Pat Sajak retired from Wheel of Fortune, however he’s not waving goodbye to indicate enterprise all collectively! The sport present icon introduced his subsequent profession enterprise, which is able to happen in Hawaii.
Pat, 77, will seem within the play Prescription: Murder at The Hawaii Theatre subsequent 12 months. He’ll costar within the manufacturing, primarily based on the 1962 play of the identical title, with TV character Joe Moore, whom he has recognized for a few years.
“Pat Sajak and Joe Moore are longtime buddies from their service within the military in Vietnam. Joe Moore is Hawaii’s main broadcast anchor. He’s been on the KHON 2 information for many years, and he and Pat nonetheless take pleasure in performing collectively,” Gregory D. Dunn, President and CEO of Hawaii Theatre Heart, advised People in an interview revealed on Monday, June 17. “So by way of his relationship with Joe, Pat has been invited to carry out at The Hawaii Theatre, which is the state’s premier historic performing artwork venue for a number of years.”
Bryce Moore, Therese Olival, Amy Ok. Sullivan and Aiko Chinen can even star within the play. This won’t be the primary time Pat and Joe have teamed as much as work collectively on a undertaking.
“They’ve completed six exhibits collectively through the years and over that point, Pat has donated very generously his time and skills to boost cash to help the nonprofit venue,” he added. “We don’t obtain any state or metropolis or federal funding to function the venue, which is 102 years outdated. So it’s a really costly facility to take care of. A part of Pat’s philanthropy, he very generously donates his time and skills to boost cash to assist help the theater.”
The duo will “not solely forego any wage or any compensation for this, however additionally they herald donors to assist underwrite this system.” Prescription: Homicide will start it’s run on July 31, 2025, at The Hawaii Theatre and finish on August 10, 2025.
The information got here simply days after Pat marked an emotional farewell to Wheel of Fortune after 41 seasons on June 7.
“Properly, the time has come to say goodbye,” Pat advised his followers in a goodbye message forward of the episode. “I’ve a couple of thanks and acknowledgements earlier than I am going, and I need to begin with all of you watching on the market. It’s been an unbelievable privilege to be invited into tens of millions of properties night time after night time, 12 months after 12 months, decade after decade.”
“And I’ve all the time felt just like the privilege got here with the duty to maintain this day by day half hour a protected place for household enjoyable,” he continued. “No social points, no politics, nothing embarrassing I hope, only a recreation. However regularly it turned greater than that. A spot the place children realized their letters, the place folks from different international locations honed their English expertise, the place households got here collectively together with buddies and neighbors, and whole generations.”