Program Recognition
•Bullet: Strong emphasis on Hawaiʻi and Pacific performance traditions
•Bullet: Connection to KEAKA Hawaiian Language Theatre Festival
•Bullet: Inclusive casting policy
•Bullet: Senior capstone project as culminating creative experience
Training
•Bullet: Courses in acting, stagecraft, directing, and playwriting
•Bullet: Beginning Acting and Directing are core concentration requirements
•Bullet: Mainstage and studio production opportunities each semester
•Bullet: Department Chair Dr. Justina Mattos received the UH Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching
•Bullet: Resident Designer and Theatre Technician Ariana Bassett on staff
•Bullet: Professor Emerita Jackie Pualani Johnson pioneered Hawaiian-language theatre
