Hawaii Storytellers: A Song For Hilo Moon

Sean Choo tells us what it means to be local and how Hilo inspired his love for the land.

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Sean-Joseph Takeo Kahāokalani Choo is a composer and performer from Honolulu, on staff as a Company Actor at Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Sean likes to imagine how the topics of queerness, religion and culture intersect and conflict, and how they can be dramatized.

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