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Nov 3, 2023 | The Hawaii Herald
Award-winning director, playwright, educator: these all define Taurie Kinoshita. One thing we might not know is that she was also once homeless.
It seems incongruent with a woman accomplished in the theater world. Kinoshita received the Lucie Bentley Award for Excellence in Acting;
Oct 18, 2023 | UH News
Windward Community Collegeʻs Hawaiʻi Conservatory of Performing Arts presents Kahahawai/Masssie and Aloha Attire directed by Taurie Kinoshita, at Palikū Theatre November 10–19, 2023. Both casts feature the first Academy for Creative Media (ACM) cohort of the Hawaiʻi Conservatory of Performing Arts.
July 19, 2023 | UH Foundations
The Hawaiʻi Conservatory of Performing Arts is preparing to raise the curtain at Windward Community College, starring the first cohort of more than a dozen students who will train to be working actors, directors and producers for stage and screen.
March 28, 2023 | HI Now
Hawai’i Conservatory of Performing Arts (HCPA) offers aspiring performers in Hawaiʻi an opportunity to receive the same quality training as in top-tier conservatories…
March 7, 2023 | UH News
Artistic Director Taurie Kinoshita and Associate Professor Nicolas Logue accepted a Gold Medallion from Region 8 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in February.
Feb 8, 2023 | KITV
The Hawai’i Conservatory of Performing Arts is helping aspiring performers gain real life experience and launch their careers.
January 5, 2023 | UH News
Hula, mele and aloha are interwoven into this story about cultural perpetuation and legacy, as four very different women try to overcome their fears, pride and insecurities to discover the true meaning of the hula.
Oct 4, 2022 | Civil Beat
A performing arts conservatory is an usual program at a community college, especially one affiliated with a well-known college in England.
Sept 29, 2022 | UH News
The new Hawaiʻi Conservatory of Performing Arts (HCPA) at Windward Community College is recruiting for its inaugural foundation in acting cohort starting in fall 2023