Aloha Boricua centers on an early example of strategic population displacement under U.S. colonial rule: After the destruction from Category 4 hurricane San Ciriáco, just one year after military invasion, and lured by the promise of paid work and new beginnings, young Puerto Rican sugarcane workers and their loved one embark on a one-way journey to Hawaii.

Multiple voices collide in this musical story, including those of Hawaiian Queen Lili’uokalani; Pele, Hawaiian Goddess of Fire and Volcanoes; and a younger generation of streetwise artists desperate to make sense of it all.

Performed in English and Spanish with supertitles.