Congratulations to the University of Hawaiʻi students and faculty for their Poʻokela Award nominations and wins. The Poʻokela Awards have recognized excellence in local theatre since 1984. The awards recognize honorees in 23 different theatre arts categories spanning: producing, directing, performing, design and technical theatre.
Congratulations to all who participated.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The Spitfire Grill
Excellence in service: Melisa Orozco Vargas
Pierre Bowman Award: Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak
Theatrical design: Hannah Schauer Galli and Yan Ma, Fights and Delights: Three Chinese Comedies
Lighting design: Christopher Patrinos,The Spitfire Grill, Beyond Therapy, Jonah Bobilin, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Set design: Rachel Filbeck, The Spitfire Grill
Sound design and engineering: Brian Shevelenko and Alten Kiakona, The Spitfire Grill
Featured male in a play: Donovan Oakleaf, Nora
Featured female in a play: Malia Wessel, Nora
Leading female in a play: Christine Lamborn, Nora, Stacy Ray, The Seagull
Ensemble performance in a musical: The cast of The Spitfire Grill
Special adjudicator award: Yan Ma and Mark Branner, Fights and Delights: Three Chinese Comedies
Director of non-traditional production: Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak and Mark Branner, Fights and Delights: Three Chinese Comedies
Director of a play: Stacy Ray, Nora
Overall non-traditional production: Fights and Delights: Three Chinese Comedies
Overall production of a play: Nora
Windward Community College
The King and I
Costume design: Anna Foster, The King and I
Lighting design: Lloyd Riford, The King and I
Set design: DeAnne Kennedy, The King and I
Sound design and engineering: Daniel Yoo, The King and I
Featured male in a musical: Swaine Kaui, The King and I
Leading male in a musical: Michael Ng, The King and I
Leading female in a musical: Kathleen Stuart, The King and I
Choreography: Andrew Sakaguchi, The King and I
Musical direction of a musical: Clarke Bright, The King and I
Director of a musical: Mary Chesnut Hicks, The King and I
Overall production of a musical: The King and I
Special adjudicator award: Faith Kaminaka, The King and I
Hawaiʻi resident playwright’s original work: Moses Goods, Nanaue the Teenage Sharkman
Lighting design: Janine Myers, Nanaue the Teenage Sharkman
Set design: R. Andrew Doan, Nanaue the Teenage Sharkman
Leeward Community College
She Kills Monsters
Overall play: She Kills Monsters
Leading male in a play: Jonathan Sabalboro, She Kills Monsters
Leading female in a play: Juvy Lucina, She Kills Monsters
Featured male in a play: Justin Woznock, She Kills Monsters
Featured female in a play: Jarica Mae Abella and Kira Moriguchi, She Kills Monsters
Special adjudicator award (mask design): Michael Harada, She Kills Monsters
Director of a play: Betty Burdick, She Kills Monsters
