UH ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi production makes historic debut off-Broadway
Reading time: 2 minutes The UH Mānoa Hawaiian language production ʻAuʻa ʻIa: Holding On debuted in New York on January 7.
UH Hilo grad lands iconic Broadway musical role
Reading time: 2 minutes Joshua Tavares stars in Tony award winning production, Rent, and credits his drama professor for planting acting roots.
UH Hawaiian language play invited to perform ‘Off Broadway’
Reading time: 2 minutes The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa production ʻAuʻa ʻIa: Holding On will be making its Hawaiian language debut in New York City, a first for the theatre department.
Professor publishes yearbook highlighting key figure in political theatre
Reading time: 2 minutes Markus Wessendorf published another volume of the international Brecht Yearbook.
In memoriam: World-class actor, director and professor Terence Knapp
Reading time: 2 minutes Knapp, a classically trained actor and emeritus professor, had an illustrious and wide ranging career on multiple continents and was best known for playing the role of Father Damien.
Musical views children through parents of Bible
Reading time: < 1 minute Windward Community College Palikū Theatre’s fall musical Children Of Eden features some of Hawaiʻi’s leading community performers in a story of family, forgiveness and second chances.
Poʻokela Awards applauds UH theatre productions
Reading time: 4 minutes UH Mānoa, Leeward and Windward Community College theatres were honored for excellence in design, performance, directing and more.
Musical Rent takes center stage at UH Hilo
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Hilo’s Performing Arts Center presents Rent, an inspiring Broadway musical set in New York that follows young artists struggling under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
UH Mānoa students win regional theater festival awards
Reading time: 2 minutes Department of Theatre and Dance students attended the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival to showcase their artistic work and enter in competitions.
Leeward Theatre technical director earns excellence award
Reading time: 2 minutes Don Ranney was honored with the 2019 Excellence in Theatre Education Award from Region 8 at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
