Center Stage
The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) is America’s largest and longest running grass roots theatre company, founded by Producing Artistic Director, Dominic D’Andrea. #1MPF is social barometer project, which investigates the zeitgeist of different communities through dialogue, consensus building, and a performance of 50-100 short moments generated by each community. #1MPF works in partnership with theatres […]
Long-Distance in America – Walking Across the West
Owen Martel is a videographer who grew up in Hawaii and has subsequently walked from coast to coast across both Europe and North America. Each solo trip covered 4,000 miles and took most of a year. He’s currently editing a documentary about the people and places he encountered on the second long walk, which took […]
An Eye for Locations – Shane Seggar
It’s Shane’s job to find the best locations for Hawaii Five-0 through his company (Eye Productions, Inc.) to film, coordinate the ensuing logistics, and ensure that they leave it as good or better than they found it. To do this, Shane scouts for locations, represents the production company on location during filming, and coordinates prep […]
A Cloud of Art – Michael Yano
Michael Yano received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Hawaii in 1980 and his creative works continued for a period of time following his graduation while engaging in an earn and learn environment in the world of business. Finding his true calling to be one of artistry rather than commerce, Michael […]
Constructing Pictures with Justin Davies
Justin Davies likes to work in a range of media which he uses to integrate historical, scientific and aesthetic perspectives. His art is influenced by his explorations of places where he has lived and by his love of film. He lives with his wife and daughter in Honolulu, and works as Outreach Manager for the […]
Beyond Shear Genius: Hair Education and Angel Hair Cafe with Ben Mollin
The 1st runner-up in Bravo’s Shear Genius season 1, Ben now travels the world teaching his unique hair cutting and styling techniques. Host Donna Blanchard talks with him about his background, innate love for hair cutting and styling and future plans for the development of entertaining opportunities to dive into the world of hair. ThinkTechHawaii.com […]
Money Talks – A Two Woman Show – Lucie Lynch and Marcia Zina Mager
MONEY TALKS: But What the Hell is it Saying? is the wildly true story of two women artists, a generation apart, struggling to understand the meaning of success, failure, and inherent self-worth. It is a funny, serious and intimate “conversation” presented by Kumu Kahua Theatre, as part of their Dark Night Series. Host Donna Blanchard […]
Fresh Acting Tips – Will Ha’o
Will Ha’o is a local actor who has appeared in productions from NYC to Honolulu over the last 4 decades. Donna talks with Will about his experiences in the industry how he develops his characters and how he keeps rolls fresh throughout long production runs. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to […]
Sound Design and Multimedia Management – Jason Taglianetti
Having grown up backstage with both parents involved in theatre, Jason Taglianetti has been listening to performers his entire life. An interest in sound began at the age of 10 and ever since he’s been fascinated with everything to do with sound. Later in life Jason studied audio production at the famed Institute of Seattle […]
Art in Sight – Peter Antrim Kowalke
Peter Antrim Kowalke has had more than twenty five professional art exhibits beginning at age sixteen. He has shown in Hawaii, Europe and in the mainland United States. Kowalke is heavily influenced by Greek, Italian, Japanese, and Chinese cultures. Nuances of both ancient and modern aspects of these cultures can be traced in his work […]