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Clockwork is A Hit! This fairy tale mix up was fun for the whole family. See what the kids had to say! Page 6
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Announcing Our 41st Season! We won’t let a renovation slow us down! Come see what the 2015-2016 season has in store! Page 15
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What About The Renovation? Everything you want to know about the renovation plans for Your Leeward Theatre! Page 18
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How YOU Can Help We’re always looking for willing volunteers and generous donors. Can we count on you? Page 19 & 20
The Renovation is Coming!
The Leeward Theatre: Connecting & Creating Community for 40 Years
Gov. Neil Abercrombie released $58.5 million for The theater is prepared for temporary closure, and capital improvements at University of Hawaii hopes to take programming out into community campuses, including $37.5 million to address a schools. backlog of deferred In the past year, The DONATE DIRECTLY TO THE THEATRE AT: maintenance Leeward Theater hosted a at the Manoa total of 165 events attended campus. www.uhfoundation.org/FriendsOfLeewardCCTheatre by nearly 145, 000 people. The theater is also rented to The Leeward the public, and has been Theater will receive $8 million for capital used by local high schools and the Honolulu improvements and deferred maintenance. Authority for Rapid Transportation for public informational sessions on the city's rail transit project. The Leeward Theater was built in 1974, and has only seen minor repairs in the last 40 years, according to Vice Chancellor of Administrative "This is the only major theater in central Oahu," Services Mark Lane. Lane said. "It's a true community asset, and I think that's what the Legislature saw.” "We're very excited as you can imagine for the $8 million the Legislature appropriated," Lane (from:http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/ said. "The theater is certainly overdue for a 2014/11/06/governor-releases-58-5m-forcomplete overhaul." university-of-hawaii.html)!
If you’re receiving this news letter, then at some point in your life you made a connection with this Theatre. Maybe it was after a moving or powerful show; maybe it was because you were a performer who once “crossed the boards” here; maybe you had your first crush on an actor or actress backstage; or maybe it was because you took a class here at Leeward and it inspired you to keep live performance in your heart and in your life. Each of us has a different reason to feel connected to The Leeward Theatre - and that is what makes it so special. This is not just a building on a college campus - it is living breathing extension of the community. It is a place that has the power to inspire, the power to enlighten, and the power to educate. We take our responsibility to you and to your memories and loyalty to this place - seriously. We want to ensure that The Leeward Theatre is around for another 40 years, and that you, your family, and your friends, will be there with us.
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The Leeward Theatre Voted One of Hawaii’s Best! The results are in and The Honolulu Star-Advertiser readers have chosen The Leeward Theatre as one of Hawaii’s Best Live Theatre’s for 2015! This is an exciting honor to be recognized by Star-Advertiser readers who took the time to vote for your theatre as they only honor the top 3 in their respective category. Although we did not take the top spot this year, it’s still awesome considering all of the other theatre’s state-wide (2nd place). Thank you to our volunteers, patrons, and donors who took the time to vote, and a big thank you to the staff and technical crew who are some of the best in the business!
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