Palikū Theatre

WCC Emerging Island Artist: Ryan “Oki” Okinaka

Windward Community College is committed to fostering emerging professional performing artists and ensuring their experience serves as a guiding light to our current students.

2021-2022 marks the inaugural year of our new Emerging Island Artist program, and we are overjoyed to invite Ryan “Oki” Okinaka as our first featured local performing artist.

Throughout the year Oki will work closely with our students sharing his many talents and industry experiences through a series of workshops. In the Fall, our students presented a filmed stage production of his brilliant original script “iHula”.

Welcome to the Windward ʻohana, Ryan Okinaka! Thank you for shining your light and sharing your talent with our up and coming artists!