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hi hey hello
from me being
sending every good thing by @callmekanoa

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2 months ago

I am and have been out of town working on a beautiful show called Freak the Mighty. I haven’t really posted about it because, well, I don’t have the words yet. I don’t know how to capture what this experience and magnificent group of human beings mean to me. What they have meant. What we are creating. Everything I’ve learned/ am still learning. I do not have the words yet, so I am waiting. They are coming. They will come in their time.

For now, I’m being led to share this. I recorded it the day before my birthday/ during tech here in Seattle. It is so… it’s my first time in the PNW and feels meaningful.

Anyway blah blah blah.

Sending love and peace. Sending courage and strength. Sending joy. Reaching through this space-time, through the void. Saying hi, hey, hello.

Talk more soon. by @callmekanoa

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2 months ago

hi hey hello. wow… just wow. by @callmekanoa

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6 months ago

I don’t post a lot here anymore - usually just prod photos and performance clips. But it’s Easter and the world’s on fire. So, here’s something a little different - hi. hey. hello. from last night. sending peace. sending whimsy. by @callmekanoa

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6 months ago

I don’t have words right now, but I have this song. I have this offering. With love and solidarity from NY.

📝: “We Keep Us Warm | Together”
✍🏽: @callmekanoa
🥁: @gaxillic
📍: @irazadikow by @callmekanoa

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9 months ago

📝: “All About Love”
✍🏽: KANOA
🥁: @gaxillic
📍: The Medley Open Mic by @callmekanoa

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9 months ago

Once upon a time there were 12 Cratchitt youth and one beautiful adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This was a lift for the entire team. Thank you to everyone who made it so special. Grateful, grateful heart.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, an adaptation
November 19, 2025 - January 4, 2026.
@peopleslight
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Text and songs by Zak Berkman
Adapted from the book by Charles Dickens
Music Arrangement: Mitch Chakour
Co-Line Producers: Mol Norris, Andrew Watring

Direction: Molly Rosa Houlihan
Assoc. Direction: Andrew Watring
Music Direction: Justin Yoder
Choreography: Christine Shaw
Scenic Design: Anton Volovsek
Costume Design: Jerrilyn Duckworth
Lighting Design: Ebony M Burton
Sound Design: Larry Fowler
Stage Management: Jason Pizzi
Asst. SM: Jess McPhillips
Production Assistant: Morgan Magdalinski
Youth Supervisor: Cas Corum
Director of Artist Training: Liz Filios

[and many, many others behind the scenes]

📸: Mark Garvin, Paola Nogueras
• by @callmekanoa

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9 months ago

Intuitive creating and process.
The past couple years, I’ve been expanding into a number of things. Stretching. Leaping. This piece was really lovely to paint. I also really liked making this video. Pulling in multiple elements. For me, things always feel special when they’re led by Spirit. Something like peace. Also realizing it’s another way I practice surrendering the outcome and witness the emergence / manifestation of something beautiful. Co-creation with God at the lead. Anyway, wanted to share with yall. Just keep swimming. Resist. 💛 by @callmekanoa

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a year ago

Practicing stillness. Practicing singing. Threw on comfy clothes and headed out the door. Wrote this October (?) 2023. Debuted last night. It was time.

🎶: just keep swimming | a soul song
📝: Kanoa, the freed one
🎸🥁: @nelsonmoneo
🙏: @theopenmicdownstairs by @callmekanoa

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a year ago

Recorded yesterday. Edited today.

Making this caption I thought, “Who am I to say this? Who am I to share?”

And then I thought… “Who am I not to?”

Deep breath.

Resist, friends. #resist by @callmekanoa

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“This play was not written in fear,” she said. “It was written in defiance of it. That’s why it’s love-centered. That’s why it’s sexy. That’s why it’s deeply spiritual. That’s why it is complicated in the ways that home is. So, I offer that to the company, the audience, the reader, and anyone who hears about it on the street. The play was not written inside of a fear-based place. It was written in defiance of it.” @gaptoothedgriot @kevinrfree @darianoutloud @glaad
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I believed the lie… that said I was too much, too full of thoughts.

I believed the lie… that told me being who I am was wrong.

I believed the lie… that said perfection was the road to love.

I believed the lie. I did…
I don’t anymore.

Grateful, grateful heart.
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Kudzu Calling, a world premiere
@alabamashakespeare
May 29th - June 8th, 2025

Oak: @aishadehaas*
Dogwood: @1dancinbrotha*
Magnolia: @the.nafeesa* | @classicsincolor
Pine: @terrencewjr_*
Weeping Willow: @achillevannricca*
Wanderer: @callmekanoa*

Playwright: @gaptoothedgriot+
Direction: @kevinrfree^+
Set: @riwrdesign w/ @patrickblanchard
Lights: Kathy A. Perkins** w/ @ashbls
Projection Design: @drawdeedward** w/ James Lanius, III.
Sound: @djaudioguy**
Costumes: @ramonafullerward
Head of Hair/Makeup: Angie Wright
SM: @littlerayofsunshine68*
PA: @kitt.snickett
And many more behind the scenes.

+ Member of Dramatists Guild of America
^ Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
**Member of United Scenic Artists
*Member of Actors Equity Association

📸: @drawdeedward**
• taken in Alabama Shakespeare Festival by @callmekanoa

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a year ago

We’ve wrapped our first week of shows and I couldn’t be more grateful for this group of people I’ve had the lovely privilege of working with. Excited for our last week, but will be sad for it to come to an end. If you haven’t gotten your tickets, do so. This play will change you! @alabamashakespeare #KUDZUASF

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Cast:
Wanderer: @callmekanoa
Oak: @aishadehaas
Dogwood: @1dancinbrotha
Magnolia: @the.nafeesa | @classicsincolor
Weeping Willow: @achillevannricca

Playwright - @donnettalavinia | @gaptoothedgriot
Director - @kevinrfree
Stage Manager - @littlerayofsunshine68
Scenic Designer - @riwrdesign
Associate Scenic Designer - @patrickblanchard
Projection Designer - @draweedward
Associate Projection Designer - @redbeardlanius
Associate Lighting Designer- @ashbls
Costume Designer - @ramonafullerward
Lighting Designer - Kathy A. Perkins
Head of Hair & Makeup - Angie Wright

Audio: Epidemic Sound - Guava Jelly by baegel, Jobii taken in Montgomery, Alabama by @callmekanoa

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