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At a flagship in crisis, a tiny program’s fight to survive reveals competing visions over the purpose of higher education.

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Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY) is pleased to announce its 68th season.  The 2022-2023 season is titled E Ho’i Hou: Return Anew and marks HTYʻs post-pandemic return to a full season of offerings.

Eddie Wen' Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe at The University of Hawaii opened last night at The Kennedy Theatre. The production is written by Marion Lyman-Mersereau and is adapted from her book Eddie Wen’ Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe. The show is co-directed by Mark Branner and Annie K.L. Lipscomb, co-choreographed by Ka’ohinani Yojo Daniels & Amy Lynn Schiffner, and features an original musical underscore by Ian O’Sullivan.

Mark Branner directs the mainstage production that pays homage to beloved Hawaiʻi waterman, Eddie Aikau.

A newly refurbished bus will serve as a backdrop and shuttle graduate students and other fellow entertainers to live performances across Oʻahu.

UH Mānoa’s 2021 Awards recognizes the leadership and service of its finest faculty, staff and students committed to enhancing the university’s mission of excellence.