2. my
name
is
Arielle Lehuanani Simon
everyone
calls me
LEHUA pronounced
(lay – who – ahhh)
Lehua is the
name of a
native Hawaiian
flower that
looks like this

3. I come from a small town
on the island of Maui called
Pukalani
Pukalani means
“the heavenly gate”

4. I am a
performance artist,
media designer,
and (of course)
social activist.

5. this is the
performance
of an original
song called
“the matriarch”
which is about
a woman’s
ability to
govern and
build
community
as a performance artist and
media designer, I am
interested in the effect of
live or digital presentations this woman
on public consciousness is using a trash can as a musical instrument

6. The first TV
During the dark
commercial is
ages, theatre was only broadcast in the
allowed to be presented United States.
by the Catholic Bulova, a watch
Church, who used it to company, paid $9 to
spread biblical broadcast before a
baseball game 2009
propaganda and attract
between the Dodgers
the populace to the and the Phillies.
church with theatrical
1930
spectacle.
1941
James Cameron
Theatre artist produces Avatar.
1000 A. D and Marxist, "If you can get a theater full
Bertolt Brecht of people in Kentucky to
conceptualizes stand and applaud the
“Epic Theatre,” a form defeat of their country in
that forces audiences war, then you’ve got some
to recognize social amazing special effects.”
injustice and Russell D. Moore
exploitation. The Christian Post
Throughout history we have used the technology of
theatre and its derivatives (such as film, television, etc)
as a method to sway the masses through the
tactical presentation of information.

7. But I think we fail to
recognize the impact our
“entertainment” has on our
society.

8. We can tell
stories that
have a positive
social impact.
This is an advertisement for a
production of A Christmas Carol
that I directed in 2010. Not only
did we raise money for the Food
Bank, a cancer foundation, and
children who could not afford
Christmas presents, but we also
portrayed the story about of
finding joy and generosity during
an economic recession.

9. The performing and media arts are one of our
greatest tools for social innovation.
It is my mission in life to
show the world the power
of theatre and use it for
the good of mankind.
(And I believe that becoming a StartingBloc Fellow at the Institute
for Social Innovation will help me fulfill my mission!)