Chicago Premiere!
Exploring the Hawaiʻi Meth Epidemic
One-Night-Only Fundraiser
November 18 2025, Facets Film Forum
Nothing Without a Company and Rishi Productions presents a one-night-only fundraiser Not One Batu: The Film Experience. Catch the filmed version of Not One Batu, NWaC’s groundbreaking 2018 production and the first full-length play we ever captured on film.
VIP guests can kick off the evening with a meet & greet and a variety of musubi from Aloha Eats and Kanin, then everyone is invited to stay after the screening for a Q&A panel with the creative team.
Come share in this powerful story and celebrate a landmark moment in NWaC history.
Q&A:
Gusts Marie Tredway (Actor: Honey Girl), Scott Hanada (Actor: Uncle Makana), Hannah Ii-Epstein (Writer), Anna Rose Ii-Epstein (Film Director), and Rachel Slavick (Play Director). Led by Kevin Sparrow (NWaC Literary Manager)
Synopsis:
Meet Honey Girl: a former meth user, now an expert drug dealer. At Haleʻiwa beach park one morning, Honey Girl meets with customers and friends, rival dealers, and her addict mother. Amusing, intimate and occasionally disturbing, Not One Batu follows Honey Girl’s struggle to stay clean in a world turned upside down by meth. This film contains strong language, physical violence, and drug use.
Process:
In 2018, Nothing Without a Company, in association with Aloha Center Chicago and the Chicago Park District produced Not One Batu, an award winning play written by Hannah Ii-Epstein, directed by Rachel Slavick, film direction by Producing Director Anna Rose Ii-Epstein. For the first time in NWacʻs history, a theatre production was filmed. After completing the editing process, we are thrilled to present Not One Batu: The Film Experience in a special one-night-only event.
Cast Credits:
Marie Tredway (Honey Girl), Leleaʻe Kahalepuna-Wong (Ma), Scott Hanada (Uncle Makana), Gloria Alvarez (Sherri), Heather Jencks (Max), Bobby Wilhelmson (Jason), Tony Rossi (Toully), Ian Voltaire Deanes (Braddah).
Production Team Credits:
Rachel Slavick (Play Director), Savannah Cannistraro (Cinematographer), Anna Rose Ii-Epstein (Film Director), Raphael Goldberg (Production Manager), Sandeep Pamulapati (Editor), Lanialoha Lee (Cultural Specialist/Music Artist), Mark Bracken (Set and Light Designer), Matt Collera (Sound Recording), Alan Contreras (Sound Mix/Sound Master), Gabriel Garavaglia (Color Correction), Whitney Masters (Costume Designer), Jaq Seifert (Fight Choreographer), Almanya Narula (Assistant Fight Choreographer), Val Gerard Garcia Jr. (Dramaturge/Play Box Office), Christopher Sylvie (Production Assistant/Stage Manager), Jake Fruend (Poster Designer), and Cale Manning (Indiegogo Video).