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Robert Faust, "The Mask Messenger." Photo is courtesy of UH-SCEP

Faustwork Mask Theatre’s “The Mask Messenger” will be a featured performer for the 2010 HSPLS Children’s and Teen Summer Reading Programs at six selected public libraries on Oahu and the island of Hawaii in June 2010. Admission is free.

Robert Faust, founder and artistic director of Faustwork Mask Theatre, will present “The Mask Messenger” in celebration of this year’s summer reading programs. “The Mask Messenger” will discuss, demonstrate, and expand the concept of the mask, exploring its relationship to human psychology, business, fashion, art, dance, and theatre. Faust will perform a series of vignettes ranging from comic to bizarre to poignant at the following libraries; program is suitable for ages 6 and older unless noted otherwise:

• June 9, noon – Hawaii State Library (program for Teens at 478 South King Street; telephone: 586-3490)
• June 12, 10:30 a.m. – Kailua Public Library (239 Kuulei Road; telephone: 266-9911)
• June 13, 2:30 p.m. – Kaneohe Public Library (45-829 Kamehameha Highway; telephone: 233-5676)
• June 15, 1 p.m. – Hilo Public Library (300 Waianuenue Avenue; telephone: 933-8888)
• June 16, 6 p.m. – Waipahu Public Library (94-275 Mokuola Street; telephone: 675-0358)
• June 17, 10 a.m. – Waianae Public Library (85-625 Farrington Highway; telephone: 697-7868)

All children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Contact the hosting library as soon as possible if a sign language interpreter or other special accommodation is needed.

This 2010 HSPLS summer reading performance program is funded by a generous grant from the Friends of the Library of Hawaii, Marriott Resorts Hawaii, Ko Olina Resort and Marina, HMSHost, Meadow Gold Dairies, Hansen Foodservice, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Hawaiian Telcom, the UH-Manoa Outreach College’s Statewide Cultural Extension Program, and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

In addition, public libraries statewide are hosting a variety of performers and programs. Visit www.librarieshawaii.org for a complete list of programs and performers, or call your local library to find out their programs.