Our school, the Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences is on the Big Island of Hawai’i. Our school is located in the town of Pahoa, where there are no traditional musical and theatrical outlets or entertainment venues for the people of the community. It is our mission to change this and we hope that you will be able to support us.

Our first production is the world reknown musical "Les Miserables" - School Edition." It will premiere at the Historic Hilo Palace Theater on February 2nd, 2007 for a two weekend run. We are offering both an in-school and an after-school program at the Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Charter School to accomodate this show. The theater prograam will be offered no cost to all of the young performers on the East side of the Big Island.

Auditions for this production were Saturday, August 26th at 2 p.m. on the main campus of the Hawaii Academy of Arts & Sciences (HAAS)  and Sunday, August 27th at 2 p.m. on the main campus of Connections Charter School in downtown Hilo (in the Kress Building.) We are currently rehearsing.

The enthusiasm and support from the community is overwhelming. The Big Island of Hawaii is a very attractive retreat for many artists, which makes the fact that we have no major musical theater programs for our youth even more alarming. Our program is starting to offer jobs and opportunities for these adult artists as well as help our budding artists achieve their future goals.

Tickets for the production will go on sale in Mid-November. They will be availible for purchase at the Palace Theater box office