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

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

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

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

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

Excellence in service: Chelsea Campbell

Read a full list of all the nominees and winners for the 2018 Poʻokela Awards.