the girl in California, she got to go on a canoe but a storm came so she had to go back to shore.

Evaluation (why I liked or did not like the play):

The thing I liked about the play was that there were two girl characters. Another thing I liked is that it was set in the ocean and on land in the past and present. The Moana of the present doesn't like having a Hawaiian name. But, the Moana of the past likes having a Hawaiian name. Also, both girls get to experience their dreams. Lastly, the two girls have different reasons why they were able to go to Hawai'i.