Kaipulaumakaniolono Keala
Class of 2022: Playwriting & Directing
Where are you from?
Kahaluʻu, Oʻahu
Thesis Production:
He Leo Aloha (Playwright, Director), 2021
Additional fun fact:
He Leo Aloha encouraged me to imagine the potentials of a vibrant and distinctly Kanaka Maoli way of being in the world today, which was distinctly characterized and evaluated by the character’s ability to recite and embed themselves in a traditional symbolic network derived from moʻolelo, mele, ʻōlelo noʻeau etc. I still hold this same line of argumentation in my dissertation research, which is a project that seeks to articulate more precisely what a substantial Kanaka Maoli being in the world is today.