FOUNDERS
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Walt Dulaney (right) and George Kon (left) have collaborated for four decades. In 1980 they teamed up with President Ronald E. Bright, VP James Nakamoto, Secretary Sandy Erlandson, and Treasurer Sue Loudon to create ADE. Their work has been honored by Hawaii's Legislators and the International Thespian Society. They have received a number of awards including: the first Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education Alfred Preis Award; the Hawaii State Theatre Council's Pierre Bowman Lifetime Achievement Award; and, the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Hookele Award as “steersmen for education and arts”.
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Walt Dulaney
(Executive Director of ADE and Producer/Writer for T-Shirt Theatre)
Walt holds a communications degree from the Rochester Institute of
Technology, is a graduate of the USC Film School, and was Hawaii
state director for the International Thespian Society. He
co-taught the NYU program with George. Walt serves on the 2005
DOE Fine Arts Standards Review Panel and offers community input on
Farrington’s Accreditation Committee. 
George Kon (Artistic Director
of T-Shirt Theatre and Managing Director of ADE) George
co-founded a professional theatre company that thrived for eight
years in Iowa and Baltimore. At its height, the Iowa Theatre
Lab was invited to the Experimental Theatre Festival in Nancy,
France. George also instructed in the New York University’s
Experimental Theatre Wing for several years before relocating to
Hawaii. See