Donna Blanchard

Kumu Kahua Theatre's new managing director can add "turnaround artist" to her arts resume

By Mark Coleman

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 04, 2012

~~<p>Donna Blanchard says she had always thought, ever since high school, that "there's more to art for me than just performance and entertainment" — and she found it here in Hawaii.</p>
<p>It was the intimate, 100-seat Kumu Kahua Theatre, founded in 1971, at 46 Merchant St. in downtown Honolulu, which she joined in January as its managing director.</p>
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Donna Blanchard says she had always thought, ever since high school, that "there's more to art for me than just performance and entertainment" — and she found it here in Hawaii.

It was the intimate, 100-seat Kumu Kahua Theatre, founded in 1971, at 46 Merchant St. in downtown Honolulu, which she joined in January as its managing director. Login for more...