Applause! Membership Program
The Performing Arts Center does not receive funding in support of our season events from the state university system. All of our operating funds come from ticket sales, corporate sponsorships, donations, and Applause! memberships.
Join our growing list of Applause! members. As a member, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to sustain culture and the arts in East Hawaiʻi, and we will also make you a “star” by listing your name in each event’s program as a proud member of Applause!. At certain levels of membership, you will also receive the benefits listed below.
If you are interested in becoming an Applause! Member, please contact Dori at 932-7496 for more information, or donate online via the UH Foundation.
Membership Levels
Download a copy of the current Applause! Brochure (PDF).
2024-25 Applause! Membership Listing
Last updated April 1, 2025
Producers
- Arlene & Keith Yamakawa
- Barbara & Larry Heintz
- Bonnie Irwin & Ned Huston
- Carol & Mike Militano
- Kari Kimura & Shaun Roth
- Richard & Quack Moore
- Roland & Jan Higashi
- Ruth & Birch Robison
- Sandra & Dale Tokuuke
- 1 Anonymous Member
Directors
- Cynthia Sorenson
- Jean K Myers & Paul Bowskill
- Joanne Pocsidio
- Naomi Hayakawa
- Seeske Versluys DVM
- Steven & Emma Handy
- Tom & Carole Geballe
- Wes & Claudine Fujii
Supporters
- Allen & Jean Takase
- Anne & James Sadayasu
- Aunty Lucille
- Bob & Barbara Arthurs
- B. Maureen Sabedong
- David & Lily Chan-Harris
- David Dunbar
- Doris Taketa
- Dr. Rachel Sheehan & Dr. Jacqueline Hahn
- Glenn & Janet Hara
- Helie Rock
- Ioana Agasa
- Jeanne Beers
- Jill & Steven Jacunski
- Jon & Debbie Sakurai-Horita
- Kenith Simmons & Leon Hallacher
- L. Kaneta-Ogata
- L. Marie Bricker
- Michelle Escobar
- Sheila Nakamura
- Sonia & James Juvik
- Sumie Kitajima-Ogata
- Susan Proctor
- Susan McGovern
- Wallace Zoller
- Zoi Nakamura
Family Patrons
- Beverly Fuller
- Cynee Gillette-Wenner
- Dwayne Mukai
- Nani & Jim Bien
- Ronald & Vivian Ueoka
- Sam & Betsy Nelson
- Suen & Peter Hughes
- Veryl Ann Grace
- 3 Anonymous Members
Individual Donors
- Amy Hamane
- Cathy Lowder
- Charlyn Yamamoto
- Erynn Chiemi Taniimoto
- Evelyn Kishimoto
- Germaine Kaholoaa Suan
- Iris Murakami
- Janis Shirai
- Joyce Alcouloumre
- Julie Lindbergh
- Julie Mitchell
- Kenneth Ikemori
- Kupono Vares-Kanaele
- Lloyd Tada
- Sylvia Dahlby