Nanakuli High and Intermediate School Performing Arts Center, NPAC, performed "Under the Influence" by Ron Parker. Each act was performed by a single student, each act was how people under the influence of drugs or alcohol affected the lives of others and especially the people who loved them. Some were brothers, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, children, mothers and sometimes complete strangers. To say it was heartbreaking is an understatement.
NPAC was selected to perform in the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. They left a few days after this performance. See the details of their trip at their site.
www.nhispac.com

Son of an alcoholic father.

She cut her wrist because of peer pressure from drug taking schoolmates.

Older brother with a brother in the hospital after a drug dealer gave him free drugs.

Telling the drug dealer what happened to his brother.

Wife of an alcoholic husband who works two jobs while her husband drinks at home.

She finally realizes she is making it easy for her husband to do nothing but drink.

The girl on the left wants to a part of drug cliche.

She finds out they are not real friends. They abandon her when she ODs.

These people are not true friends, they are only interested in drugs.

Meth baby who is teased a school for being slow, who can't understand why her mom did what she did while she was pregnant. Alcoholics have AA, drug addicts can go to rehab. Meth babies are meth babies for life.

Mom, why did you take the bad medicine that made me this way.

Girlfriend with a drug addict boyfriend.

This mom's baby was killed by a drunk driver.

Director of NPAC Robin Kitsu.
2 comments:
Wow, you captured some pretty powerful emotions!!
Erick that was a very powerful performance - the messages were very clear - great pictures. Thank you for including the link for their journey. I was wondering how it went. I just knew it was an experience of lifetime.
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